Sentences with phrase «of loopholes in the law»

Hundreds of state - owned buildings around the city, including the Deutsche Bank building, are not required by law to comply with the city's building and fire codes because of a loophole in the law.

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Those who want to contribute annually to a Roth but exceed the income cap may also take advantage of a loophole in the tax law by doing a backdoor conversion, which entails contributing money to a traditional, nondeductible IRA each year and then immediately converting it into a Roth.

He said the company's system was a «Rube Goldberg - like contrivance, over-engineered in an attempt to avoid the reach of the Copyright Act and to take advantage of a perceived loophole in the law.»

Rockefeller expects state and local tax revenues to fluctuate over the coming quarters as a result of the tax bill, as high - income taxpayers look for new loopholes in the law and adjust their behavior accordingly.

So far, he has been more keen to highlight the failure of the FBI to stop the Florida high school carnage and the need to fill loopholes in mental health care than to accept the case for changing firearms laws.

The company is also pressing the government to enact gun - reform measures, including a ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks; raising the minimum age to 21 for gun purchasing; universal background checks that include scrutiny of mental - health information and previous run - ins with the law; and an end to the background - check loophole for gun show and private sales.

A loophole in the law gives bulk shippers of packages a subsidized break on rates.

A day after the Parkland shooting, the Oregon state legislature closed what was called the «Boyfriend Loophole» in its laws about gun ownership among those convicted of domestic violence.

I understand that the OWS movement is looking to minimize economic disparites via handfull of measures — IE: revoke the laws that grant corporations «personhood», cut the Delaware loophole that allows conflicts of interest, and separate commercial and investment banking systems like the U.S. did in the early 20th century.

And then they look for loopholes in the law which allows them to live selfishly and dangerously (not in love) while still obeying the letter of the law.

We need conversations about loopholes in the laws that allow the sale of weapons at gun shows and by private dealers without proper background checks.

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Cuomo ultimately did make some final Hail Mary passes on ethics: A «menu» of options for closing the LLC loophole in campaign finance law and a plan to curb coordination between campaigns and independent expenditure committees.

A bipartisan bill was introduced in the state Legislature that would close a loophole in New York law that allows the sale of «bump stocks» and other devices for rifles that were used in the Las Vegas shooting that left 59 dead and 500 injured Sunday night.

The focus of the report was the sale of «boutique» tax avoidance schemes which exploit loopholes in the tax law to reduce the amount the client pays.

Cuomo has called for closing the LLC loophole in campaign finance law as well as an agreement on requiring officials convicted of corruption to surrender their pensions through a constitutional amendment.

While New York has outlawed the use of these items, a loophole in our laws allows individuals to continue to possess, sell, or transport them within our state — endangering the lives of our residents.»

A letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this signed by the women of color in the state Assembly urged him to push for the adoption of early voting and the closure of the loophole in election law that allows for unlimited donations through a web of limited liability companies.

Giving from LLCs has come under scrutiny for what good - government reformers call a «loophole» in the campaign finance law that allows unlimited giving through a network of the entities.

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

At noon, NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Council members, tenants, and dozens of other stakeholders gather in support of legislation reauthorizing critical rent laws, and call on Albany to close landlord loopholes and to enact laws immediately strengthening existing tenants protections, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Many of the measures were listed on Cuomo's 2018 State of the State agenda, including closing a loophole in election law that allows for unlimited political donations through a network of limited liabilities companies, as well as early voting.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate on Tuesday called for a suite of election law changes that are designed to make it easier to vote, strengthen disclosure for campaign finance laws and close loopholes in the law.

But, Cuomo has said he will call for closure of a loophole in campaign finance laws that allows donors to skirt the $ 5,000 limit for businesses by disguising the donations through multiple limited liability corporations.

A coalition of labor unions, religious groups, and others are urging Governor Cuomo and the legislature to close what they say are loopholes in the law that protect large corporations from paying their fair share of taxes.

In one of his 2017 state of the state addresses, Cuomo called on the Legislature to «close the LLC loophole, which is a pure loophole in campaign finance law.&raquIn one of his 2017 state of the state addresses, Cuomo called on the Legislature to «close the LLC loophole, which is a pure loophole in campaign finance law.&raquin campaign finance law.»

Kavanagh appeared at the Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association meeting, focusing his remarks on legislation to repeal loopholes in the rent laws, like his bills, passed in the Assembly, to reform the system of major capital improvement (MCI) charges that are added to rent bills and to eliminate «vacancy bonuses» landlords get when tenants leave their apartments.

Last month, Common Cause / NY joined with other government watchdog groups in calling on the NYS Board of Elections to reverse its 1996 Advisory Opinion in which it adopted an ill - advised interpretation of the campaign finance law and opened up the LLC loophole.

During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.

Kavanagh joined Senator Daniel Squadron, as well as many of their Assembly and Senate colleagues and New York's major good government advocates, to urge the Senate Republican Majority to bring Kavanagh's and Squadron's bill closing the LLC Loophole in the state's campaign finance laws.

It appears NRG still qualified for a 100 - percent refund of its property taxes because of a loophole in the zone law.

They also took advantage of a loophole in campaign finance laws and bundled $ 125,000 in contributions, using limited liability companies, or LLCs, to hide the true amount of their donations.

The mayor — now facing multiple investigations of his campaign fund - raising tactics — is using an obscure loophole in campaign finance laws to pay the lawyers defending him.

The new laws «covers a big loophole in student school bus transportation that we were greatly concerned about,» said Jon Terry, founder of the Allergy Advocates Association, which is based near Rochester, in a statement.

Alix's Law, a bill introduced by two Erie County lawmakers to close a loophole in laws central to the case of an Amherst teen killed in a 2011 hit - and - run incident, will not become law — for nLaw, a bill introduced by two Erie County lawmakers to close a loophole in laws central to the case of an Amherst teen killed in a 2011 hit - and - run incident, will not become law — for nlaw — for now.

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has been stripped of his powers after it emerged he created a loophole in the law which could have benefited his family's complex business interests.

That legislation includes further restricting access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, closing what supporters call loopholes in the federal law while also tightening other laws for gun ownership.

The Loophole was created in 1996 by a Board of Elections (BOE) decision, which wrongly classified LLCs as individuals, undermining the campaign finance laws previously passed by the legislature.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Election Law Committee Chair Michael Cusick and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh today announced the Assembly's approval of legislation to close the Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) loophole in the state's campaign finance laws in order to bring greater transparency and accountability to elections for public office in New York State.

Kaminsky and other Democrats in the Senate say it's particularly important that the loophole in the law be closed this year, when the 2018 races for control of the state Senate will be hotly contested.

A loophole in electoral law in the United Kingdom means that although anyone donating even small sums of money to a political party has to declare this as a matter of public record, those loaning money at commercial rates of interest did not have to make a public declaration.

After a new wave of indictments against state lawmakers in the spring, Cuomo tried to convince the legislature to adopt public financing of campaigns, the closing of loopholes for large donors, and better policing of the laws.

The combined fiscal impact of the six «100 hours» bills (which implement 9/11 Commission recommendations, close energy tax loopholes and more) is significant: the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated $ 21.1 billion in savings and revenue over the next ten years if the bills are signed into law.

«If we are going to restore public confidence in our state government, it essential that the Republican Senate Majority join the Assembly and the Governor to pass this legislation to close the LLC loophole, one of the most egregious gaps in the laws that are intended to ensure the integrity of our campaign finance system,» said Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, who sponsors the bill in the Assembly.

Empire Zone tax credits also went to real estate management companies, power plants, lawyers and accountants - people in industries that were not in danger of leaving New York state, and people who were in the best position to know the laws and its loopholes.

The Assembly voted to close the LLC loophole in campaign finance laws, cap contributions by limited liability corporations at $ 5,000 and require them to identify the individuals who make the donations in the LLC's name, and limit lawmakers» outside income to 40 percent of the annual salary of state Supreme Court justices.

Closing the loophole would prevent LLCs from circumventing the law, helping to foster the environment of transparency that is so important to emphasize in our campaign finance system,» said Assemblymember Sandy Galef.

The loophole in the law has been raised over the last several months after a Brooklyn woman alleged she was raped by two officers in exchange for being set free while she was being held on suspicion of possessing drugs.

It would be against the laws of Western governments to do so, but it in theory you could still imagine governments using loopholes in the laws when national security is at stake to use intelligence services to implement such methods.

Cuomo wants lawmakers to reveal their private law practice clients, close the loophole in the state's campaign finance law that allows LLCs to give unlimited funds to a candidate and create a system of publicly financed campaigns.