While Families for Excellent Schools» 2015 lobbying effort fell to $ 3.4 million from $ 9.7 million the year before, the group's total was still likely enough to place it among the five biggest
lobby clients in the state.
ALBANY — The list of New York's ten largest
lobby clients in 2015, released by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics last month, showed that spending was dominated by some relatively new players on the political scene.
It is not clear Hart had direct contact with the EPA on behalf of any of
his lobbying clients in 2017, according to a Bloomberg News review of disclosures.
Howe was also present at the meeting, though he again did not register STV as
a lobbying client in New York.
That group spent over $ 16 million between 2011 and 2012, finishing as the state's highest - spending
lobby client in each of those years, but ceased operations when statutory changes would have required it to begin identifying who funded it.
Like 1199, a relative quieting of the public debate over the healthcare sections of budgets under Cuomo has led to a decrease in GNYHA's spending, but it still finished as the state's highest - spending
lobby client in a recent bi-monthly reporting period.
Not exact matches
You never know who you will see or sit next to on the plane; you may be embarrassed to be wearing ratty sweatpants and an old T - shirt as you run into a
client in the
lobby of the hotel.
The Hill quoted the attorney for a former FBI informant
in the TENEX case as saying her
client «witnessed numerous, detailed conversations
in which Russian actors described their efforts to
lobby, influence or ingratiate themselves with the Clintons
in hopes of winning favorable uranium decisions from the Obama administration.»
«He stresses that
lobbying — promoting
clients» interests to politicians or bureaucrats — is not
in the firm's bag of tricks.»
In October, Mueller charged Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates with money laundering and failing to properly disclose their
lobbying work on behalf of foreign
clients.
In the days that followed, Alastair Furnival, Chief of Staff to Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash resigned, after it was revealed he held shares in Australian Public Affairs (APA), a lobby group whose clients include Cadbury, Kraft and the Australian Beverages Counci
In the days that followed, Alastair Furnival, Chief of Staff to Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash resigned, after it was revealed he held shares
in Australian Public Affairs (APA), a lobby group whose clients include Cadbury, Kraft and the Australian Beverages Counci
in Australian Public Affairs (APA), a
lobby group whose
clients include Cadbury, Kraft and the Australian Beverages Council.
The lobbyist whose wife rented a bedroom
in a Capitol Hill condo to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says he met with Pruitt last July with the charitable arm of pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc., despite earlier saying he hadn't
lobbied the agency on behalf of
clients in the past year.
The earlier calculations by CHOICE after the demise of the Health Star Ratings official website and amid claims of connections between a senior staffer
in the office of the Assistant Health Minister, Senator Fiona Nash, and a
lobby group which has some of Mondelez's brands as its
clients.
Wicker Park residents disturbed by discarded syringes and condoms strewn
in their yards are
lobbying for increased law enforcement and stiff penalties against prostitutes and their
clients.
However,
in its proposals, the term «lobbyist» is narrowly defined as those who undertake
lobbying activities on behalf of a third party
client.
Lipsky turned himself
in to authorities March 10
in connection with a federal corruption probe alleging that he indirectly injected
lobbying fees totaling $ 252,000 into an account accessible by Sen. Carl Kruger (D - Brooklyn)
in hopes of encouraging him to take official actions to benefit Lipsky's
clients.
Harold M. Ickes, a longtime friend and mentor of Mayor Bill de Blasio, delivered about $ 13,000
in donations last week to the mayor's re-election campaign, on the day that one of his
lobbying clients received the de Blasio administration's go - ahead to hold a lucrative music festival
in New York City.
His bid to shift to the other chamber of the state legislature was only possible with the blessing of Congressman Joe Crowley, the Queens political boss; his campaign is backed by the unions — including the UFT, SEIU 1199, and 32BJ — who have the most clout
in Albany; and Peralta's campaign strategist is from the Parkside Group, a firm that is amassing a list of Senate electoral
clients nearly as long as its list of corporate
lobbying clients.
Percoco, 48, of South Salem, is charged with taking more than $ 300,000
in bribes set up by Howe from three
lobbying clients, a power company executive and two Syracuse developers.
Since 2012, lobbyists and their
clients must now disclose publicly the sources of their funding so that the public can know who is paying for the
lobbying and the ads that influence legislation
in Albany.
Just look at the Evan's list of
lobbying clients and what committee's his powerful mommy sits on
in the MESS that is Albany.
Capalino had donated $ 10,000 to the campaign and bundled an additional $ 90,000
in contributions from nine of his
lobbying clients.
«Driving
lobbying in - house will deny
clients the expertise and ethical guidance of agencies and encourage wing and prayer
in - house
lobbying,» he said.
Former Tory MP Anne McIntosh is
in line for a peerage, a few months after she joined
lobbying firm Hume Brophy as a senior consultant, «advising
clients on strategic issues across a range of sectors».
Harold Ickes, a veteran political consultant and longtime friend and mentor of de Blasio, delivered about $ 13,000
in donations last week to the mayor's re-election campaign — the same day that one of his
lobbying clients received the de Blasio administration's go - ahead to hold a lucrative music festival
in New York City.
Azzopardi noted the while Cuomo hasn't gotten many of his highest - ticket reform items passed, he has indeed succeeded over the years
in items like the disclosure of outside income for legislators and new reporting requirements for
lobbying clients.
A spokesperson for Sachs Consulting told the New York Times
in 2011 that his health care consulting did not amount to
lobbying, but that Sachs had voluntarily frozen all contact with his
clients while he worked on the Medicaid Redesign effort, to avoid the appearance of a conflict.
According to the indictment, Silver attempted to hide his fraudulent scheme by lying publicly about the nature of his work, claiming that none of his
clients had business before the state when he was
in fact successfully being
lobbied on state real estate laws by Glenwood Management.
Skelos (R - Nassau), an attorney with Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a large Long Island firm that represents health - care industry
clients before state agencies and has a subsidiary that
lobbies the Legislature, has
in the past backed legislation requiring the disclosure of outside income.
Fines are common, and JCOPE records show a multitude of fines levied against lobbyists and their
clients in recent years for omissions and failures to disclose
lobbying information.
It also took into account your assurance that you would not be required to
lobby the UK Government on behalf of MHP or any of their
clients in this role.»
Tamasin Cave, director of the Alliance for
Lobbying Transparency said: «By breaking the rules, Amber Rudd gives the impression she'd rather we didn't know about her brother's lobbying business, or his many clients in the energy business
Lobbying Transparency said: «By breaking the rules, Amber Rudd gives the impression she'd rather we didn't know about her brother's
lobbying business, or his many clients in the energy business
lobbying business, or his many
clients in the energy business.»
Bongiorno has 13 years of
lobbying experience, representing
clients before the Legislature, executive chamber, state agencies and local government, primarily
in the areas of health care, insurance, human services, professional licensure, higher education and public safety.
Also specifically exempted from naming their
clients - whether or not those
clients lobby in Albany - are real estate and insurance brokers.
In 2007, the latest figures available, Lynch's lobbying firm was the state's second largest, taking in $ 6.7 million in client fees and expense
In 2007, the latest figures available, Lynch's
lobbying firm was the state's second largest, taking
in $ 6.7 million in client fees and expense
in $ 6.7 million
in client fees and expense
in client fees and expenses.
The number of
lobbying clients represented by Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates skyrocketed from nine during the 2013 - 2014 legislative session to 27
in 2015 - 2016 sessions — making Heastie's chum an emerging Albany power broker, records filed with the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics show.
One of Howe's
lobbying clients was Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that had proposed a $ 900 million gas - fired power plant
in Orange County and needed other considerations from state bureaucrats.
While Jenkins, who received as much as $ 15,000 a month from his eight new
clients, didn't deny his close ties to Heastie has helped business, he added that «I think I've had consistent growth since my start
in lobbying in 2012.»
Hewitt was one of the MPs named
in the 2010 sting operation into political
lobbying by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme,
in which she appeared to claim that she was paid # 3,000 a day to help a
client obtain a key seat on a Government advisory group.
The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their
clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of
lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing
in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly
lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating
in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.
The Mason Tenders also made a rare appearance as one of the state's top - spending
lobby clients last year; as a group it supported spent nearly $ 1.3 million
in the first six months
in support of a prevailing wage requirement
in an attempt to renew 421 - a tax credits.
BKSH is the successor to the
lobbying firm of his father, Peter Galbraith Kelly Sr., himself a leading Democrat who was a partner with Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Lee Atwater
in Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, which represented, among other
clients, dictators Mobutu of Zaire and Ferdinand Marcos of The Philippines, Senators Jesse Helms and Phil Gramm, and Bethlehem Steel and the Tobacco Institute.
Shortly after the revelations
in late April about the federal inquiry, Mr. Howe was fired from his job as president of WOH Government Solutions, a
lobbying firm, where his list of
clients included some with ties to state projects.
Yet since the beginning of 2015, Regan has been listed
in the firm's
lobbying filings as a lobbyist for 64 different Whiteman Osterman
clients, including many with business before the Cuomo administration.
Fixed an issue where an incorrect weather forecast icon is displayed for the
client in the
lobby details screen.
Soon she's
in Bucharest, at her office building, and she sees her disheveled father
in the
lobby, wearing sunglasses and fake teeth, as she escorts some
clients.
JCOPE has not updated its downloadable database with records past June 2014 — information submitted since then is available only by searching for
lobbying clients whose names are already know — so it is not yet possible to perform a universal analysis on activity
in September and October of this year.
At the end of your appointment or consultation, we will ask you to wait
in the
lobby until our
client services staff calls your name to receive your payment.
Each detail, from the coffee station
in our
lobby, the private visitation room for
clients, the lift tables
in the exam rooms, and the advanced ultraviolet ventilation system that reduces airborne diseases, has been thoughtfully designed to ensure comfort and safety for both our
clients and patients.
Our daycare playroom can be viewed through one - way glass
in our
lobby and we even have web Pet Cams that can be seen online or by smartphone for
clients who wish to watch their dogs at play.