Sentences with phrase «in back room deals»

In practice, fusion has become a game for the political elite, with endorsements by «paper parties» like the Working Families Party, Conservative Party, and Independence Party usually earned in back room deals with implicit — or explicit — trades of political favors and campaign cash (a recent NYPIRG investigative report found that the Working Families Party gets most of its money from the Democratic Party).

Thats one of many of many problems with our political system we get the choice of the party, (made in back room deals), for the candidate not the choice of the people.

Schlag was active in leading the opposition to the Haddam Land Swap, a scheme to trade public conservation land to developers in exchange for other land in a back room deal.

It is too important for its future to be determined in a back room deal which would then be bounced on MPs with precious little scope for proper debate let alone public consultation.

Not exact matches

With a nearly 16 percent stake in Dell and ties going back three decades to the creation of the company out of his college dorm room, Michael Dell is seen as having much more at stake in the deal going through than Silver Lake, a financial investor that often walks away from deals.

Tension was in the air as a good deal of back - room discussion took place.

There's all these stories of politicians making deals in this mysterious back room, and people shooting guns, and rock stars hanging out after the shows.

The journalist himself has even left room to back track should a deal not come off, by stating that Valencia are still «delaying» over possible other clubs becoming interested in the player.

It's hard when they lie to us straight out, Arsenal's drop in form last season was meant to be a catalyst for change, we where told the back room was going to be overhauled for a smooth transition when Wenger finally left, we were told we where getting a D.O.F and then a week off the season finishes Wenger signs a new deal and the whole backroom staff got new contracts as well.

The left - back is going to move to Juventus in an # 8.5 million deal, meaning there will be room in Diego Simeone's squad for the return of the 29 - year - old.

Arsenal may well not get as much back in terms of a transfer fee from this deal if it went ahead, but with the German champions Bayern Munich showing real reluctance to pay Alexis Sanchez the sort of wages he is said to be after, the only other options open to Arsene Wenger are selling to a Premier League rival or keeping him with the risk of having an unhappy and disruptive player in the dressing room for a year before he swans off for nothing anyway.

A more nuanced deal he also revealed came in simple things like kicking the ball long; academy footballers of all denominations are increasingly encouraged to play short passes and build from the back, but there is scarcely room for subtlety lower down the professional ranks, meaning he was now hitting as many as 40 or 50 long balls per game.

Since my kids are not yet in middle school, I have yet to fully experience the impact of «competitive» food in the public school setting — i.e., beverage vending machines stocked exclusively with Coca - Cola products (thanks to a multimillion dollar deal Coke struck with our district a few years back — more on that to come), snack vending machines, branded products like Papa John's pizza in the lunch room, and more.

We dealt with night wakings by providing diapers and food in a dark room and put them right back to sleep (with patting if necessary).

Ironically the only way Pellegrino holds this seat in a general election with generic turn out is if she gets a pass in terms of an opponent because of a back room deal.

«They are fed up with the back room deals and pay - to - play mentality that has become standard operating procedure in halls of Congress.

I have covered enough of these (S) elections to know that anything can happen when the consummate back - room - deal - people all end up in the same room together.

«The lesson of the last election is that voters are hungry for politicians who stand for something, not for opportunists who say one thing and do another, or for power brokers who wheel and deal in back rooms,» says Thomas Gokey of True Blue NY - 53.

«The lesson of the last election is that voters are hungry for politicians who stand for something, not for opportunists who say one thing and do another, or for power brokers who wheel and deal in back rooms,» says Thomas Gokey of

Jacobs addresses the confusion and reports of back - room deals made in the race for attorney general, and why that race was open to all candidates while others were not.

No stranger to capturing media attention with gimmicks and protest, Avella seems to have gotten this one right when he stated, «The culture in Albany of «What happens in Albany stays in Albany» has to stop... Assembly Member Silver... is now seen as the classic example of the dysfunction and back room deals that has plagued Albany for decades.

You see a lot more drama, back - room deals and blockades in the 150 - strong Belgian chamber than among the 600 members of the French Assemblée nationale or the German Bundestag.

«This N.Y.P.D. bill being advanced by Torres is neither the Right to Know Act nor a compromise, but political back - room dealing and a surrender of legislative independence to the N.Y.P.D. and the mayor,» Monifa Bandele, a spokeswoman for Communities United for Police Reform, said in a statement.

In a move the chairwoman of its local [East Hampton] chapter, Elaine Jones, characterized as a «back room deal,» Zachary Cohen has been replaced by Bill Wilkinson [registered Republican] as the Independence Party candidate for East Hampton Town Supervisor.

«It's time to put an end to these back - room deals and unilateral announcements, whether it's the Conservatives in England or Labour in Scotland.

In a back - room deal, Serino voted for huge fines on homeowners who want to rent their homes to make ends meet.»

In the past week, health - care advocates brought in to advise Mr. Cuomo on Medicaid said he blind - sided them with back - room deals with the hospital industry and union workerIn the past week, health - care advocates brought in to advise Mr. Cuomo on Medicaid said he blind - sided them with back - room deals with the hospital industry and union workerin to advise Mr. Cuomo on Medicaid said he blind - sided them with back - room deals with the hospital industry and union workers.

Though the race will not be decided until January, the looming vacancy is already swathed in all the bare - knuckled, back - room intrigue of old - time New York: Promises are offered; deals are made.

Kelly went on to refute a recent report that he and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn had cut a back - room deal that would keep him in the spot if she wins the race to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican from Kinderhook who is contemplating a gubernatorial run in 2018, said the budget is being «delivered to New Yorkers after back room arm twisting and deal making, and driven by political spats and retribution.»

The ad, entitled «Albany Tom», slams DiNapoli for being a career public servant («23 years on the public payroll»), and says he landed his job in a «back room deal».

I believe in competition — something that you clearly didn't want, which is why you cut back room deals to get everybody else out of this race,» he said.

The unspoken assertion was both obvious and deft — that while she may be an actress she is, in fact, the real thing; it is her opponent, with his back - room dealing and corporate coddling and dynastic affiliations, who stands as the role - player and the phony.

He derided Mr. Stringer as part of the «political establishment» and attempted to make an issue of Mr. Stringer's support for lifting term limits in 2008, saying in an advertisement that Mr. Stringer had cut «a back room deal to hand a third term to» Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

«Unity» is the trending word in New York politics, ever since Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepped into the back room of a Manhattan steakhouse and put together a deal to end the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway group of Democratic senators who collaborated with Republicans to control the state Senate.

In that situation these plans would add layers of process and confusion to legislating and lead to back room deals being made far away from the voters eyes.

In his seven days on the witness stand in Federal District Court in Manhattan, which ended late Thursday afternoon, Mr. Howe described a medley of back - room schemes and deals that have long been a stereotype of New York state politicIn his seven days on the witness stand in Federal District Court in Manhattan, which ended late Thursday afternoon, Mr. Howe described a medley of back - room schemes and deals that have long been a stereotype of New York state politicin Federal District Court in Manhattan, which ended late Thursday afternoon, Mr. Howe described a medley of back - room schemes and deals that have long been a stereotype of New York state politicin Manhattan, which ended late Thursday afternoon, Mr. Howe described a medley of back - room schemes and deals that have long been a stereotype of New York state politics.

So don't begrudge us for knowing somebody that we always knew, and that was there in the trenches with us,» Mr. Sharpton said, saying he had never asked for favors or back room deals — only access and policy changes.

As a former nominee for public office in Rockland County for the position of Ramapo Town Supervisor 2007, U.S. Congress, 17th District 2010, and nominated for Rockland County Republican Party Chairman 2012, I deeply understand what happens to candidates who wish to serve with core principles; I understand the price that can be paid for standing on principle by an independent candidate who refuses to deal with the back - room bosses.

Mimi Rocah, who worked from 2001 to 2017 as an assistant United States attorney in New York, including on some Albany corruption cases, said there is a «systemic problem where minimal transparency is required and back - room deals are allowed to thrive.

In all cases excellent loyalists to traditional conservative party principles have been held up as disloyal because they dared to call out the back room deals and patronage activities that have sold out Republicanism and disenfranchised the party's voter base.

A deal made between two party bosses in the back room of Junior's Restaurant is an appalling replacement for a public vote — and is a stain on the Democratic Party in New York.

«Back - room political dealing in Albany is exactly what New Yorkers are tired of and what Andrew Cuomo has perfected over nearly 30 years in Albany,» said the spokesman, Barney Keller.

And if you ever come to my classes, know that there is someone in the room who has dealt with a similar trauma — know that I have your back.

About Blog Natasha teaches on a one - to - one basis in her private yoga room in Birling and specialises in dealing with back issues and teaching pre and post natal yoga on a one to one basis.

Political arm - twisting and back - room dealing lead to plenty of intrigue in Steven Spielberg's film about the 16th president's efforts to pass the 13th Amendment.

An executive (the great Sylvia Chang, who also wrote the source play) begins to see her power slip away while a hard - working young assistant (Wang Ziyi) tries to get his foot in the door, and everybody seems to be making a different back room deal or keeping a different secret.

Tensions in the board room are at an all - time high, especially with back room deals and bribery tainting the water.

As Governor Malloy sits on top of one of the largest unfunded state and teacher pension systems in the country, an unfunded liability that will cost Connecticut taxpayers more than $ 20 billion to resolve over the next two decades, leave it to back room politics of the Malloy administration to wheel and deal a way for Steven Adamowski to boost his pension at taxpayer expense.

While he was dealing with a couple students who showed up high, another student in the back of the room threw a potted plant out an open window... which nearly hit security guards 2 stories down.