Sentences with phrase «negotiated behind closed doors»

When charters extracted some concessions from de Blasio late in the legislative session, they were negotiated behind closed doors as part of a deal to extend the mayor's control of city schools.

The measure was negotiated behind closed doors between Cuomo and majority party legislative leaders, and the bills were not in print until nearly midnight Thursday.

A handful of people negotiated behind closed doors, being more candid with the lobbyists whose clients stuff their campaign coffers than with members of the press or the general public about what was going on.

When charters extracted some concessions from de Blasio late in the legislative session, they were negotiated behind closed doors as part of a deal to extend the mayor's control of city schools.

A PLA is negotiated behind closed doors between the Owner of the project and the trade union; one party politically motivated to protect the unions because they are heavy campaign contributors — and the other party that is only concerned with keeping their members working so that they can collect hefty union dues from them.

«The TPP is an unfair and undemocratic deal that was negotiated behind closed doors without any meaningful public participation,» said David Christopher, communications manager with OpenMedia.

Cuomo has been negotiating behind closed doors with legislative leaders over an ethics bill for weeks now (much to the chargin of the NY Times editorial page, which called over the weekend for these talks to go public).

The longer the White House and Downing Street back Mubarak and negotiate behind closed doors in order to engineer a slow transition, which might impede the Muslim Brotherhood from immediately taking power through the ballot box, the more it antagonizes the protesters throughout all of Egypt and drives them toward the Islamists.

Currently however George Osborne is negotiating behind closed doors with Labour leaders in the conurbations for deals whose covert aim is to destroy the Labour Party in its core constituencies — something the SNP has already done in Scotland.

With a deal between the Council and the mayor due by the July 1 start of the new fiscal year, the parties will largely negotiate behind closed doors, with funding levels for a number of major priorities on the table.

They simply negotiate behind closed doors to make sure that their compensation is protected even if it means the District will need to use furlough days, increased class sizes and cuts to student services to do so.

It is inspiring to realise that while politicians negotiate behind closed doors, people or «civil society» are gathering and sharing their own solutions with one another.

Not exact matches

That the internal scouting and deal negotiating power within the club has slipped from Wengers grasp means that discussions like that are now possible and signings might have already taken place with a view to life after Le Prof and, dare I say it, even his replacement being muted behind those very same closed doors.

Cary has been negotiating for months behind closed doors in an attempt to reach a settlement with Lake in the Hills.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had indicated support for the Senate's effort to expand charter schools, has not made a public appearance in Albany this week, remaining behind closed doors negotiating with lawmakers.

Tedisco's bill requires all member items, discretionary funds, and so - called «lump sum payments», which are controlled by the Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader and Governor and negotiated in many instances behind closed doors, be made public and fully transparent within the state budget.

Both bills have come under scrutiny in recent weeks, in part over concerns they were negotiated largely behind closed doors.

Dean Skelos and Silver were among a group dubbed the «three men in a room» in Albany, a nod to the long - standing practice of legislative leaders and the governor negotiating key bills behind closed doors.

«The Astorino administration negotiated with an airport management vendor behind closed doors, likely to avoid scrutiny for the newest accounting gimmick,» said county Legislator Ken Jenkins, a Yonkers Democrat who has already announced his plans to run for county executive in 2017.

Along with the leader of the state Senate and the governor, Sheldon Silver was one of the «three men in a room» who negotiated the state budget and important legislation behind closed doors.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A nonprofit is suing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature over the annual «three men in a room» behind closed doors method of negotiating a state budget.

She said she believes her lawsuit is the first to challenge the state's decades - old process of allowing the governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker to negotiate a budget behind closed doors.

During recent public appearances, Bharara went out of his way to mock Albany's «three - men - in - a-room» governing style in which the governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker negotiate most budget and major policy decisions behind closed doors.

Lerner said she thinks Bharara's visit comes at an important time when the legislature is negotiating reforms behind closed doors and cautioned patience as the process plays out.

But Murray, newly in the minority and new to the ranking member post, had her own plan that she brought to Alexander: The two should step behind closed doors and negotiate a bill together.

Why the IPCC Meeting Isn't Being Televised — Sept. 2013 Scientific truth isn't negotiated in the dead of night behind closed doors.

Least developed countries were cut out of the UN climate talks, with decisions made by powerful allies behind closed doors, says a member of Nepal's negotiating team

The irony is that delegates in Bonn and Montreal are currently negotiating interlinked climate issues, with one held in public and the other behind closed doors.