Sentences with phrase «from lobbyists»

He says as long as the state allows lawmakers to accept massive amounts of money from lobbyists, this type of corruption will continue.

The state will not match contributions from lobbyists, anonymous donors, vendors for campaigns or transfers from political parties or other committees.

The organization will accept donations from individuals and corporations but not from lobbyists and political action committees.

This is the time for bills from lobbyists (who help with campaign money and elections) to sneak favors into state law.

The letter seeks wide - ranging fundraising and campaign contribution data from lobbyists about their dealings with the eight legislators dating back to the beginning of last year.

In fact, it's usually more effective to print them out and hand - deliver them, particularly as part of a visit from a lobbyist or citizen activist.

The law banned contributions from state contractors and restricted contributions from lobbyists.

For that reason, Mattei, a Democrat, has said he's refusing to accept donations from lobbyists during his campaign.

Congress caved in under pressure from lobbyists on the school nutrition standards (see yesterday's post).

VCs get advice from their lobbyists on addressing sexual misconduct.

But the commission found at the time the gift was given, Abbruzzese was not «required to register» with the Lobbying Commission, and therefore not required to adhere to the ban on gifts from lobbyists.

AG Andrew Cuomo is campaigning on a reform platform, but accepted $ 320,540 worth of campaign cash from lobbyists in 2009.

LCB collected $ 6,560 in fees from lobbyists who attended the four - day session.

During an April 26, 2016 call, Percoco had just explained to the governor that he'd accepted money from lobbyist Todd Howe for work he'd done on behalf of Syracuse - based Cor Development Co..

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito has agreed to pay a $ 7,000 fine to settle charges that she violated the city's campaign finance law by accepting free consulting advice from a lobbyist to land her post in 2013.

Mr Fox used the personal statement to apologise for giving the «impression» of wrongdoing due to his relationship with Adam Werritty, a close friend who accompanied him on many foreign trips and received funding from lobbyists with links to Israel and Washington.

An aide to Pruitt, the embattled EPA administrator, reportedly tried to take the heat off his boss, who has been mired in negative headlines in recent weeks for excessive spending and security, a condo rental from a lobbyist that was far below market rate, and a brutal congressional hearing, by shopping negative stories about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, the Atlantic's Elaina Plott reported.

The pressure to make the decision came in part from lobbyists for coal companies and utilities dependent on coal and from the conservative wing of the Republican Party, which saw any move to regulate carbon dioxide as an implicit endorsement of the goals of the Kyoto Protocol.

The attorney general collected more cash from lobbyists than any other state pol, a new study found.

The original Toronto city council decision that Rob Ford should return donations to his private football fund from lobbyists, was invalid and as a result a Superior Court judge should not have ordered him removed from office as Mayor of Toronto, his lawyers are arguing.

Al D'Amato smiled and took huge fees from his lobbyist clients because Cuomo now «owed him» a big favor.

She's further accused of receiving $ 35,000 worth of checks from lobbyist Todd Howe to disguise bribes allegedly paid to her husband by the COR Development firm.

Just minutes earlier, the Daily News reported that Joseph Percoco — the governor's former executive deputy secretary and close personal and political confidante — may have engaged in «self - dealing» by taking work from a lobbyist while still employed by the state.

Officials are investigating whether City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito violated city rules by accepting free consulting work from a lobbyist during her campaign for the top council spot, sources said...

While the old guard continue to rely upon cash donations (not to mention whatever kickbacks they get from lobbyists), younger politicians are opening up their crypto wallets to accept Bitcoin donations.

«We haven't heard from the P.B.A, only from the lobbyists, and we've mentioned to them that Miller is open to speaking with members of the union, but this was something Miller did on his own,» Rasoulinejad said.

The response from the lobbyists was: sorry we are conflicted....

It's such a part of the established British cultural furniture that it's still managed to escape truly damning critique, yet that's what it deserves, and not just from lobbyists.

It would not have looked at all good for the anti-Albany AG to be raising big money in the shadow of the Capitol - presumably from lobbyists, because who else is free at 11:30 a.m. to drop $ 750 to $ 25,000 a head?

We can learn from lobbyists, business people, brand managers, and so on because we do the stuff that they do; and they're adjusting to the digital age much better and much more quickly than we are.

Although we can not eliminate corruption, we can change Albany's culture of dialing for dollars from lobbyists and deep pocketed special interests.

«That Cuomo took more money than any other politician from lobbyists who wish to block fundamental reform would be infuriating, but that's what New Yorkers have come to expect from him.

Lazio is riffing off a report released by NYPIRG Monday that found Cuomo has received $ 320,540 from lobbyists through 2009 — more than any other elected official — even as he is now campaigning on a reform plank and talking about ending the undue influence of special interests in Albany.

Citizens Party candidates and office holders are forbidden to accept any and all gifts, payments or favors from lobbyists or from any other private interests seeking special favors for favorable legislation from the government at the local, state or national level.

The indictment also includes details of a second overlapping scheme in which Percoco is accused of taking bribes from COR and from a lobbyist from energy company Competitive Power Ventures.

Corrupt MPs I can't believe there are any MPs stupid enough [to accept money from lobbyists].

These are the people who make those decisions, from lobbyists whose names stay out of the press to the famous «three men in a room» that hash out the state budget to the prosecutor who has emerged as the fourth man in that room, listening in on every deal and upending the status quo of a place that seemed like it would never change.

They say Kruger took money from lobbyists Richard Lipsky, Aaron Malinsky and Solomon Kalish between 2006 and this year, hiding the money in special accounts he established with Michael Turano and members of his family.

On Tuesday, a Saratoga group stated that it had received notice from lobbyists that Gov. Cuomo intends to push for a clawback of the portion of the subsidy that NYRA receives to spend on capital improvements.

We will never see this happen because accepting bribes from lobbyists is how most congress people fund their lavish retirement life styles.

The Times has more details on the Office of Congressional Ethics probe into eight House members, including two New Yorkers — Reps. Joe Crowley and Chris Lee — who held fund - raisers in the days leading up to the Wall Street reform bill vote, collecting checks from lobbyists prior to weighing in on this key initiative.

Having a committee chairmanship in Albany is no small thing: The job does come with more work, but it also comes with a higher profile, more attention from lobbyists and journalists and offers an opportunity to shape policy.

«Andrew Heaney is a small business owner and a father of three young children who is dedicated to taking back Washington from the lobbyists and career politicians like John Faso who will say anything to distract voters from his terrible record on the 2nd Amendment and his political baggage.

The report illustrated the problem by quoting blunt emails: from lobbyists prodding their clients to keep contributing tens of thousands of dollars to lawmakers in a position to approve legislation, because «with the NYS Legislature it is not over until the fat lady sings,» and from one recipient of a state grant complaining that «it was likely over the last 15 years, we had paid [the official]... more than [the official] was now giving us.»

«Contrary to the defendant's argument that his crime was victimless,» the U.S. attorney's office added, «the people of the State of New York are victims whenever, as here, an elected official abuses the trust the public placed in him by accepting secret payoffs from lobbyists and by covering up his conduct.»

«If there is anyone who thinks money is only flowing from lobbyists to one political party, then they are fooling themselves.»

A House ethics office is demanding fundraising information from lobbyists on five Republicans and three Democrats, according to a document obtained by The Hill.

• Congress to ban most campaign contributions to members from lobbyists or leaders of any entity seeking federal earmarks.