Sentences with phrase «get jobs for his son»

Skelos was accused of using his power to get jobs for his son, Adam, and then using his clout to reward those firms with public contracts.

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Four years later, I got a chance for a do - over when I was laid off from my job when I was nine weeks pregnant with my son Julian.

«People look at you and say, «You just got the job because of your dad»... It was very important to me, branching out and getting to know people and having people know me for me as opposed to knowing me for being my dad's son.»

When it came time for serious work, son Nick got himself a desk job in IT, following in the footsteps of his dad, who formerly was head of international sales for an IT cloud and managed - services company.

Later, when our second son was born, I worked part time a few days a week, relying on the help of the lovely young woman, a former nanny who lived in our rental until and watched the boys in exchange for reduced rent while she went to school to become a hair stylist, until I got a job that I could do at home, as the editor of a kids» newspaper.

And finally, Republican state Senator Tom Libous, who was indicted in July for lying to federal agents about a scheme to get his son a job at a politically wired law firm, won re-election to serve his 14th term in the New York state Senate.

State Senator Tom Libous of Binghamton was found guilty by jury of lying to the FBI, for using his political influence to get a son Matthew a job with a Westchester County Law firm.

Up for discussion Tuesday were the seven statements that they say are the lies the senator made to the agents concerning his son getting a job at a Westchester County law firm, as well as his salary — that they believe was lucrative.

Sen. Thomas Libous, an upstate Republican who died of cancer last year after being convicted for lying to the FBI about whether he had used his influence to get his son a job, managed to pay $ 21,295 in legal fees posthumously and has $ 184.53 remaining in his account.

«Had the police done their job I would've spent the last 18 years grieving for my son rather than fighting to get his killers to court.»

Disgraced former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos used his political muscle to score «his own no - show job» and rake in nearly $ 200,000 per year, before pulling a similar move on his son's behalf and getting arrested for it, prosecutors said in new court papers.

Thomas Libous, a former deputy majority leader of the state Senate who is dying of cancer, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and two years of probation for lying to federal agents who were investigating whether he used his political influence to get his son a job.

In addition, the former Speaker of the Assembly is in court facing federal corruption charges, and the most recent leader of the Senate, Dean Skelos, goes on trial Nov. 16 in federal court on charges that he monetized his office to get a job and other favors for his own son.

According to the indictment, Skelos supposedly persuaded a New York real - estate executive to pay commissions to Adam, helped Adam get a consulting job for which he was unqualified at an environmental firm, used his office to help the firm get a multimillion - dollar government contract, and leaned on the pollution - control company to pay his son more or risk losing Skelos's support for the contract bid.

After Libous» conviction of a single felony count of lying to the FBI about using his public post to get his son, Matthew, a job at a politically connected law firm — a decision that automatically ejected him from his Senate seat — six good government groups renewed their call for a special legislative session to address ethics reform.

The doctor testified Mr. Silver arranged for him to be honored by New York State, helped get his son a job, and even offered to help him navigate red tape in organizing a mesothelioma run near the World Trade Center site, in Mr. Silver's district.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Thomas Libous, a former deputy majority leader of the New York state Senate, was sentenced Tuesday to six months of home confinement and two years of probation for lying to federal agents who were investigating whether he used his political influence to get his son a job.

The federal complaint against Mr. Skelos claims that he used his position to pressure a developer, believed to be mega-donor Glenwood Management, into getting his son a no - show consultant job at a company that produced water filtration systems for municipalities, a company which Glenwood holds substantial stock in.

(Sidebar: In defense of my son's father, when I initially met him, he had a good office job working for Bell Atlantic, but got caught up into the times of street life and fast money as many young men did during that period, but he's a good guy and we have a great relationship) On the bus this particular day, I sat beside this young lady and we begin to talk.

What Jerry now has going for him is that single mum bookkeeper Dorothy Boyd (Zellweger), with her young son (Jonathan Lipnicki), has slavishly fallen in love with him over his idealistic decision and is willing to go the extra-mile to support her lover boy as she quits her steady job with the agency to be his entire office staff — she even takes it upon herself to apologize for his mistakes, and they get married.

Miraculously, one occurs when he begins working for the very same shady real - estate magnate (Michael Shannon) who is responsible for his predicament and while his plan is to use this job as a way of getting back his home, the easy money and the dream of getting his home back for his son is enough to distract him until he finds himself in a position where he now has to evict people who are in the same situation where he once found himself.

Josh Hartnett (The Black Dahlia, Lucky Number Slevin) gets the most screen time, playing Erik Keman Jr., a sports reporter (and neglected son of a famous sportscaster himself) for the Denver Post who is fighting to keep his job now that cutbacks are rumored due to people getting their news from the internet and other sources.

The third act gets a little too flag - wavy for this viewer, but there's no denying that Gyllenhaal and Maslany are superb in their roles; Miranda Richardson has a tougher job playing Bauman's harridan mother, a tough - minded barfly determined to protect her son, but she pulls it off.

Sacheiry Comeron, 34, gets a kiss from her son, Yomar Lopez, 12, after Comeron secured an interview for a teaching job with the Orange County school district at a reception center set up at the Orlando International Airport to greet evacuees from Puerto Rico.

I want to get one for my niece and maybe my friend's son who is starting a consulting job with a big name New York firm.

Bobby guessed she might first have gotten the job because Donald Biderman liked Randall and felt sorry for her — widowed with a son barely out of diapers — but she was good at it and worked hard.

Meanwhile, to earn money while she and her son continue their search for the killers, Elspeth gets a job in the ice trade (see «Beyond the Book») and forges a complicated friendship with a male worker.

My extire tax returns was taking for 2015 and all the funds went to department of education and the fact that they took over 8,000 and I lost my apartment I'm currently still homeless and I'm also divorced and lost my vehicle to theft and to get even more worse my son was air lifted from school I had to miss work and I lost my job behind the the issues with my son and I don't have a good credit score because department of education and I was pressing the issues that the school was not accredited by no state and I have to pay for a service that I can't even get a job in the field I went to school for.I don't know what to do honestly about the filing for 2016 returns cause I was not offered a option to get my money back from 2015 returns cause I was really in the need for my money I worked hard for.

I commuted to work and kept living in my college town after finding a job after graduation to save money on rent and I also got rid of cable, negotiated better rates for car insurance, stopped buying new clothes for my son and I, and started cooking more at home and dining out less.

Geoff Smart is the son of Brad Smart, who wrote the seminal book Topgrading on how to recruit, hire and keep the right people for the right job to get excellent results.

When my son was looking for his first job, I wanted to help him get a good one.

I have gotten a call from a mom trying to find an entry level job for her college graduate son.

Our children have since graduated from college, one is a school administrator and also got her ASID, our son is an attorney, they both are married and live out of town, we did a great job getting our children on their way in this house, I'm thankful for that, but I'm ready to put a sign in the yard.