Sentences with phrase «got favors»

The investigation by JCOPE is just one of many Mr. de Blasio is at the center of at the moment, including a separate probe of whether donors to the Campaign for One New York got favors from City Hall.

And there's also inquiries into Mr. de Blasio's non-profit, the Campaign For One New York, and whether donors got favors from City Hall.

Give the old man cookies and soft drinks to get his favor!

Even if you're not using «code language,» do you believe that you've got a favored place with the all - knowing, all - seeing, all - powerful?

One of the major criteria a roaster must meet to get favored nation status on the left sidebar as a source of sustainable coffee is transparency.

Doubt we'll be getting any favors.

They are not going to get any favors with the schedule in terms of getting off the schnide as they will have a tough matchup with Team Bauer next week..

feels like Wenger got given some players and Wenger tried but didn't like and got new versions that he picked and they get his favor.

OT: At the start of next season I think Özil should get the # 10 (nothing against Jack), Alexis should get his favored # 7 (again nothing against Super Tom), Podolski should be sold and replaced by Dybala with the # 9 (Giroud ain't getting any younger and we need more than Danny to compete on all 4 fronts), and a DM to replace Flamini with the # 20 to compete, push or even partner Le Coq.

yeah i know before they said that to giroud and walcott to but now that one has been dropped and the other being one of the best players right now for us they are labelling ramsey as the one getting favored by wenger..

They were fantastic all season long and didn't get any favors with drawing the better than their seed # 11 SIG SR squad in Hoops during the Opening Round..

He will kick and push and fight his way to goal, and he certainly gets no favors from opposing defenders.

Peter Galbraith Kelly, the power executive accused of getting Percoco's wife a low - show teaching job at Competitive Power Ventures, helped Percoco because they were close friends — not to get favors from the state, their lawyers said.

«There is, I believe, a deeply corrupt political culture in New York, an acceptance of the idea that you go into politics to get favors and do favors and a deep, deep, deep cynicism in Albany and culture,» said Teachout, who is teaching a course this semester on political corruption in the state.

Durst and Mayor de Blasio have been at odds since September, when Hizzoner used the developer as an example of a contributor who didn't get favors from City Hall.

McMahon laughed at any suggestion that he would get any favors from City Hall, which is entirely run by elected Democrats.

«If a big donor gets a favor you don't necessarily tie it to the donation,» he said.

US Attorney Preet Bharara is taking a long, hard look at the access enjoyed by folks who want something from the city and those who use their influence to get favors for others.

«Obviously he didn't [get favor for a license],» the governor said.

It's precisely the state's policy to help get favored projects low interest loans from green card - seeking investors.

Mayor de Blasio did his best to bury his corruption scandals over the weekend: On Friday, he dropped his long - promised column about donors who didn't get favors from City Hall...

«If they get their favored candidates elected, then it doesn't matter who controls the State Senate.»

Targets could include «applicants who try to influence reviewers... [or] try to get favors from reviewers.»

Zhang also noted that scientists have been unable to get their favored neuronal subtypes.

Got a favor from someone you least expected?

Screwing over other applicants in order to get your favored candidate admitted is hardly a goofy misdemeanor.

The question we ultimately need to answer is: to what extent are unions successful at getting their favored candidates elected to office?

Still, in the normal course of events, teacher unions tend to have important advantages relative to other groups in both incentives and resources — so, that over the long haul, they often (but not always) succeed in getting their favored candidates into office.

While a few darlings and the message got favored by traditional publishing, this was still bad for the vast majority (regardless of politics, just worse for anyone not left of Lenin.)

But what to get your favored members of the bar?

They played a major role in this mess but they think a small gesture like this will get them favor with the public again.

Not exact matches

He took his post promising to gut the rule — which forbids broadband providers from favoring certain web services over others — and he seems likely to get his wish.

There's a lot of hemming and hawing about how Facebook doesn't choose what kinds of information to show you, which of course is factually incorrect, and appears to be mostly a rhetorical dodge in order to get around accusations of favoring certain viewpoints in trending topics.

McConnell began by getting members up to speed on the substance of health care reform, a subject that historically favored Democrats by a wide margin.

Repurpose content from accounts that have an audience you would like to get in front of, because many accounts will return the favor and repurpose your content after they see you share theirs.

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You've got to ask yourself: By partnering with a company like Edison Nation Medical, are you robbing yourself of long - term gain in favor of short - term ease?

Second, many states actively favor renewables in electricity generation, and even in places that don't, the word has gotten out that coal combustion is far deadlier to humans than any other electric generation source — including natural gas.

He got the money, but the investors required he step down in favor of an experienced CEO; they later sold the technology and closed up shop.

As you grow, however, there will be a point when the cash flow gets complicated and is often overlooked in favor of focusing on sales, business development and other tasks.

«Today, customers feel thankful for getting a loan, as if the lender had done them a favor.

«Our biggest priority right now is to put pressure, wherever we can, to try and get [the civilians] out» of Aleppo, Obama said, and noted that he would help president - elect Donald Trump — who said on Thursday that he is in favor of establishing humanitarian safe zones in Syria — with any advice he can provide so that he can make informed decisions.

Because the average salary for a woman still lags behind men's (the American Association of University Women says women earn 82 cents for every dollar a man makes one year after graduation) and lenders favor two - income households over single earners, Lautz says women are «making the most sacrifices to get into a home, but they're still placing a high value on owning a home of their own.»

Cook was among those tech CEOs favoring Clinton, and according to a trove of emails uncovered by Wikileaks, he was in the running as a possible vice presidential pick before Tim Kaine got the nod.

If anything, the dry skin on the top and back of her head seemed to get markedly worse after using this soft scrubbing tool, and we discussed tossing it in favor of good old washcloths.

It seems like a small task, but you'll reduce pain at tax time and you'll be doing yourself a favor by getting a holistic view of all of your finances.

Let's get this one out of the way first: Working longer will change the math in your favor, and powerfully so.

If they act the part they are seeking before they get it, it will give them practice in living this success, and it will cause voters to see them in the role, which will make the election more likely to go in their favor.

Call it a movement of sorts, but employees are increasingly ditching their company issued computers and smartphones in favor of using their own devices to get work done.

The social network may argue that it doesn't tell its publishing partners what they should be creating for that money, but the fact that it is pushing video — and that its algorithm clearly favors certain kinds of video content over other kinds — helps determine what gets promoted.