Sentences with phrase «former comptroller»

Stringer has raised $ 3.2 million to date for the 2013 race, ahead of former Comptroller Bill Thompson, Liu and de Blasio, but trailing frontrunner Quinn.

For a reality check, all we need to do is look back to the fall of former Comptroller Alan Hevesi.

The campaign reached out to MirRam in part due to its hiring in the wake of the 2009 mayoral election of Eddy Castell, whose management of former Comptroller Bill Thompson's campaign impressed Benoit.

She also worked for former Comptroller John Liu and former State Sen. Marty Connor.

Ahmad bundled $ 2,400 in contributions for former Comptroller William Thompson, while HAKS employees contributed $ 10,236 to his campaign.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn trails de Blasio with 21 percent, followed by 20 percent for former Comptroller Bill Thompson.

But even with a recent endorsement by former comptroller Carl McCall, DiNapoli isn't betting his house that support will pour in.

A Bubble in Complacency Egypt Rosie, Las Vegas, Phuket, and Bangkok This week I had the privilege of being on the same panel with former Comptroller General David Walker and former Majority Leader (and presidential candidate) Richard Gephardt.

The state is paying $ 2 million to fix crumbling bricks at the decade - old «Taj McCall,» the state office building constructed at the urging of former comptroller H. Carl McCall.

The state Department of Correctional Services this afternoon released a compelling and somewhat haunting mugshot of inmate 11 - R - 1334, also known as disgraced former comptroller Alan Hevesi.

In other key races, Queens state Sen. Tony Avella held off a challenge from former Comptroller John Liu in a comeback bid.

Several of Quinn's presumptive opponents, including former Comptroller Bill Thompson and current Comptroller John Liu, have already said they would not consider appointing Kelly if they win.

While he has spoken to the above trio, along with former Comptroller Bill Thompson, he said that Public Advocate Bill de Blasio had yet to return his message.

Even for Albany, where keeping track of convicted public officials is almost as tough as passing a budget, the guilty plea by former Comptroller Alan Hevesi was shocking and squalid.

The legislation comes after former Comptroller Alan Hevesi was sentenced to 1 - 4 years in state prison for his role in a massive pay - to - play scheme involving the state's pension fund.

Mr. Avella is up against former Comptroller John Liu, who has raised significantly more money than Mr. Avella.

The two men who oversaw prosecution of the pay - to - play pension fund scandal that resulted in former comptroller Alan Hevesi's jail sentence today both said the penalty should serve as a warning against other public officials seeking favors and gifts while in office.

City Councilwoman and former comptroller candidate Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) backed Councilman David Yassky (D - Brooklyn) in the Sept. 29 run - off election this morning at City Hall, opting against her Queens colleague Councilman John Liu (D - Flushing).

While the UFT originally backed former comptroller Bill Thompson, Mr. Mulgrew came around pretty quickly to Mr. de Blasio: The union was the first to ink a new contract with City Hall, and from there Mr. Mulgrew hasn't looked back.

Or did he just decided to throw out the recommendations of the three former Comptroller because he got up on the wrong side of the bed that day?

[former Comptroller H. Carl] McCall.

Among the guests were former Comptroller Ned Regan,...

In Thursday's survey, 25 % of Democratic primary voters backed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, while 16 % supported former Comptroller Bill Thompson and 14 % backed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

But during his campaign against [former comptroller]-RSB- Carl McCall, the current attorney general Andrew Cuomo criticized Carl McCall for certifying bad budgets, so he must agree with me,» Wilson said.

The workers allege that their complaints about the actions of Judith Slater, the fired former comptroller, went unanswered for years.

Wilson wasted no time in going for DiNapoli's jugular, referring to him as the «unelected comptroller» (he was elevated to his post in 2007 by his former Assembly colleagues following former Comptroller Alan Hevesi's guilty plea to a felony and subsequent resignation).

The annual bonus payments began in April 2012, and were approved by former Comptroller Joe Sawicki and later by Kennedy.

«Stop lying to the people of New York City,» demanded former comptroller Bill Thompson, who said he «didn't need lectures» from de Blasio on the issue.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and state Sen. Brad Hoylman joined former Comptroller John Liu in calling for the New York County Democratic Committee to pick Yuh - Line Niou as its candidate for the April 19 special election for Silver's seat.

Meanwhile, former congressman Anthony Weiner, who had briefly led in polls before additional sexting revelations surfaced last month, continued to slip among likely voters, falling behind former comptroller Bill Thompson, who got 19 percent of support from those polled.

Previously, the oversight was the responsibility of former Comptroller Robert McEvoy, who retired last year, Scalera said.

A judge socked former Comptroller Bill Thompson's campaign with a monumental $ 619,125 fine yesterday for plastering the city with 8,254 il legal posters when he was running for mayor in 2009.

«The temptation for corruption and bribery and bid - rigging is very, very high given the system we have,» Cuomo said, noting that he brought a pay - to - play pension fund caseagainst former Comptroller Alan Hevesi when Cuomo was attorney general.

DiNapoli, 62, replaced former Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who resigned in late 2006 after admitting that he had a state employee chauffeur his wife around.

It will be the first one done by DiNapoli's staff on the Research Foundation since a highly critical report was completed in 2005 under former Comptroller Alan Hevesi.

Carpenter joins GOP County Clerk Judith Pascale, who filed papers for her pension before starting her new term in January, and former Comptroller Joseph Sawicki, a Republican who filed at the beginning of the year.

Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate, strongly supported it, as did former Comptroller Bill Thompson, his successor, John Liu, and former City Councilman Sal Albanese.

Last year, he endorsed former Comptroller John Liu's unsuccessful campaign against State Senator Tony Avella.

The other mayoral candidates, like former comptroller Bill Thompson and current comptroller John Liu have their fair share of celebrity supporters.

He also talks about the ongoing investigation into former Comptroller Alan Hevesi.

Newspaper editorial boards, he said, will prefer her to other Democrats, such as Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former Comptroller William C. Thompson, who have tacked to the left of Quinn.

Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna today February 24, 2017 gave an interim order, forfeiting the seventeen vehicles found in the warehouse of former Comptroller General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, to the Federal Government.

A one - time candidate for state comptroller, Mulrow was Spitzer's choice to replace the disgraced former Comptroller Alan Hevesi.

State Senator Gustavo Rivera easily fended off Councilman Fernando Cabrera and State Senator Tony Avella survived a strong challenge from former Comptroller John Liu.

Quinn, who has not yet officially declared her intention to run, is widely considered to be the frontrunner in the city - wide race, leading a pack that includes former Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

The allegations by the Post come after former comptroller Alan Hevesi pleaded guilty to accepting $ 1 million in gifts in exchange for access to city pension money.

One of DiNapoli's predecessors, former Comptroller H. Carl McCall, noted in my DN column that he had twice successfully sued two different governors — Mario Cuomo and George Pataki — to prevent the pension fund from being raided to balance the budget.

But in 2002, he served as the campaign manager for former Comptroller Carl McCall as he rain for governor against Andrew Cuomo.

The gathered elected officials and community advocates, including former Mayor David Dinkins, former Comptroller Carl McCall, Rep. Gregory Meeks and City Comptroller John Liu, appeared to agree to disagree — for the time being — on what do about the flailing governor.

Recent polls show him hovering right around the magic number, with former comptroller Bill Thompson and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn battling for second place.