Sentences with phrase «labor peace agreement»

Language would be added to the current casino siting bill that would require bidders to negotiate Labor Peace Agreements (LPAs) prior to submitting their bids.

According to the complaint, they sought Mr. Percoco's help in reversing a decision by the state's economic development agency that would have forced COR — Mr. Cuomo's largest donor in central New York — to make an expensive labor peace agreement; pushing the state to release payments that it owed to COR; and getting a $ 5,000 raise for Mr. Aiello's son, who worked for Mr. Percoco at the governor's office.

As part of the enabling legislation approved the state Legislature earlier this year, the Hotel Trades Council previously signed five labor peace agreements with the operators who are considering applying for upstate casino licenses.

Percoco allegedly intervened to help Cor avoid having to sign a costly labor peace agreement on one project and to resolve problems with delayed state payments on another.

This included pressuring Empire State Development to allow COR to proceed on a hotel near Syracuse's inner harbor without a labor peace agreement and securing a raise for Aiello's son, who was working in the state's executive chamber.

SEIU 32BJ pushes for prevailing wages and labor peace agreements — which mean union jobs — at publicly subsidized projects.

«Amazing how Fayle rewrites history,» Howe wrote, referring to James Fayle, the ESD official who explained that ESD had ultimately determined the state funding was structured in a way that would not require a labor peace agreement.

After ESD changed its mind about requiring the labor peace agreement, the businessmen sent an email to Percoco, saying, «Thank you and JP for your efforts.»

But because the parking lot was tied to a hotel, ESD told the developers they would need to reach a «labor peace agreement» with a local union — a negotiation that could have significantly boosted the cost of the project.

Empire State Development, the state economic development agency, sometimes grants waivers to hotel developers who claim a labor peace agreement would make their project uneconomic.

July 7: An Empire State Development employee sends an email to Joe Gerardi: «ESD funding for this project will trigger the requirement for the Labor Peace Agreement.

The union also successfully pushed for so - called «labor peace agreement» language to be included in the initial casino bill.

In return, prosecutors allege, Percoco helped Cor persuade state officials that there was no need for a costly «labor peace agreement» with local unions in connection with Cor's construction of a hotel parking lot at the Inner Harbor, among other favors.

Prosecutors allege that Percoco got the «labor peace agreement» dropped in return for bribes from Cor executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, his co-defendants.

Prosecutors say Howe and Percoco worked together to help Cor avoid the requirement of a labor peace agreement at the Syracuse Inner Harbor.

Percoco returned to the state payroll in Dec. 7, 2014, several days after he intervened in the labor peace agreement, prosecutors say.

10:52 a.m.: Gerardi emails Howe with concerns about the labor peace agreement, asking whether Howe has heard «anything with JP on this.»