Sentences with phrase «for wealthy developers»

White rattled off a populist platform, spoke out against subsidies for wealthy developers, and about healing the racial divide.

Silver is also accused of getting more than $ 700,000 in a real estate scheme — he pocketed referral fees from law firms that did tax work for wealthy developers, which Silver sent their way, prosecutors said.

Not exact matches

The council members, always grateful for receiving campaign donations and other treats from the wealthy developers, will not challenge the inequalities and defend our children's right to an education, decent housing and recreation facilities.

Nix suggested one possible scenario, in which the managing director of Cambridge Analytica's political division, Mark Turnbull, would pose as a wealthy developer looking to exchange campaign finance for land.

When I first contacted him for the inaugural issue, Trump pulled out all the stops to convince me that he was the wealthiest real estate developer in New York.

His plush townhouse at Park Newport in Newport Beach, Calif. is paid for by Gerson Bakar, a wealthy developer and close friend.

Stern and the undercover FBI agent led the politicians involved to believe that they were wealthy developers looking for to curry favor and would use their economic resources to help Smith bribe his way into City Hall in exchange for political favors that would pave the way for their upstate development projects.

One scenario described by Nix is employing someone to come in as a wealthy developer and offer a candidate a large amount of money in exchange for land.

With a telephone call to a wealthy developer last week, de Blasio waded into the battle over a planned $ 250 million arts center on a pier in the Hudson River, known as Pier 55 and often called Diller Island, for its major sponsor, the entertainment mogul Barry Diller.

He accused de Blasio of having failed «to put any significant dent into the homeless problem» and having engaged in «pay - for - play with wealthy real estate developers that should undercut his claim that he's a good government paragon.»

Critics from groups like New York Communities for Change, Make the Road New York and Vocal New York charge that the tax break, created in the 1970s to spur development at a time when the city's fiscal health was waning, is antiquated, allowing powerful developers to reap millions in tax breaks while creating housing exclusively for the wealthy.

The plan calls for the creation of low - equity housing cooperatives, reinvesting in NYCHA housing, developing community land trusts, creating tax abatements for developers and entrepreneurs who bring business into Central Brooklyn and hire local residents must be encouraged to hire locally, offering quality careers to residents and a moratorium on wealthy developers being allowed to buy up apartment buildings and leave the units vacant.

Think about it — wealthy NYC real estate owners / developers have found that if they give huge amounts of money to upstate Senate campaigns they can assure those Senators will look after their interests (i.e. - screw renters) while these Senators regularly run for office telling the upstate rubes to be afraid of NYC political domination.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Carl Paladino, the wealthy Buffalo developer who threatened to take a baseball bat to Albany in 2010, is backing Democrat Toby Shelley in today's Conservative Party primary for Onondaga County executive.

«Let's face it, Ed should have pushed [Erie County Executive Chris] Collins for governor, forced Lazio into the Senate race, and had his top two positions locked in back in January — and then he wouldn't have had a Levy or [wealthy Buffalo developer Carl] Paladino in the race,» the insider continued.

Carl Paladino, the wealthy and outspoken Buffalo developer petitioning to get on the Republican ballot for governor, raised and spent about $ 1.7 million in the first half of the year.

He's come under regular fire in his first term from Democrats who claim he's out of step with his own party for his positions on labor issues, support for charter schools and coziness with wealthy real estate developers and financial firms.

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty in March to charges of corruption, testified at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, on Thursday that he «was giving money to the mayor of New York in exchange for favors.»

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty to charges of corruption, alleged at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, that he gave money to the mayor's campaign in exchange for favors from City Hall.

Zeldin also attacked Demos for getting his campaign money from his father - in - law, a wealthy West Coast developer, and California Democrats who have backed Pelosi.

Mr. Zeldin and his allies criticized Mr. Demos over how he was paying for his campaign, saying it was being funded by Mr. Demos's father - in - law, a wealthy California real estate developer who has donated to Democrats.

The outlook for the Republican Party was further clouded on Thursday when Carl Paladino, the wealthy Buffalo developer and outspoken candidate for governor, said that he would spend about $ 500,000 to mount a petition drive for a spot on the Republican primary ballot and to create a third party to attract Tea Party supporters.

Both Bill and Doug are long - time community organizers and are exactly what Baltimore needs to break the stranglehold the Democratic party machine has had for decades as well as the pay - to - play system that benefits wealthy developers and political insiders and leaves the citizens of this city out in the cold.

Poloncarz wants to prevent developers who build apartments and mixed - use projects in downtown Buffalo from getting tax incentives unless they set aside some residential housing for less wealthy residents who can't afford to pay rents that now pushing close to $ 2,000 a month.

The wickedness Palo is capable of has ties to an organization for troubled youths where Lopez volunteered and whose chairman, wealthy developer Robert Calder (Harris Yulin), he warned of in his dying act.

This transformation was facilitated by a rezoning that depended on artists and gallerists like Owens and Brown to create a draw for the primarily white and wealthy clientele that luxury developers hope to attract.

Nix suggested one possible scenario, in which the managing director of Cambridge Analytica's political division, Mark Turnbull, would pose as a wealthy developer looking to exchange campaign finance for land.

In one exchange filmed in January, Nix said Cambridge Analytica could send «somebody posing as a wealthy developer» to Sri Lanka to offer incumbent politicians a «large amount of money» in a «deal that's too good to be true,» such as for land.

It's a game for wealthy people who can cash out early and lock in gains, having been the developers of the bubbly product.

Decentralized projects can use the platform to raise funds, allowing developers to circumvent an environment ill - suited for startups that lack wealthy backers or industry connections.

At the upper echelon, the wealthy are hoping for green cards, joining with developers to take advantage of a federal program that puts them on the fast track for residency.

Real estate developers, landlords and company owners account for 37 of the 400 wealthiest Americans in a new list compiled by Forbes.