Sentences with phrase «longtime political operative»

In advance of a trial expected to begin in early 2017, lawyers for longtime political operative G. Steven Pigeon were in State Supreme Court on Monday, questioning the warrants executed to search Pigeon's home last year and some of the evidence collected.

A trial date of Oct. 15 has been set for G. Steven Pigeon, a former Erie County Democratic chairman and longtime political operative who faces bribery and corruption charges for allegedly trying to influence a State Supreme Court justice.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown responds to a question as to whether he has concerns as former employee and longtime political operative Steve Pigeon prepares to defend himself against corruption charges revealed this week.

Federal authories are accusing longtime political operative G. Steven Pigeon of conspiring to help make an illegal campaign donation by a Canadian interest.

Gov. Cuomo, hobbled by US Attorney Preet Bharara's probe of longtime political operative Joseph Percoco, will take personal control of the state Democratic Party on Monday — even as he names Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown as its new «figurehead» chairman, sources told The Post.

In the spring of 2016, longtime political operative Roger Stone had a phone conversation that would later seem prophetic, according to the person on the other end of the line.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, who many years ago had longtime political operative G. Steven Pigeon on his staff while serving as a New York State Senator, was asked about Pigeon's arraignment on corruption charges during a Friday appearance.

Mr. Lehane, a longtime political operative, brings to the job a reputation for hands - on, bare - knuckle sparring with Washington insiders.

«Donald goes out of his way to treat him like garbage,» Roger Stone, a longtime political operative and Trump adviser, told the Times.

If you clicked on that link, you noticed a number of people connected to former Gov. George Pataki — although not the governor himself — have announced their support for Romney, including Pataki's longtime political operative, Rob Cole, who is Romney's NYS director and also worked on the former Massachusetts governor's 2008 White House bid.

A longtime political operative in the borough, Morano now hosts a weekly talk show on Sunday mornings from 4 - 8:30 a.m.

It was partly due to people like Noble that Duggan, a longtime political operative and former Detroit Medical Center CEO who spent most of his life in suburban Livonia, managed to win so much grassroots support.

Gillespie is a longtime political operative.

Longtime political operative G. Steven Pigeon, who is already charged with bribery, extortion and other counts in a separate investigation, now faces a felony election law complaint introduced Wednesday in State Supreme Court.

A longtime political operative for Texas Democratic Rep. Martin Frost, Angle watched as Republicans rejiggered Frost's Dallas - area 24th District two years ago, forcing the powerful Democratic lawmaker to choose one of several unsavory districts in which to seek reelection in 2004.

The hiring of Mark Riddle, a longtime political operative who ran Rep. Ben Chandler's (D) 2003 gubernatorial primary victory, has increased the chatter.

On Sunday morning, Patrick Jenkins, a longtime political operative and a close friend of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, took to Facebook to talk about how his father taught him he «deserved the same treatment and services that everyone in this city enjoyed.»

A longtime political operative warned that Schneiderman has awakened hundreds of thousands of passionate sports fans, many of whom probably until now didn't know him by name.

The concerns Weissman brought forward were similar to those Jimino had heard previously — from a longtime political operative as well as Delaware Engineering, which had once sought to do work in the county and ultimately did some limited design work in the sewer district.