Sentences with phrase «new patronage jobs»
«The Clerk Trust account exists solely for the purpose of creating new revenue for Erie County through investment of idle funds, certainly not for the purpose of creating new patronage jobs for the clerk's office,» Poloncarz said.
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Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has reached out to town political leaders for resumes to fill jobs at the new video lottery casino in Islandia, prompting concern that the gambling hall will become a source of political patronage.
«At a time when millions of New Yorkers are fearful of losing their health insurance as well as worker and women's rights, the Democratic chair is busy arranging a patronage job to ensure Republicans win this Assembly seat,» Lipton said.
Patronage jobs for relatives, personal holiday cards printed at taxpayer expense, and lavish weddings for the fair director's daughters were among the shocking examples of «flagrant, chronic abuse» detailed yesterday by a watchdog's probe into mismanagement at — of all places — the Great New York State Fair.
Jameson Doig, author of a book about the agency's history, Empire on the Hudson, says that while the Authority has always been a backwater of patronage, Gov. Christie took the practice to new heights, appointing more than 70 people — primarily those who helped him out in the 2009 election — to jobs within the agency, both high and low level.
Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has reached out to town political leaders for resumes to fill jobs at the new video lottery casino in Islandia, prompting concern that the gambling hall will become a new source of political patronage.
Tony Sinagra, an old hand at city politics who recently stepped down as chairman of Kingston's Republican Committee, said the problem was less with mayors handing out existing jobs to supporters, but with mayors creating new positions in city government as a means of increasing their patronage powers.
(WBEN) Inspired by a «Golden Parachute» deal for the current Erie County Water Authority Executive Director who is likely to lose his job soon because of a change in political patronage power, Assemblywoman Monica Wallace is calling for a limit on these types of severance packages at authorities across New York State.
Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn while being incredibly penurious with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.