Sentences with phrase «labor sources familiar»

A labor source familiar with the calls told POLITICO New York the Central Labor Council push appears to be a «last minute attempt to get leverage for TWU.»

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Working Families Party's leadership have reached a tentative agreement that could give the incumbent Democrat the labor - backed organization's ballot line, according to sources familiar with the agreement.

A source familiar with the three casino projects said the union is likely to gain more than 3,000 members — a 10 percent increase in its ranks, which would be almost unheard of in the modern labor movement.

A source familiar with the campaign against DeFrancisco said an effort is also underway to recruit a candidate to oppose him this fall — preferably someone from the labor community.

But a source familiar with Cuomo's thinking said the AG isn't open to supporting Donovan and will back whoever wins the Democratic primary — even if it's Schneiderman, whose long - standing Albany ties and close relationship with «special interests» in the labor movement make for an uncomfortable fit with Cuomo's anti-Albany platform.

Still, a source familiar with the AG's thinking said he considers the labor - backed party's decision a major victory because it will prevent legislators from using the unions as an excuse not to back Cuomo's agenda.

Longtime de Blasio pal Kevin Finnegan — a former political director of the powerful SEIU 1199 hospital - workers union — found ways for labor groups to funnel cash to de Blasio's campaigns and causes in amounts above legal spending limits, said a source familiar with the mayor's campaign practices.