Sentences with phrase «fundraising practices»

The mayor's own campaign fundraising practices have come under fire over the last few years.

The reported investigation is the latest in a federal corruption probe into the mayor's campaign fundraising practices.

David Brock, longtime Clinton defender and the founder of the liberal opposition research juggernaut American Bridge and media watchdog Media Matters, quit in protest of a New York Times story published Friday that pulled the curtain back on the opaque fundraising practices of his groups.

The answer is also somewhat revealing in that Mayor de Blasio is currently under scrutiny from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for fundraising practices on behalf of the Senate Democrats dating back to 2014.

The mayor — who officials announced last week will not face criminal charges over fundraising practices at the now - defunct nonprofit Campaign for One New York — and his wife also rent out another home on 11th Street in Park Slope for $ 4,975 per month, where they lived before moving into Gracie Mansion in 2014.

Stephanie serves on the Board of Directors for Des Moines Neighbors and is a member of the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators, the Des Moines Leadership Network, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, which promotes ethical fundraising practices.

De Blasio was investigated by state and federal prosecutors, who accused him of shady fundraising practices, but didn't file charges.

Essentially, their misgivings are two-fold: they suspect potential campaign finance violations and they disagree with certain fundraising practices on ethical grounds.

Neither Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz nor U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries would say on Tuesday if they plan to back Mayor Bill de Blasio's eventual reelection bid, as investigations into the mayor's fundraising practices continue to unfold.

Campaign for One New York — which de Blasio set up in 2014 but that's now under investigation for questionable fundraising practices — contributed $ 150,000 to United for Affordable NYC, which has raised $ 390,000 since it was set up in February, Politico reported.

This glut of capital has led to (1) record high burn rates, likely 5 - 10x those of the 1999 timeframe, (2) most companies operating far, far away from profitability, (3) excessively intense competition driven by access to said capital, (4) delayed or non-existent liquidity for employees and investors, and (5) the aforementioned solicitous fundraising practices.

But it is not just breakfast and lunch menus that have changed; vending machine options, a la carte lines, food - based fundraising practices, and more are being improved to meet the updated school nutrition rules that began to take effect in the 2012 - 13 school year (SY).

Although state and federal investigations into de Blasio's fundraising practices closed without anyone being charged, allegations have resurfaced again in the last two weeks as Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in an ongoing political corruption trial, testified he was in weekly communication with the mayor and was promised favors in exchange for money.

De Blasio has not been charged after prosecutors examined his relationship with Singh and his overall fundraising practices.

As the office and campaign of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance reexamine internal policies regarding the acceptance of campaign contributions, they may want to reference the guidebook of the office of the State Comptroller or Attorney General, both of which have implemented their own donor - vetting systems and guidelines in the wake of controversies involving fundraising practices.

The city's Campaign Finance Board says the mayor's outside nonprofit group did not violate campaign finance laws, but it sharply criticized the mayor's fundraising practices nonetheless.

Last week, Deputy Chief Michael Harrington, Chief David Colon and Deputy Inspector James Grant jumped from the NYPD ship after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton predicted that arrests were likely to stem from the sprawling federal investigation that includes pay - for - favors activities at the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio's various fundraising practices.

He first met with Offinger, who faced scrutiny during a now - closed federal probe into Hizzoner's fundraising practices in 2013.

Meanwhile, grand juries have been hearing evidence related to separate state and federal inquiries into the de Blasio administrations fundraising practices.

The complaint alleges that ASPCA's unfair and deceptive fundraising practices harm local humane societies and SPCAs... (and that) Ever since the ASPCA began to aggressively fundraise several years ago, humane societies throughout the country have suffered.»

In March, state and federal prosecutors announced they would not pursue charges against de Blasio and his aides for questionable campaign fundraising practices — even though they violated the «intent and spirit» of election law.

It cost taxpayers $ 14.5 million to defend de Blasio and his aides in federal and state investigations of his shady fundraising practices, Corporation Counsel Zachary Carter revealed.

Neither Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz nor U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries would say today if they plan to back NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's eventual reelection bid, as investigations into the mayor's fundraising practices continue to unfold.

De Blasio's administration, which is reportedly also under federal investigation for fundraising practices, has said it followed all laws.

He is also a member of the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators and the Association of Fundraising professionals, which promotes ethical fundraising practices.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala has been tapped to run the Clinton Foundation as Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares for her expected 2016 presidential campaign and the philanthropy faces scrutiny of its fundraising practices.

In 2009, Joyce Meyer Ministries received accreditation from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), which stated that in terms of the ministry's financial accountability, transparency, board governance and fundraising practices, it had met their requirements of «responsible stewardship».

Investigators looking into de Blasio's fundraising practices are now scrutinizing his 2013 campaign for possible straw donors, checking to see if they were either reimbursed for their contributions or given cash to pass along to the campaign in order to skirt the city's donation limits.

The practice, part of a broader inquiry into the fundraising practices of Mayor Bill de Blasio and his allies, was recommended for criminal prosecution by the chief enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections in a memorandum made public last week.

Levy's gubernatorial foes said the fundraising practices should disqualify Levy from the race.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A landlord who donated to Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team was one of the biggest losers in an alleged Ponzi scheme that's connected to a federal probe of the NYPD and the mayor's campaign fundraising practices, records show.

Last March, prosecutors said they would not prosecute de Blasio after examining his fundraising practices.

At least three agency commissioners hosted campaign events for the mayor, including Mark Peters, the head of the Department of Investigation who recently recused himself from a federal pay - to - play probe of the mayor's fundraising practices.

Schneiderman said he was disgusted by the alleged scheme, which his investigators seem to have stumbled upon during a probe of Pigeon's campaign fundraising practices.

In the end, Levy failed to make it onto the ballot (good thing, too, knowing what we know now — to the degree we actually know anything — about his fundraising practices), and Lazio was defeated in the GOP primary by Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

De Blasio faced investigations into his fundraising practices by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, but no criminal charges were filed.

Mayor de Blasio has repeatedly boasted that federal and state prosecutors have examined his campaign fundraising practices and declined...

A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bahara declined comment on the claims against the mayor or the ongoing probe from their office into de Blasio's fundraising practices.

Local and federal officials are investigating the de Blasio administration and the mayor's campaign fundraising practices.

Albanese has been vocal deriding de Blasio on the mayor's fundraising practices, his overall ethics and management, and his lack of support for the NYPD.

NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Campaign Finance Board unanimously decided not to award Comptroller John Liu's mayoral campaign millions in public funding on Monday, over what it said were pervasive questions about the campaign's fundraising practices.

After a rocky summer, de Blasio's poll numbers had begun to rise, though he now faces questions about federal investigations into police corruption, his fundraising practices, and elevated lead levels in the blood of NYCHA residents.

Also throwing uncertainty into the mayor's re-election campaign is the status of multiple federal and state investigations into de Blasio's fundraising practices.

But they criticized his fundraising practices.

HIGH BRIDGE — Mayor Bill de Blasio distanced himself Sunday from two businessmen embroiled in a federal corruption probe of the NYPD that has expanded to his campaign fundraising practices, saying that he doesn't know the men that well and that his campaign is returning donations from both.

Of those legal fees, $ 128,000 went to Robert Abrams, a lawyer which Liu hired to conduct an internal investigation of the campaign's fundraising practices.

Ulrich did not provide details of what he will be announcing, but stressed that the timing of the announcement was not related to Thursday's announcement from state and federal prosecutors who said they would not pursue charges against de Blasio or his aides following a months long investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices.

But Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer said he would take no part in the nomination or the campaign because of a probe of State Senate Democrats» fundraising practices.