Sentences with phrase «from real estate donors»

All told, Flanagan received nearly $ 8,000 from real estate donors.

By contrast, City Council Speaker Quinn — who has raised more funds than any other candidate — drummed up just under $ 20,000 and Public Advocate de Blasio raised a mere $ 12,730 from real estate donors in the same period.

Not exact matches

Aside from Adelson, Florida's largest anti-weed donor — contributing $ 1 million — is Mel Sembler, chairman emeritus of the Sembler Company, a commercial real estate firm.

By contrast, the coalition of business, real estate and private - sector union interests raised $ 17.5 million from 74 donors in 2011.

Investigators want to know if real estate developers and other donors received preferential treatment from the city in exchange for contributions to the group, which was created to promote the mayor's policy agenda.

In February, IBTimes reported that a Cuomo donor at the center of the probe saw his real estate firm receive subsidies from the same state housing agency that gave bond work to Cuomo's financial industry donors.

Among the upstate town's major political donors are Joseph and Esther Markowitz, who run a local real estate company and regularly write four - figure checks to certain candidates from New York City.

In the most recent filing period, Lhota captured $ 47,475 from more than 100 donors from the real estate industry, including Barry Gosin, CEO of commercial brokerage Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, and Alex Goldstein of residential owner Samson Management, who each gave the maximum $ 4,950 to his campaign.

Silver's other legal work, for a separate firm that handled property tax assessment appeals, was unknown to the public until a year ago: Prosecutors successfully argued that Silver received legal fees from real estate developers — including Glenwood Management, the state's most generous political donor — that had extensive business before the Legislature, and did his best to conceal the arrangement from ethics watchdogs.

Some IDC donors from the real estate industry have ties to President Donald Trump, the video claims.

In his first term, most of his biggest donors came from the real estate industry.

He has received campaign donations from companies and wealthy donors ranging from big Albany, N.Y. lobbying shops and real estate developers to Hollywood moguls and pharmaceutical companies.

Real - estate investor Jona Rechnitz, a de Blasio donor under investigation for lavishing NYPD officers with gifts, reportedly used his connections to siphon $ 655,000 over the past two years from the City Council to fund a law - enforcement sensitivity seminar at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance.

That the Governor who raised 33 million dollars from real - estate donors and corporate entities before the gubernatorial campaign even started may have allowed undue influence for these entities to lobby and pass legislation they desired as a result of their donations to the Cuomo campaign war chest.

Silver also took what he called referral fees from a real estate law firm while he directed tax breaks to two developers, including Glenwood Management, the largest political donor in the state.

Silver also received another $ 700,000 in referral fees from a real estate law firm in an alleged kickback scheme as he directed tax breaks to two developers, including Glenwood Management, the largest political donor in the state.

Cuomo currently has $ 22 million in his re-election account, culled from a donor base that includes deep - pocketed figures in real estate and finance that politicians without a regular excuse to be in Manhattan work so hard to court.

The largest Cuomo donor in the real estate club was Toronto - based Brookfield Property Partners, which earlier this month wired three donations from LLCs totaling $ 150,000.

Despite vowing to finance his own campaign, the real estate showman raised $ 3.9 million — 71 of which came from small donors — and only gave $ 100,000 to his campaign from his own pocket in in - kind contributions.

He tried to rip the livelihoods from hundred of pedicab and horse carriage workers to reward his rich campaign donors and real - estate interests, and thinks he can get away with it.»

The billionaire gave him $ 20,000, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the $ 34,000 Peralta received from city real estate donors this year.

While real estate donors were slow to contribute to Heastie in the early part of 2015, he collected more than $ 10,000 from real estate players by the close of the year.

As has been the case in previous filings, Cuomo's biggest campaign donors include people from the New York City real estate industry and supporters of charter schools.

In the weeks leading up to the election, top de Blasio donor Jona Rechnitz, a Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty to charges of corruption, alleged that he gave money to the mayor's campaign in exchange for favors from City Hall.

Many of the donors who have given the max to de Blasio come from the real estate industry, which has an interest in city housing and land use policies.

The speaker has raised money from a variety of donors, including real estate developers, unions and consulting firms, the filings show.

He is, for example, the top recipient of campaign cash from Glenwood Management, the Long Island - based real estate firm that, through its large portfolio of property - specific LLCs, is the state's most generous political donor.

A significant portion of his donations came from donors in the real estate and financial services industries, including executives at firms such as Crown Acquisitions, Property Markets Group, the Riese Organization, CBRE, RFR Holdings» Aby Rosen, Hudson Companies, Toll Brothers and Massey's own former firm Cushman and Wakefield.

The charges against both former leaders stemmed, in part, from their interactions with executives at Glenwood Management, a real estate development firm and major political donor that is heavily interested in rent regulations and the 421 - a property tax subsidy program.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki might be trailing distantly in the polls and in fundraising in general, but he was the third-most popular among the New York real estate crowd, receiving nearly $ 82,000 total from just six donors.

So far, only Mr. de Blasio's main Republican opponent, Paul J. Massey Jr., a real estate sales executive, has rivaled him in fund - raising, though Mr. Massey has also spent money faster than he has taken it in from donors.

Teach for America's major donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Walton Family Foundation, run by the heirs to the Walmart fortune; the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, run by the real estate billionaire and Democratic donor; and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

In a race that cost over $ 30 million, $ 25 million from outside groups, Torlakson was backed by labor unions and progressive activists while Tuck got the support of establishment newspapers and, according to one source, «30 donors who gave on average $ 267,000 each, including real estate developer William Bloomfield, Jr., Broad Foundation founder Eli Broad, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Emerson Collective Chair Laurene Powell Jobs.»

Historically, Cooper Union and the trustees have failed to cultivate a roster of large donors and instead have relied on income from real estate, particularly the land it owns beneath the Chrysler Building.

Spencer, who was a bank executive before entering real estate nine years ago, uses business savvy to connect with donors and volunteers but never shies away from grunt work.

The goal was met thanks to contributions from real estate boards, provincial associations, private real estate companies, franchises and individual Realtor donors from across the country.

This project has been aided by financial contributions from numerous sponsors, donors and community partners, including the Government of Alberta, the CREB ® Charitable Foundation, the Alberta Real Estate Foundation (AREF) and Hockey Helps the Homeless.