Sentences with phrase «grumbled privately»

But some officials in Hempstead — with whom Maragos has feuded over his authority to audit the town's animal shelter — have grumbled privately that the comptroller employs one of his family members in his office.

Republicans have grumbled privately (and not so privately) that Cox oversold his involvement in these victories.

He has grumbled privately to Kelly about Trump's recent controversies, said two people familiar with their relationship.

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Privately, he grumbles a bit.

Privately, Senate Republicans are grumbling about the rent control negotiations, which appear to be the dominate concern in the closed - door discussions, and whether the Assembly Democrats are budging from their positions on strengthening the regulations.

ALBANY — Some state lawmakers privately grumbled when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled his Buffalo Billion program five years ago, but they ended up giving the governor everything he wanted.

Privately, members of NYCLASS — led by parking garage magnate Steve Nislick — have grumbled about the mayor's deliberative pace: with the ability to unload six figures on television ads, as they did a year ago, and to deploy dozens of unusually ardent protesters at the gates of Gracie Mansion and elsewhere, the group has at least some leverage over the mayor.

Some memory and cognition researchers privately grumbled that the conclusions were too negative — particularly with respect to the potential benefits of not smoking, treating high blood pressure and engaging in physical activity.

But Senate leaders ultimately chose not to require either tech giant to appear - a victory for Google and Twitter, which privately had grumbled for days that they had done nothing wrong and didn't deserve to sit next to Zuckerberg.