Sentences with phrase «of a political deal»

Three - quarters of those surveyed believe the early shutdown of the ethics commission was part of a political deal.

This unprecedented action is a direct result of the political deal between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislative leadership, Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats, trading the future retirement security of -LSB-...]

This unprecedented action is a direct result of the political deal between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislative leadership, Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats, trading the future retirement security of working New Yorkers for legislative redistricting lines.

«We always knew it was going to be a challenge and the good news is that insurance rates continue to come down,» she continued ignoring the fact the strategy was part of a political deal for NDP support to buy another year for what was then a minority Liberal government.

But, according to a number of sources, her bid for the seat is predicated on a series of political deals and exchanges of favors that would leave her indebted to a vast array of political machines and prominent political actors.

«I would think here would be a deep imperative to ensure that that was renewed for a substantial time frame, and it's telling to me that that became fodder for more of the political deal - making,» Mr. de Blasio said.

Despite speculation to the contrary, the Council's appointment of Chris Scanlon to represent South Buffalo was not the byproduct of a political deal.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that his staff should cooperate with the Manhattan U.S. attorney's investigation into an anticorruption commission that was disbanded as part of a political deal with the Legislature.

It was just before 7 p.m. Friday at the state Capitol when this year's edition of the political deal known as a «Big Ugly» reared its head.

President Obama's decision yesterday to go to Copenhagen for the last day of the conference suggests that the US leadership is confident that some kind of political deal can be done that they can present as a positive step forward.

The extension of the sanctions deadline until Oct. 23 and the potential for some sort of political deal have helped calm troubled waters.

Espada was made majority leader as part of a political deal that saw him return to the Democratic fold.

«The news that a duly elected judge — who is also a county employee — has suddenly decided not to complete his term as part of political deal to vacant a name from the ballot on Nov. 7 is troubling,» Smyth said in a statement issued by her campaign.

Channeling public funds to parochial schools was reportedly part of the political deal that established the Cleveland voucher plan (an observation that Hess curiously underplays in his narrative), and two - thirds of charter schools in Michigan are now run by education management organizations such as the National Heritage Academies.