Sentences with phrase «obscure board controlled»

An obscure board controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, known as the Public Authority Control Board, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500 million as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

An obscure board controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, known as the Public Authority Control Board, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

An obscure board controlled by Cuomo and the legislative leaders, known as the Public Authority Control Board, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project.

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Late Tuesday, he said the Senate's representative to a politically obscure yet critical control board sent a formal letter approving the $ 1.95 billion third track project.

An obscure board, known as the Public Authority Control Board, controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projboard, known as the Public Authority Control Board, controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projBoard, controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

«Governor Cuomo's M.T.A. board proposal obscures the very real fact that the governor already controls the M.T.A.,» Mr. Raskin said.

An obscure panel called the Public Authorities Control Board gives majority legislators the ability to veto their selections, otherwise the money is then spent or reimbursed.

Such electorate neglect and subsequent special - interest control is what led New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to move his state's school board elections from the more obscure April to the general election in November, hoping to inspire greater public involvement.