Sentences with phrase «not backroom deal»
Asked whether she was surprised by the decision to go with a placeholder, she added, «I'm not a backroom deal person, I'm not engaged in the, sort of punditry and background — New York politics has had a lot of — many years — a lot of decisions being made behind the scenes.»
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«This was not a backroom deal,» said Gavin Molloy, United's vice president for corporate real estate and environmental affairs.
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since i'm not in the backroom watching these deals, i can not be certain.
«She still doesn't have the right to cheat the system and obtain the Independence party's designation in a shady and illegal backroom deal.
«No disrespect to Senator Boyle, but he was selected as a backroom deal... and it didn't sit well with voters,» Mr. Zacarese said in an interview this week.
Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is (not surprisingly) displeased by the fact that she and her fellow minority leader, Assembly Republican Leader Brian Kolb, are being left out of the backroom budget talks that again include IDC Leader Jeff Klein, even though he no longer has a power - sharing deal with the Senate Republicans.
Bharara didn't rule out a run for attorney general, but said he wouldn't participate in a legislative appointment process that has «the look and feel of a backroom deal.»
«The governor's backroom deals have left us with a situation where Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the leader of the Senate Democrats, the highest - elected woman in New York state, is not in the room, but the king of the eight - member IDC — Jeff Klein, who is accused of sexual misconduct himself — is,» Nixon said.
«He won't own up to the backroom deals he is making with groups like the Family Institute of Connecticut and the Connecticut Citizens Defense League that want to ban gay marriage and repeal our gun safety laws,» Connecticut Democrats said in a fundraising email.
«He's not going to concede to a corridor coup or backroom deals.
As today's actions show, we will not tolerate the graft and backroom deals that have corrupted this proud institution.»
Handpicked is another way to say just another backroom deal that did not deserve an open - government agenda.
City Hall insiders were scratching their heads about the need for a transition team since her predecessor, Christine Quinn, didn't have one.Members of the volunteer transition team included three former borough presidents and union leaders who helped her win the post, including the former law partner of the Brooklyn Democratic boss who brokered a backroom deal to seal her victory.
Lerner said she heard similar rumblings, but added wouldn't be party to a «backroom deal.»
Don't do backroom deals, don't do phone calls telling people who you think you want or who you think it's going to be.
«She gave Mayor Bloomberg a third term in a backroom deal, wouldn't allow unpaid sick days and says she wants to keep the architect of stop - and - frisk in place.»
«If Andrew Cuomo hadn't cut a backroom deal that put Republicans in power, the Child Victims Act would have passed years ago,» the spokeswoman said.
Sliwa called Long's comments «the old - school way of thinking» and said he's not looking to cut a «backroom deal.»
The Reclaim New York poll said a majority of those polled were inclined not to support those lawmakers who supported «the backroom deal» dubbed «Cuomo Bridge-gate» by the group.
The certificate also does not recognize that Brooklyn County Committee members were shut out of the process, their voices suppressed the backroom deals that led to today's shameful conclusion... Although erstwhile reformer Daniel Squadron himself asked for a full vote upon his resignation, he clearly fostered and approved of the back room deal to benefit his friend and chosen successor.
He said he was not sure why he was being targeted, blaming the situation on a «backroom deal» to support Torres.
«This is the kind of rushed policy that gets made during a backroom deal, not a careful assessment of public opinion and scientific data.
In addition, the script adds enough plots to fill a whole rack at the airport Barnes & Noble: looming epidemics, African civil wars, sinister businessmen cutting backroom deals, even a nebulous threat that may destroy all life on Earth if Pitt doesn't save the day.
We don't allow smoky backroom deals arrived at in collective bargaining to dictate the goals, structure, or existence of the public education system, so neither should we use that process to determine compensation and work condition policies.
AF also made a backroom deal to further the Booker T. Washington charter effort, which would garner benefits for AF — not only did Dacia Toll's husband Jeff Klaus write a letter praising «Dr.» Michael Sharpe as an educator of vision, but Klaus advocated for the Booker T. charter without revealing his connections to AF.
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He defended his obstructive position over the past few days of the talks, during which he has stood firmly in the way of consensus, demanding that the legally - binding nature of a deal be discussed in open sessions, not closed door backrooms.
We shouldn't, as Fithian suggests, do backroom deals to prop up the status quo, snuff out innovation, and continue to stuff down the throats of consumers what we think is best for them.
Don't agree to any backroom deals; instead of getting reimbursed, you are likely to find the driver has disappeared without a trace once the bill arrives.