Sentences with phrase «misusing city funding»
He'd pleaded guilty in 2012 to conspiracy and mail fraud charges for misusing city funding for one of his political campaigns.
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In his announcement, Cuomo highlighted a recent Inspector General's report which found CUNY officials violated state law by not reporting a former City College president's potential misuse of funds, and said he will order the CUNY board to conduct a systematic review of senior management.
«To have someone like Preet Bharara going after it and exposing New york's corruption at the state level and the city level... the misuse of govenrment funds, that is a worthy task that any president, Republican or Democrat would want to have continue.»
The organization was raided for documents in March by city investigators looking for evidence of misuse of public funds.
But her finance commissioner, David DelVecchio, a SURA board member, said the city never misused federal funds.
The report by the state Authorities Budget Office also says the city «appears to misuse various grant funds» to pay personnel costs for some employees of the urban renewal agency.
Thomas was arrested last week and charged by the New York attorney general with felony acts of misusing campaign funds and accepting gifts and payments for his credit card and tuition payments from family members and those doing business with the city.
The appellate division of New York State Supreme Court on July 28 declined to rule on the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the UFT and a coalition of community groups and parents on Jan. 5, 2010 that the New York City Department of Education was misusing hundreds of millions of dollars in Contract for Excellence funds earmarked for smaller class sizes.
MANHATTAN — A state appeals court threw out a suit brought by the United Federation of Teachers and NAACP alleging the city misused funds allocated specifically to reduce class size.
In Chicago, the head of the city's largest charter chain resigned after the media reported large contracts given to family members of school leaders and other conflicts of interest and misuse of public funds.
Key actions of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery include: • Introduction of a pilot supervised injecting facility in Dublin's city centre; • Establishment of a Working Group to examine alternative approaches to the possession for personal use of small quantities of illegal drugs; • Funding for a programme to promote community awareness of alcohol - related harm; • A new targeted youth services scheme for young people at risk of substance misuse in socially and economically disadvantaged communities; • Expansion of drug and alcohol addiction services, including residential services; • Recruitment of 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 2 Young Persons Counsellors to complement HSE multi-disciplinary teams for under 18s; • Recruitment of 7 additional drug - liaison midwives to support pregnant women with alcohol dependency; • Establishment of a Working Group to explore ways of improving progression options for people exiting treatment, prison or community employment schemes, with a view to developing a new programme of supported care and employment.