Sentences with phrase «new lobbying reports»

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U.S. lawmakers are close to delivering a draft of the Federal Aviation Authority's reauthorization bill, which will include rules for nonmilitary drones, and drone opponents are lobbying hard against the unmanned flying machines, The New York Times reports.

In 2014, The New York Times reported on Pruitt's extensive industry ties — which included oil and gas companies, utilities and lobby groups.

Last week, the New York Times reported that a group of venture capitalists has lobbied the US Securities and Exchange Commission to create a «safe harbor» for some currencies, which would presumably include ether.

The New York Times reported Trudeau has enlisted former Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to help with Trump, and Ontario's government has hired a New York - based lobbying firm to lean on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to go easy on imposing trade restrictions on the Empire State's northern neighbor.

Investment in new wind farms in Europe last year fell 19 % on the year to Eur22.3 billion ($ 27.5 billion), according to an annual report by wind lobby group WindEurope.

A new report finds that religious groups engaged in lobbying or advocacy around Washington employ at least 1,000 people.

(CNN)- Lobbying and advocacy by religious groups in Washington have exploded in recent decades, increasing fivefold since 1970 to become a nearly $ 400 million industry, a new Pew report finds.

The report released on Monday by lobbying and ethics regulators found the top lobbying entities this year so far have been the New York State Nurses Association, which spent $ 2.3 million — nearly double than what the group spent in the first six months of last year.

The fine stemmed from the company's use of a third - party service incorrectly reporting lobbying figures to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics as the company pushed back against New York City's efforts to curtail its operations.

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP remained the top lobbying shop in New York, reporting $ 11.2 million in reimbursed expenses and compensation.

The report released by ethics and lobbying regulators on Thursday found the 2015 lobbying compensation was a 17 percent increase in New York over 2014.

New York's Joint Commission on Public Ethics released its 2011 lobbying report this week, which found that the lobbying industry spent a record sum of $ 220 million last year in its efforts to influence state legislators.

One year after the lobbying meeting, Taser, operating under a new name, acquired Vievu for its valuable contracts, according to a follow - up CNBC report.

Airbnb is already planning to oppose the legislation, noting that the forthcoming City Council bill is just another tactic to please the lobbying hotel industry and frighten «honest working New Yorkers,» reports Politico.

Sometime after midnight on the last day of the legislative session — with zero public hearings, public review or consultation — Governor Cuomo rammed through a bill that includes very vague and very broad new reporting requirements for charitable groups which engage in lobbying or coordination with related charitable groups.

Their lobbying had a huge positive impact; giving the push for marriage equality new momentum, as did lobbying and reporting by Benjamin Cohen of Pink News.

In addition, although the investigation of independent expenditure groups was part of the commission's mandate, the governor's staff allegedly told commissioners not to mention a pro-Cuomo organization, the Committee to Save New York — which spent more than $ 16 million on lobbying and elections without fully disclosing the source of its contributions — in their final report.

The natural gas industry has dramatically stepped up its efforts to lobby the New York state government since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in 2011, according to a new report from the nonprofit Public Accountability InitiatiNew York state government since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in 2011, according to a new report from the nonprofit Public Accountability Initiatinew report from the nonprofit Public Accountability Initiative.

Multiple reports indicated Lovett, the Albany bureau chief for the Daily News, was detained earlier Wednesday for talking on his cell phone in the New York Senate chamber lobby.

According to reports in the New York Times and the New York Daily News, the U.S. Attorney's office is investigating whether Percoco had undisclosed conflicts of interest and participated in improper lobbying related to companies that won contracts in the Buffalo Billion program.

The trip, as reported in an exhaustive ProPublic piece first posted last night, found the North Country Democrat took a $ 22,000 trip that was arranged by Park Strategies, the high - powered lobbying shop headed by former New York Sen. Al D'Amato.

ALBANY - Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos» law firm set up a lobbying operation that was among the most successful new firms in Albany last year, a report shows.

Empire Government Strategies took in $ 284,500, a minuscule amount when compared with the largest New York lobbying firms but enough to land it third on a list of fastest - growing firms, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group report.

Lerner said Common Cause's larger financial supporters included the Proteus Fund, the New York Community Trust, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Park Foundation, which sponsored a 2014 Common Cause report on campaign and lobbying spending by the hydrofracking industry.

The New York Times previously reported that Thompson's biggest fundraiser started lobbying for Residents for Sane Trash Solutions in January for a $ 5,000 monthly fee.

Only certain areas — information on lobbying activity, fines and penalties, and the disclosure reports «filed pursuant to section seventy - three - a of the public officers law» — are subject to New York's transparency laws.

The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) released its annual lobbying report on Thursday.

In the first half of 2016, Uber spent more than $ 750,000 lobbying New York lawmakers and was one of the top 10 lobbyists in the state, according to a report from the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The report outlined how much money was spent on lobbying in New York state during 2015.

Late Tuesday evening, with de Blasio overnighting in Washington between an appearance with Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and a call for more infrastructure spending, the Times reported that the state's lobbying oversight entity, JCOPE, was questioning why Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit set up to boost de Blasio's agenda and pay for his trip, hadn't registered its activities.

The top lobbying concern in New York last year was the Greater Hospital Association, which reported spending $ 2.8 million.

As reported in the New York Daily News, DeFrancisco pleaded a schedule conflict as he brushed past several victims of child abuse who sought to see him during a May 4 lobbying blitz in the state capitol.

The agreement would also set in place new disclosures for lobbying, including lowering the financial threshold for reporting by organizations that lobbying on their own behalf from $ 50,000 to $ 15,000.

The top lobbying shop in New York is Kasirer, which reported $ 11.4 million in compensation, followed by Brown & Weinraub, PLLC at $ 11.1 million and Bolton St. Johns at $ 8.5 million.

Heidi Allen and Lucy Frazer have «future star written all over them», according to a new report for a Tory - led lobbying firm, seen by TP.

Fifteen of the 16 communities where developers are eyeing casino development have populations under 50,000, a report on casino lobbying released by the New York Public Research Interest Group on Monday found.

The lobbying and contribution data compiled by NYPIRG's Bill Mahoney was first reported by Capital New York.

The report comes as the Senecas lobby diligently against any proposal that would expand casino gambling into their so - called exclusivity zone that encompasses western New York.

Governor Cuomo proposed a «Disclose New York» plan, by which all political and lobbying contributions exceeding $ 500 would have to be reported within 48 hours, electronically.

At the time of the nonprofit donation in 2015, Kohn was lobbying the New York City Planning Commission, Crain's New York Business recently reported.

Azzopardi noted the while Cuomo hasn't gotten many of his highest - ticket reform items passed, he has indeed succeeded over the years in items like the disclosure of outside income for legislators and new reporting requirements for lobbying clients.

The New York Times reports that the Committee to Save New York, a lobbying group of primarily business interests that has run ad campaigns to support the governor's positions, received $ 2 million dollars from Genting in December.

Shortly afterward, the New York Times reported that a lobbying group closely associated with Cuomo had received $ 2 million dollars from Genting last December, just as Governor Cuomo was putting together his priorities for the New Year, which included the Genting convention center proposal.

The report, released by State Senator Daniel Squadron, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, also found that half of the area's New York City Housing Authority buildings did not have security cameras and many intercom systems and lobby locks were broken.

The hearing comes two days after the New York Times reported that a lobby group closely associated with Governor Cuomo, the Committee to Save New York, had received over $ 2 million dollars from the gambling corporation Genting, just weeks before Cuomo made a Genting convention center project the centerpiece of his State of the State message.

A new record has been reached in spending on lobbying in New York, according to a report released by the state's ethics commissinew record has been reached in spending on lobbying in New York, according to a report released by the state's ethics commissiNew York, according to a report released by the state's ethics commission.

ALBANY — Companies involved in bidding for casino licenses in New York State spent nearly $ 11 million on lobbying and campaign donations in 2012 and 2013, and are donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign committees through holding companies, according to a new report from the New York Public Interest Research GroNew York State spent nearly $ 11 million on lobbying and campaign donations in 2012 and 2013, and are donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign committees through holding companies, according to a new report from the New York Public Interest Research Gronew report from the New York Public Interest Research GroNew York Public Interest Research Group.

The group said regulators could benefit from having a more standardized system of reporting by updating web forms and drop - down menus, similar to New York City's lobbying filing system.

The Rent Stabilization Association of New York more than doubled its lobbying efforts in 2016, jumping from the $ 1.4 million it spent in 2015, according to a report released by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics on Thursday.

Casino interests have spent $ 11 million in the last two years on lobbying and campaign contributions, including $ 55,000 in contributions to Governor Cuomo's campaign and $ 43,499 to Rob Astorino, according to a new report by NPIRG.