Sentences with phrase «hard at corruption»

«We will keep looking hard at corruption in our legislative branch, as we have been,» Bharara said, according to the Daily News.

«We will keep looking hard at corruption in our legislative branch as we have been, but not just there, but in the executive branch, too — both in city and state government,» Bharara said on April 12 at a gala hosted by the good - government group Common Cause, where he suggested there should be more efforts at government reform.

Not exact matches

«At a time when corruption in our state and local governments have eroded so much trust in our public officials, it's critical that we elect bold, honest, hard - working leaders like John Brooks,» Rice said in a statement.

BY KEN PASKAR Speaker Sheldon Silver is being pilloried in the press for accusations of corruption, and I felt it's time to take a hard look at the allegations being leveled against Silver and see them for what they are: character assassination, pure and simple.

As federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York he hit hard at both parties, taking down former Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, the former Republican State Senate majority leader, and often reveled in the spotlight as he gleefully goaded those accused of corruption or graft.

But it's hard not to think that the same conditions that are said to have fostered the alleged corruption at SUNY Poly — including secret communications and a lack of normal public competitive bidding procedures — didn't also contribute to this apparent financial mess.

Preet Bharara, the United States attorney whose office recently won the corruption convictions of two of New York's most powerful legislators, says that Albany's problems are deep and systemic but that potential solutions are not hard to find: They lie in the nitty - gritty evidence presented at the unprecedented trials.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is lobbying hard, and the five countries, some better known for their corruption than their cooperation, are on board, on paper at least.

«Flesh and Bone» is a tale of corruption and desire; a story designed to once again look at what happens to innocence when it is shattered by big world expectations in a hard city.

You can accelerate hard in a low gear with little in the way of steering corruption (on a smooth race track, at least).

My question is: did we see flawed ratings of CDOs, CMBS etc. because of moral corruption and complacency at the ratings agencies, or because risk is by its very nature hard to model?

«We've been hard at work at Telltale creating an all - new iteration of the iconic Batman story that puts players in the suit of billionaire Bruce Wayne, just as much as it will put them behind the mask, deciding how to carefully navigate a complex drama, rich with action, crime, corruption, and villainy lurking around every corner of Gotham City,» said Kevin Bruner, Co-Founder and CEO of Telltale Games.

Performance artist Astrid Hadad takes a hard look at Mexican hypocrisy, machismo, and corruption at the Hammer this week in ASTRID HADAD --(DE) CONSTRUCTING MEXICANIDAD.

It is available in Burmese and in English at: http://www.globalwitness.org/reports/index.php?section=burma For a hard copy version please respond to via email with name and address For further information, contact Global Witness» Burma team on [phone] - or [email protected] Editor's notes: (1) Global Witness focuses on the links between the exploitation of natural resources and the funding of conflict and corruption.

But aggressive treatment at the hands of medical staff, as well as corruption, make it even harder in Ukraine.