Sentences with phrase «new federal probe»

The targets of a new federal probe into possible antitrust violations related to early - decision college admissions include Wesleyan University, Middlebury College and Pomona College, as well as at least four other highly selective liberal - arts schools.

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After U.S. multi-level marketing company Herbalife settled a probe of its sales practices with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last month, top executives assured investors that the company would be able to thrive under the new rules.

A fresh start for Uber: After a turbulent year of executive turnover, sexual harassment allegations, and multiple federal criminal probes, Uber could turn a new leaf in 2018.

A New York Post report stated that federal agents are conducting a probe into possible money laundering.

Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Cohen's business practices, including whether there were any crimes committed as part of a possible pattern or strategy in 2016 of buying the silence of people who could have damaged Trump's candidacy, according to people familiar with the probe.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Federal investigators on Thursday said the engine fan blade that broke apart during a Southwest Airlines flight last month showed signs consistent with metal fatigue, as inspectors probe the first passenger fatality on a U.S. airline in nearly a decade.

Every day for the past two weeks, news reports have focused on a federal probe of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Administration.

At the time of the meeting, Cohen was under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, who still are probing a $ 130,000 payment Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.»

With the discussion surrounding a federal probe of contracts connected to the Buffalo Billion, there are concerns about possible effects on any related economic development projects throughout the upstate New York area.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says a key vote on the next installment of the Buffalo Billion project is merely postponed, not canceled, and he denies that he's feeling «defensive» about the widening federal probe of his administration's economic development projects.

In March, Governor David Paterson, a Democrat, said an «apolitical» method would be used to pick a new supplier after state and federal authorities began probing whether Aqueduct Entertainment Group had won the lucrative contract to assist one of Paterson's political allies, the Rev. Floyd Flake, who is a former congressman.

NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters)- The New York Lottery said on Tuesday it restarted its search for a video lottery terminal vendor for Aqueduct Racetrack after the previous choice was rejected amid state and federal probNEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters)- The New York Lottery said on Tuesday it restarted its search for a video lottery terminal vendor for Aqueduct Racetrack after the previous choice was rejected amid state and federal probNew York Lottery said on Tuesday it restarted its search for a video lottery terminal vendor for Aqueduct Racetrack after the previous choice was rejected amid state and federal probes.

He worked for several Central New York companies, including COR Development Co., another possible subject of the federal probe.

Supporters said recent controversies involving prosecutors, including a reported federal probe of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and allegations of wrongdoing against upstate St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain, have given the measure new momentum.

Abramowitz is a power player in New York politics; he recently served as a criminal defense attorney for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a federal corruption probe launched by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement that an internal probe by the NYPD is still forthcoming and that the city would cooperate with any potential federal investigation.

Strong black voter support for Spitzer — who resigned as governor amid a federal probe of money laundering and prostitution and who once used the State Police to smear a political foe — has mystified many New York Democrats, although Wright said he wasn't surprised.

The governor's prodigious fundraising has returned to the spotlight in recent weeks due to a newly revealed federal probe of the «Buffalo Billion» initiative and other development projects in western New York, including several overseen by SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

The federal probe of the DPS widened in recent days, but it was not immediately clear if it was a new subpoena or an update to the April subpoena previously reported.

Bharara, speaking on the weekend news show ABC This Week, told host George Stephanopoulos that he expects to prove there is corruption in the Cuomo administration, as well as in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office, which is also facing federal probes.

The expanding federal probe is examining whether the donors to the Campaign for One New York, which has since been disbanded, received special treatment, sources said.

There are also federal probes involving a former top aide and a close associate of Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration, as well as investigations into some acts by New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio's administration.

The Democratic attorney general — who is widely believed to be planning a run for governor this year — revealed for the first time yesterday that his office and federal prosecutors from New York's Southern District had launched a joint criminal probe into Espada.

In the probe, Klein's office said it examined 56 complaints about Herbalife filed with the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission.

Federal investigators have subpoenaed Cuomo's office, known as his «executive chamber,» as well as a number of state agencies, the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute and private businesses as part of a probe of state - supported projects.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two owners of COR Development Co. face federal corruption charges in a probe into economic development projects in Uptsate New York.

(CNN)- Court papers show the FBI has contacted Chris Christie's former campaign manager as part of a federal probe of a traffic scandal that has upended the New Jersey governor's administration.

The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York have been investigating Mr. Skelos and his son, Adam, as part of a wider probe into allegations of corruption in Albany.

MIDTOWN — Mayor Bill de Blasio's poll numbers have dropped to their lowest point ever and a majority of voters say he doesn't deserve re-election as multiple federal and state agencies probe his fundraising activities, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.

With Albany's transactional politics now the subject of a federal probe, the context of that April 2013 book deal is particularly significant: An International Business Times review of New York state documents reveals that News Corporation gave Cuomo a book contract after Cuomo's administration backed a series of state initiatives that benefited the media giant.

In Brooklyn, Mr. de Blasio said his administration is cooperating with a federal probe into alleged corruption at the New York Police Department that involves two former members of his inaugural committee.

ALBANY, N.Y (CBSNewYork)-- A federal probe is underway in Albany following new allegations of corruption.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday that he has retained a prominent criminal defense lawyer to help him cooperate with state and federal corruption probes surrounding City Hall and his 2013 campaign.

Indig — who held a fundraiser for de Blasio in 2013 and, according to The New York Times, is now a focus in the ongoing federal probe into de Blasio's fundraising efforts — forwarded Kaff and Kornitzer's request to the mayor's deputy director of intergovernmental affairs Avi Fink and senior adviser Lincoln Restler.

NEW YORK — Federal investigators have begun wiretapping a new set of potential targets as a result of the probe that led to the indictment off former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, DNAinfo has learnNEW YORK — Federal investigators have begun wiretapping a new set of potential targets as a result of the probe that led to the indictment off former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, DNAinfo has learnnew set of potential targets as a result of the probe that led to the indictment off former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, DNAinfo has learned.

This describes the state of affairs for the state - controlled City University of New York (CUNY), which has been in the crosshairs as a former City College president and affiliated foundation are facing a federal probe and a state investigation targeting university - wide financial practices is underway.

Indictments could be imminent as a federal grand jury meets this week in an ongoing probe of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office under former prosecutor Charles Hynes, a source told The New York Post.

The GOP conference is meeting privately this afternoon, their first session together after The New York Times revealed that Skelos is under a federal probe for potentially placing undue influence to help an Arizona - based company.

Howard Zemsky, the leader of New York's economic development agency, maintained the Cuomo administration's no - comment policy with regards to questions surrounding a probe by federal prosecutors of the Buffalo Billion program — other than to say the agency is cooperating fully.

Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke is reportedly resigning as the federal Eastern District of New York has reopened a probe into the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a Long Island man who broke into his car.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has retained a prominent criminal defense lawyer to help him cooperate with state and federal corruption probes into City Hall and his fundraising.

Mr. Sampson had to leave the seat — which covers both predominantly black areas like East New York and Canarsie, as well as predominantly white ones like Mill Basin, Bergen Beach and Sheepshead Bay — after he was found guilty of having lied to federal agents involved in an embezzlement probe and for threatening to «take out» witnesses who might testify against him.

Less than two months before Todd Howe emerged as the focus of a federal corruption probe, he was designated as the liaison between Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and a group of Utica officials who were anxious about delayed plans for a new chip fabrication plant, according to news reports.

In fact, Rattner was also being advised by his lawyers to make himself a lower - profile target for federal and state investigators who were probing whether he had paid off a middleman to win a lucrative contract from New York's pension system while he worked on Wall Street, a government source said Wednesday.

While the full scope of the new probe is unclear at this early stage, sources say that one of the focuses of FBI and federal prosecutors has been the central issue in the recently concluded SEEC investigation: the Democrats» 2014 spending on behalf of Malloy from a federally regulated campaign account fed by heavy contributions from state contractors.

Court documents showed that her work with a team of federal agents probing corruption in New York provided law enforcement with useful information against three individuals who were not identified?

«I'm not really thinking about that — I support the speaker,» Heastie, the Bronx Democratic chair, told Capital last week after the New York Times first reported the federal probe of Silver's outside income last year.

Federal investigators are conducting a probe into donations which the mayor's now - defunct group, Campaign for One New York, received.

NEW YORK CITY — Two more high - ranking police officials under a federal NYPD corruption probe have filed for retirement, sources told DNAinfo New YoNEW YORK CITY — Two more high - ranking police officials under a federal NYPD corruption probe have filed for retirement, sources told DNAinfo New YoNew York.

Federal investigators, probing state - backed economic initiatives, are seeking information regarding companies and New York State agencies, according to a source and some of the entities themselves, include those listed below.