Sentences with phrase «from wealthy campaign donors»

In 2013, the legislature repealed the state's renowned public financing program for judicial candidates, leaving would - be judges to raise contributions from wealthy campaign donors.

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Peters, who served as de Blasio's campaign treasurer before being named investigations commissioner, has been under fire for not refusing to step aside from the sweeping federal probe that is centered on two wealthy businessmen who were large donors to de Blasio, and who ware embroiled in a gifts - for - favors corruption scandal that has already toppled a handful of top ranking NYPD officials.

The mayor told WNYC's Brian Lehrer on Friday that his 2017 re-election campaign will rely on small amounts of money from a large group of donors, rather than wealthy individuals who can donate the maximum amount.

An upcoming campaign fund - raiser for Gov. Andrew Cuomo promises to be a colorful departure from the staid hotel ballroom affairs typically used to court wealthy donors: In June, he'll host a performance of the Broadway show «Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical.»

Though the original email suggested that Romney and Republican elites were the target (it included lines like «we need a bold Reagan conservative to debate Obama» and «this campaign is going to continue to rely on millions of patriots from across the country rather than just a handful of wealthy donors and bundlers»), a subsequent message focused on the incumbent:

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.

The Hedge Clippers report says that Cuomo's reelection campaign benefited from a loophole in New York campaign finance laws that allows wealthy donors, such as hedge fund executives, to exceed contribution limits by giving through multiple companies.

Especially now: The current crop of Republican Senate challengers is hoping the new avenues opened up by the Citizens United decision will help separate them from the shoestring New York Republican campaigns of the past and help them keep up with the better - established candidate, in the same way that a few wealthy donors have managed to keep alive the under - funded presidential ambitions of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.

Mayor Bill de Blasio signaled Friday he's going to significantly shift his fundraising strategy as he readies his 2017 re-election campaign, focusing on raising small amounts of money from a wide group of donors rather than relying heavily on wealthy donors who can pay the maximum amount to his campaign.

Donations from prominent and wealthy donors continued to flock to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election campaign, records made public on Tuesday show.

It allegedly funneled money from wealthy donors into de Blasio's campaign coffers.

A fake greeting penned to New Yorkers from de Blasio has him boasting of beaches and lobster dinners while denying commuters some of City Hall's $ 4 billion surplus for track repairs, because they are not «wealthy campaign donors.»

He wants to ask Paladino about his campaign contributions to Democrats and ask Cuomo about contributions he accepted from wealthy donors.

But earlier this fall, it emerged that some of the people listed as donors to his campaign hadn't actually given to him, and that their names had been deployed so that wealthy Liu supporters could skirt the rules that limited them from giving too much.

The group, which could accept unlimited contributions because of its status, allegedly funneled money from wealthy donors into de Blasio's campaign coffers — avoiding campaign finance restrictions.

While the investigation did not go anywhere, it obtained negative media coverage for the pro-charter campaign and contributed to the public perception of the Yes side being funded by wealthy donors disconnected from Massachusetts communities.

[54] While the investigation did not go anywhere, it obtained negative media coverage for the pro-charter campaign and contributed to the public perception of the Yes side being funded by wealthy donors disconnected from Massachusetts communities.

The senator from Texas has waged an anti-establishment campaign by assailing wealthy GOP donors who, he says, force party leaders to the left on social issues.