Sentences with phrase «of campaign donations»

It would also require the disclosure of all campaign donations for five years from the person or group getting the money.

The debate got most heated on the issue of campaign donations.

The timing of several of the campaign donations was mentioned in the criminal complaint.

This abundance of campaign donations has sometimes led to alarming conflicts of interest.

Mayor de Blasio is returning nearly $ 10,000 worth of campaign donations from Jeremy Reichberg, the head of a Manhattan - based real - estate investment firm.

Philip Goldfeder, a Democrat, has amassed more than three times the amount of campaign donations for the state seat compared to Republican Jane Deacy, according to records from the -LSB-...]

The commission, charged with probing corruption in campaign financing, is already looking through records of campaign donations held at the state Board of Elections.

Cuomo also, in his State of the State message once again called for the closing of a campaign donation loophole that allows groups and individuals to sue limited liability companies to skirt donation limits.

Cuomo once again called for the closing of a campaign donation loophole that allows groups and individuals to sue limited liability companies to skirt donation limits.

Ten other felony counts remain in the closely watched trial that has revealed glimpses into the inner workings of the Cuomo administration, the use of campaign donations by executives trying to affect state decisions and the extent of influence that politically wired lobbyists can have on Albany.

The New York Daily News reports that Cuomo's aides suppressed subpoenas to the state Democratic Party and others, including the Real Estate Board of New York, that might result in a probe of campaign donations to the governor.

The commission, charged with probing corruption in campaign financing, is already looking through records of campaign donations held at the State Board of Elections.

«In the end, we can not accept what Cuomo could bill as «major reform» which in reality might only reduce the size of campaign donations, close some loopholes such as unlimited giving to House committees and faster disclosure.

City Comptroller John Liu has returned «in excess of $ 20,000» worth of campaign donations following a federal probe, according to his campaign spokesman.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York City Comptroller John Liu says he'll conduct an internal review of his campaign donations following allegations of irregularities.

Is it really just coincidence that 45 percent of his campaign donations came from donations of $ 40,000 or more and this year's budget cut business and estate taxes?»

Cuomo agreed to end the Moreland Commission after state lawmakers in the budget adopted stiffer penalties for bribery and general corruption, and some greater disclosure of campaign donations.

And she went after her rival aggressively over his attempts to portray her as being in the pocket of Wall Street because of the campaign donations and the fees she had received for after - dinner speeches.

Scrutiny has been placed in particular on the funneling of campaign donations from donors to county Democratic committees that ended up backing individual candidates.

«With claims of campaign donations that don't exist and disappearing blog rants, Mr. Storobin seems better suited to run for Senator of Fantasyland than in Brooklyn.»

Katko continued to rely on money from special - interest groups, or political action committees (PACs), for most of his campaign donations.

Both Senators DeFrancisco and Valesky received a significant majority of their campaign donations from outside of their district.

Disclosure of campaign donations above $ 500 within 48 hours received even greater approval from voters, with 79 percent behind it and merely 18 percent against.

Sanders endorsed Kingson last week, leading to a flood of campaign donations to Kingson's campaign for the 24th Congressional District seat.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) plans to keep more than half of the campaign donations he received from Democratic donor and Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein after it was revealed last week that he had settled sexual harassment claims with at least eight different women.

At issue is the reporting of campaign donations by the Truman Democratic Club.

Fogarty, who has worked for Tanski for about four years, and DiNova, an employee of Troy Sand & Gravel, were each charged in the indictment with a misdemeanor count of concealing the true origin of a campaign donation.

Public labor unions have drawn heavy influence in New York, both in the form of campaign donations and in public policy debates.

«Not just the influence of campaign donations but that some officials use their positions to extort,» he added.

The New York Times on Wednesday raised questions about the source of his campaign donations.

«I support the national movement to amend the U.S. Constitution to make clear that the people have to right to curb the power of campaign donations, special interests and corporations,» said Hawkins.

Flanagan went on to point to the ongoing state and federal investigations of campaign donations orchestrated — potentially illegally — by supporters of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in key state Senate races in 2014 and an April special election on Long Island.

One spat took place as the prospect of campaign donations and their undue influence was raised.

Along with Walmart's Walton family, Betsy DeVos heads the American Federation for Children, a front - group operating in several states, which funneled money into the Hoosiers for Economic Growth PAC which in turn handed tons of campaign donations to Indiana Republicans to pass anti-public education bills to benefit for - profit charter operators and rightwing free - market - promoting Christian schools.

Among the issues are voting and criminal justice reforms, closure of a loophole that allows corporations to give virtually unlimited amounts of campaign donations, a 10 - day waiting period to purchase firearms and tougher rent regulations, including ending vacancy decontrol.

The New York Daily News reports that Cuomo's aides suppressed subpoenas to the New York State Democratic Party and others, including the Real Estate Board of New York, that might result in a probe of campaign donations to the governor.

Of the states that regulate the size of campaign donations, New York's limits are the largest by a wide margin.

Higgins got 8 percent of his campaign donations for the first half of the year from small donors.

The subpoena asked Gerardi to provide records of any campaign donations he, his spouse or his company had made to New York elected officials since 2012.

Cuomo agreed to end a Moreland Act panel that was investigating the legislature for corruption in exchange for stronger anti-bribery laws and some greater disclosure of some campaign donations.

Cuomo also in this State of the State message once again called for the closing of a campaign donation loophole that allows groups and individuals to sue Limited Liability Companies to skirt donation limits.

Common Cause / NY revealed original research which showed that Senators Valesky (D - 49) and DeFrancisco (R - 50) each received over 80 % of their campaign donations from outside of their district.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is facing questions regarding the ethics of some of his campaign donations.

The Republican Senate Leadership said it will ask Crist to refund all of their campaign donations, and they called on the governor to return money to the «thousands of Republican donors» who have supported his campaign.

Jimmy Vielkind of the Albany Times Union has been looking into these organizations and how they can be used to get around some of the campaign donation limits.

The IDC resolution, which failed to pass the chamber, would accept Cuomo's push to decriminalize the possession of marijuana, accepts Cuomo's ethics reforms like the closing of a loophole that allows businesses to give virtually unlimited amounts of campaign donations, and increases the amount of money for immigrant defense.

He has had some controversy during his time as attorney general, one issue being that he did not declare a certain amount of campaign donations and the other being that he claimed on Fox News that there were people who were dead that were still voting.