Sentences with phrase «lobbying firm bonner»

The lobbying firm that drew the most tobacco lobbying money from 2011 through June 2013 was Albany - based Ostroff, Hiffa & Associates.

Johnson's hired help in the speaker's race included Metropolitan Public Strategies, a consulting and lobbying firm closely tied to the Cuomo administration.

Mr. Percoco is one of four men on trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan on corruption charges; Mr. Howe, an inside - the - Beltway veteran who also once ran an Albany lobbying firm, has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the government.

To underwrite his son's employment — and the lease on a Range Rover — the senator had arranged for an Albany lobbying firm to pay the law office $ 50,000 per year.

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.

In came Neal Kwatra, the well - regarded founder of Metropolitan Public Strategies, and Mercury Public Affairs, a top consulting and lobbying firm.

The FBI was investigating allegations that Mr. Libous had obtained a job for his son at a law firm in exchange for a promise of steering future business to the firm, and for steering $ 50,000 annually from a lobbying firm to the law firm in question, according to the indictment.

He entered 2018 with more than $ 30 million in the bank and he has continued an aggressive fund - raising calendar, including a recent $ 25,000 per couple dinner at the St. Regis in Midtown Manhattan and a $ 5,000 private box event at a New York Mets game, hosted by a lobbying firm.

The lobbying firm wanted to discuss ways to promote and distribute a city prescription discount card that Catamaran administers.

George Arzt, who owns a communications and lobbying firm long active in city politics, agreed that Nixon will likely give Cuomo a tougher challenge than Teachout did.

According to our source, Mr. Lorigo asked Mr. D'Amato to intervene, particularly since Mr. Giambra works with Mr. D'Amato's high - profile lobbying firm, Park Strategies.

Vince Cable, the business secretary, had 106 meetings with outside organisations and none with a lobbying firm.

Statewide Public Affairs, an Albany - based lobbying firm expanding into New York City by partnering with veteran lobbyist and political operative Jim Quent.

Lewiston Greenhouse had previously hired the lobbying firm of a Cuomo ally, controversial western New York political operative Steve Pigeon, for a hefty $ 25,000 - per - month fee.

In total ministers received hospitality with outside bodies 175 times in 2012 and twice with a lobbying firm according to the figures from the business department.

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.

Before joining state government, DeRosa was the New York State director of Organizing for America, President Barack Obama's national political action organization, and worked for a prominent Albany lobbying firm.

Mayor de Blasio said he didn't see a Daily News story about how a loophole in the city's Campaign Finance Board has allowed a powerful lobbying firm to stay under the radar as one of his fundraisers.

Brooklyn Legal Services retains the lobbying firm Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin, which was heavily used by Mark - Viverito as a consultant in her bid to become council speaker.

MirRam Group: Though the consulting and lobbying firm — founded by two Latino political heavyweights from the Bronx — remains a mainstay in minority political circles, it has suffered two major losses in two years after failing to propel Mr. Espaillat past Mr. Rangel in what many saw as a winnable race.

Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock is joined by Artie Malkin of the lobbying firm Malkin and Ross.

Percoco is said to have hooked up with the companies through Washington - based lobbyist Todd Howe, president of Washington - based lobbying firm WOH Government Solutions.

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edeleman & Dicker LLP, Albany's largest lobbying firm, wrote that the proposal «is not in - line with the purpose of the lobbying act» and warned that «it may have a chilling effect on consultant work.»

In 2006 Yankees ownership paid over $ 300,000 to a lobbying firm run by former Bronx Assemblyman Roberto Ramirez — the largest lobbying fee reported that year — as well as other influential lawmakers including former state senator Joseph Bruno, in an apparent effort to secure funding for the stadium.

None of this makes much difference to Giambra, who has ended a 10 - year stint in D'Amato's lobbying firm to concentrate on his new effort.

Mr. Howe testified that when he seemed to equivocate on finding Mr. Percoco a position with Whiteman Osterman and Hanna, the Albany - based lobbying firm for which Mr. Howe worked, Mr. Percoco told him that «he had gotten approval from the governor himself» to work for the firm.

Red Horse Strategies, a leading campaign and lobbying firm, has been paid more than $ 20,000.

In addition to wearing those hats, Blessinger hired a high - powered lobbying firm to influence the Albany legislation that he would then be charged with overseeing in an advisory capacity.

The former congressman now holds a lucrative position with former Senator Al D'Amato's lobbying firm, Park Strategies.

Brooklyn Legal Services, which retains the lobbying firm Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin, raked in $ 300,000 to provide legal support for tenant organizers.

Yet, campaign reports refute Smira's account of widespread reporting problems by the lobbying firm.

Deputy Borough President under Shulman, promoted overdevelopment and eminent domain for private interests while chair of land use for the City Council, endorsement from Koch, and most recently worked for a lobbying firm.

Along the way, he took his first steps into the professional world, with stints in the office of Gov. George E. Pataki, at the Long Island Power Authority, at a real estate appraisal service and at a lobbying firm.

The Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies PAC and Democratic State Central Committee of California also made payments to the lobbying firm.

Meanwhile, the lobbying firm owned by Patrick Jenkins, a former Heastie consultant, staffer and college roommate, has had 12 clients this year — seven of which signed on after Heastie became speaker.

Several local sources said they received emails Sunday night from Hoyt announcing his departure as regional president of ESD, and he told The Buffalo News on Monday that he is still negotiating with a lobbying firm and another private entity about possible future employment.

Barrella works for lobbying firm Capital Group, which was employed by Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers, the company that gave Adam a $ 78,000 job for which he wasn't qualified.

The memo reportedly said that all 11 of the expected attendees were clients of Howe's lobbying firm's parent company, the Capital Region - based law firm Whiteman Osterman & Hanna.

A Democratic power broker from Harlem has been hired by a prominent lobbying firm to join its efforts to influence city and state government.

Ramon Jimenez, a Bronx lawyer and Green Party candidate for Attorney General, called on the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics to investigate the actions of a lobbying firm representing FreshDirect in its bid to move to the Bronx.

In 2016, he lost a contentious Democratic primary for his retiring mentor Charles Rangel's congressional seat to rival Adriano Espaillat, then a state Senator, and now he is facing blowback for accepting a job at a prominent lobbying firm following his years as a state legislator.

John lobbying firm and a vice chair of the State Democratic Party, Peter Ajemian, who is State Senator Brad Hoylman's chief of staff, Brian Ellner, who was a Bloomberg appointee at the Department of Education and later played a leading role in the marriage equality fight in Albany, Matthew McMorrow, who is an aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio on gay issues, and Dirk McCall, who works for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr..

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 expenses.

After all, his lobbying firm has «expertise» in energy policy: http://t.co/XAljZyugNN

In addition, Schachte's lobbying firm associate, David Norcross, was chairman of the 2004 Republican convention.

DeRosa also recounted how her own ascent to become Cuomo's secretary — the equivalent of a chief of staff — was «defined» in the media in the context of her father, Giorgio DeRosa, leader of a major lobbying firm.

The company also paid Howe $ 474,000 over a five - year period, in addition to $ 332,000 paid to Howe's lobbying firm, prosecutors say.

The party boss, who now works for the lobbying firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, did not respond to requests for comment.

He replaced Kevin Wardally, who departed to join the lobbying firm of former Dinkins administration Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch.

In response to my post this morning about the close to $ 1 million Madison County has paid to retain former Sen. Al D'Amato's lobbying firm, Park Strategies, since 2008, NYPIRG's Bill Mahoney sought to put that number into perspective.