Sentences with phrase «former members of the administration»

«I learned this morning of the charges filed by the U.S. Attorney's office that include a former member of my administration.

In a statement, Cuomo said he learned of the charges facing «a former member of my administration» and others Thursday morning.

Federal investigators» interest in the former gubernatorial aide came to light in late April, when the administration acknowledged that it had received a wide - ranging subpoena from Bharara's office seeking information about actions taken by a half - dozen current or former members of the administration, including Percoco, that might have benefited two dozen companies that had received state funds or other benefits.

Gov. Cuomo on Monday threw a former longtime aide and two embattled appointees under the bus — by refusing to defend them after The Post obtained excerpts of a blockbuster subpoena that shows they and three other current or former members of his administration are under investigation by the feds.

Joseph Percoco was so close to the governor and his late father, Gov. Mario Cuomo, that Cuomo once referred to Percoco as his father's «third son» — but Percoco's name is nowhere in the governor's statement, which calls him «a former member of my administration.»

Federal investigators» interest in Percoco came to light in late April, when the administration acknowledged that it had received a wide - ranging subpoena from the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara seeking information about actions taken by a half - dozen current or former members of the administration, including Percoco, that might have benefited two dozen companies that had received state funds or other benefits.

«Anybody that wants a raise... has an obligation to tell their employer, to make their case,» said Fran Reiter, one of three appointees of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a former member of his administration.»

Probes deepened into alleged corruption by former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former members of his administration, as the attorney general's office conducted a raid at SUNY Polytechnic Institute offices in Albany Thursday afternoon.

Not exact matches

(One could argue former members of the George W. Bush administration preferred private equity.)

William Yeomans, a former deputy assistant attorney general who spent 26 years at the Justice Department, said Flynn's guilty plea «is likely big trouble for several members of the Trump administration.»

Shulkin, a former Obama administration official, had years of experience and was the only Cabinet member unanimously confirmed by Congress.

A popular former governor of South Carolina, Haley adds mainstream, establishment credibility to the Trump administration and is often described as one of the most effective members of the Cabinet and a rising star in the party.

«ISIS has and continues to target members of multiple religions and ethnicities for rape, kidnapping, enslavement, and death,» wrote the Trump administration appointee and former Exxon CEO.

I received invitations to share the results with various government departments under President Obama, as well as former members of the Clinton administration.

Former Obama administration member Michael Wear also argued that the Charleston families did not forgive Dylan Roof to express the values of their race, but to be faithful to their God.

There are few theological schools where these groups do not compete for the students» interest and time, where some members of the former group do not feel that the scholarliness of theological study is being impaired by the attention claimed for field work and counseling, where teachers of preaching, church administration and pastoral care and directors of field work do not regard much of the theological work as somewhat beside the point in the education of a minister for the contemporary Church.

Park District President Keith Price and Park Board member Brenda Thompson, who also serves as treasurer, place most of the blame on the administration of former Board President Julius Patterson, who in September pleaded guilty along with two other park officials of converting $ 144,000 in Park District funds to personal use.

In an embarrassing, disgraceful, shameful interview on NY1, Congressman Jeffries stated that Israel was «our closest ally» and the Obama Administration should have vetoed the resolution,» Barron, a former member of the Black Panthers and the National Black United Front, wrote in a Facebook post.

Even at this uniquely precarious moment for the de Blasio administration, the mayor has assembled a large coalition of surrogates to support mayoral control, including 100 business leaders who are not traditional de Blasio allies, clergy members, union leaders, technology executives, elected officials and former top officials under mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

But there has been political tension between the governor and Mr. Klein, who may face a primary challenge from Oliver Koppell, a former assemblyman and City Council member from the Bronx, who served as state attorney general for a year during the administration of Mr. Cuomo's father.

Percoco may be the only former member of the Gov. Andrew Cuomo administration who is facing federal corruption charges because of his relationship with Howe, a former stalwart Albany lobbyist and Cuomo fundraiser who has pleaded guilty to eight felonies as part of the case, but he wasn't the only one who had a close and previously undisclosed relationship with him, according to Howe's testimony Monday.

On the Democratic side, a number of candidates have already entered the race to challenge the Republican councilman, including Paul Graziano, an activist and urban planning consultant; Austin Shafran, a former member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration; Paul Vallone, an attorney, who ran for the seat back in 2009; and former state Assemblyman John Duane.

Speaking at a meeting with former appointees who served under the previous NDC administration, the former President said he was surprised over what he calls the failure of the president, Nana Akufo - Addo to deal with members of such groups who are causing mayhem.

This contradicts previous assertions by members of the former administration that the decision to purchase the cars was agreed upon by the incoming Nana Akufo - Addo led government in a meeting by the transition team.

In addition to being a top donor to the governor, Perelman's holding company MacAndrews & Forbes has been a top destination for former members of Cuomo's administration, hiring his communications director and secretary in recent years.

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei has said he is unfazed by threats by members of parliament to haul him before the Privileges Committee of the House for calling them corrupt.

«Could it be inferred here that the former President who is also a member of Fayose's party, had lied against his own administration?»

Gallo said it is necessary to veto the resolution because «the prior administration and former members of the city council are all aware of the design defect, use of sub-standards materials and poor supervision and mismanagement over the project.»

ALBANY — While a federal investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration appears to be partially focused on former aide Joe Percoco's consulting work for two companies that benefited from state economic development programs, it appears the practice of holding side jobs isn't common among members of the executive chamber.

In Brooklyn, Mr. de Blasio said his administration is cooperating with a federal probe into alleged corruption at the New York Police Department that involves two former members of his inaugural committee.

In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, a former Governor of Sokoto State and foundation member of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, explains why he dumped the APC, the anti-corruption fight of the current administration and other national issues

The backing of the former Iowa governor and current member of the Obama administration comes as Vice President Joe Biden is mulling whether or not to enter the race.

«I as a City Council member got arrested to try to stop the [former Mayor Michael] Bloomberg administration from closing one of our local firehouses,» he said.

While a federal investigation of the Cuomo administration appears to be partially focused on former aide Joe Percoco's consulting work for two companies that benefited from state economic development programs, it appears the practice of holding side jobs isn't common among members of the executive chamber.

Former President Rawlings and founder of the NDC has come under numerous verbal attacks by some members of his own party for speaking his mind and criticizing his own administration for wrong doing

Ms Arthur made the claim a day after member of the Public Accounts Committee and Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso accused the former administration of not using due process in transferring the monies worth more than two million Ghana cedis meant for the construction of some CHPS compmember of the Public Accounts Committee and Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso accused the former administration of not using due process in transferring the monies worth more than two million Ghana cedis meant for the construction of some CHPS compMember of Parliament for Nhyiaeso accused the former administration of not using due process in transferring the monies worth more than two million Ghana cedis meant for the construction of some CHPS compounds.

Fiala, a former Broome County executive and was a member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration until last year, acknowledged the gun control law is a controversial one.

A veritable bevy of former Pataki administration members — from the former governor himself on down — will gather in Albany tomorrow night to host a fund - raiser for their onetime colleague, John Cahill, who is running for state attorney general against the Democratic incumbent, Eric Schneiderman.

But having apologised and explained that his comment was taken out of context, Dr Spio - Garbrah, a former Minister of Communication, Minister of Education, and Minister responsible for Mines and Energy, one - time Ghana Ambassador to the United States and Mexico in the J.J. Rawlings administration, a former member of the UNESCO executive board, board of directors of South African Telecom, AngloGold Ashanti and Vodacom and a former CEO of the London - based Commonwealth Telecommunications Union (CTU), won back support of NDC supporters had widely been envisaged to be the next NDC presidential candidate after Mr Mahama.

Howe said the term became an in - house joke among former members of Mario Cuomo's administration — although Howard Glaser, an association of Howe and Percoco who rose to become Andrew Cuomo's state operations director, was called «Herbert» because of his Harvard degree.

Ajewole, a former member of the House of Representatives, noted that the South - West region had benefited tremendously from the administration of President Jonathan, adding that the two groups would ensure that the president won in all the states of the federation.

He called the Moreland Commission Cuomo's «Watergate» and suggested that it was worse than the actions of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in office, as well as the Bridgegate scandal that has engulfed members of Gov. Chris Christie's administration in New Jersey, according to published reports.

After a decisive Republican primary victory, Illinois state Sen. Darin LaHood, the son of a former area congressman and Obama administration Cabinet member, is likely headed to Washington as the replacement for disgraced former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock.

Scaramucci was ousted after he gave a vulgarity - filled interview to the New Yorker magazine and attacked several previous members o the administration — including former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and Bannon.

CLEVELAND — When Rudy Giuliani takes the stage at the Quicken Loans arena Monday night to speak on a safety and security theme, members of the New York delegation at the Republican National Convention here will be seeing the former mayor from their biggest city; RNC delegates will see their evening's keynote speaker; and political observers say they may be seeing a top official in a future Donald Trump administration.

A former diplomat who worked in the Mahama administration, Sam Pee Yalley is claiming that Alfred Woyome has never been a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Howe even testified that former state operations director Howard Glaser, one of the most senior members of the governor's administration, was the person who told him not to register.

The former governor did not give in to pressure from members of his own staff who were very pro-fracking — including Larry Schwartz, one of the few top members of the Paterson administration kept on by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

And a series of high - profile corruption trials, including two involving former members of and people connected to his administration, begins this month and could run through June.

Crooked.com, a new media company aimed at millennials and featuring multiple former members of the Obama administration — including Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Ben Rhodes, along with former New Republic editor - in - chief Brian Beutler — is expanding.