Sentences with phrase «of campaign contributions doled»

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox suffered a bit of a memory lapse earlier today while pressuring Senate Democrats to return what he called «dirty money» in the form of campaign contributions doled out by scandal - scarred Sen. Carl Kruger.

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The two trials laid bare many of the secrets the commission might have uncovered — with testimony about the vast, almost unilateral power exercised by legislative leaders, the way powerful real estate interests dole out campaign contributions, legal referrals and jobs to line politicians» pockets and maintain access, and how money is hidden by evading disclosure laws and funneling it through relatives, law firms and title fees.

Indeed, public records show that the politically active Capoccia also doled out campaign contributions — $ 13,000 in a citywide election cycle — to a range of politicians, including former city council member Melinda Katz, who headed the council's influential land - use committee.

The Real Estate Board of New York, the industry's leading trade association, doled out about $ 260,000 in contributions to Senate and Assembly candidates, as well as to other state campaign committees, in the first six months of this year.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign aCampaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign acampaign accounts.

This cut into the time in which Rob Astorino could play the populist and accuse him of doling out «massive corporate welfare» that came back to him in the form of $ 45 million in campaign contributions, and assert that Preet Bharara would soon present him with a pair of custom - made handcuffs.