Sentences with phrase «of patronage jobs»

Nor was Lincoln so idealistic that he'd be opposed to using corrupt means to buy the votes, such as by promising outgoing, «lame duck» members in House of patronage jobs as soon as their terms would expire.

Adherence to core principles precludes one from rendering favors in return for graft or kick - backs or trading votes; core principles do not surrender to the lure of patronage jobs.

Casting off such expensive but important services can upset constituents, as well as end sources of patronage jobs.

lots of patronage jobs given out.

Three days before adjournment, legislative supporters of Vrdolyak livened up an otherwise mundane session by moving to preserve Kelly «s control over the park district and its thousands of patronage jobs.

Not exact matches

Following an era of highly - publicized reforms to waste, patronage and bad management, the Park District in the past year has experienced a period of high - level departures and job switches within the ranks.

In the dying days of Tammany Hall, Silver laid claim to this patronage law secretary perch, a job routinely parceled out to machine Democratic clubs like the one he had joined on the Lower East Side.

Curran criticized the GOP administration of County Executive Edward Mangano — who is not seeking re-election and is fighting federal corruption charges — for poor oversight of county contracts and wasteful spending on patronage jobs.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has reached out to town political leaders for resumes to fill jobs at the new video lottery casino in Islandia, prompting concern that the gambling hall will become a source of political patronage.

Walsh leverages his control of the Conservative Party to secure patronage jobs and political contributions, and he makes no apologies for it.

«At a time when millions of New Yorkers are fearful of losing their health insurance as well as worker and women's rights, the Democratic chair is busy arranging a patronage job to ensure Republicans win this Assembly seat,» Lipton said.

Mr. Lancman later contended Mr. Gottlieb's job is «one of the ultimate patronage hack jobs in all of politics,» adding, «If you work for the Board of Elections, you can't blow your nose without the party saying it's okay, so there are many layers of absurdity to all of this.»

Patronage jobs for relatives, personal holiday cards printed at taxpayer expense, and lavish weddings for the fair director's daughters were among the shocking examples of «flagrant, chronic abuse» detailed yesterday by a watchdog's probe into mismanagement at — of all places — the Great New York State Fair.

The Fossellas also got the traditional foothold in the borough Board of Elections (BOE), handing out patronage jobs to family members and loyalists.

Queens sources say Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer is in line to land a plumb patronage post: The Queens County clerk job that was left vacant by the recent death of Gloria D'Amico.

His hiring of a $ 163,000 - a-year Mangano operative without providing the town board with a resume or job description beforehand, or following a competitive hiring process, is straight out of the patronage playbook, and Saladino seems incapable of understanding why it would bother anyone.

Martins said Curran railed against patronage jobs yet worked as a communications aide for former County Executive Thomas Suozzi: «Either you have the courage of your convictions or you do not.»

Breaking news story reported first in the Rockland County Times on January 5, 2012 BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The same position that only two years ago County Legislator and Minority Leader Frank Sparaco referred to in a series of Rockland County Times articles as being a no - show job paid off as political patronage to former Chair -LSB-...]

They say Skelos has rewarded Westchester Independence Party leader Giulio Cavallo with patronage jobs and other support — in hopes of getting Independence backing for Senate candidates next year — at the same time that Cavallo was blocking Astorino from getting his party's ballot line.

«If some of these were patronage jobs in the past, they won't be patronage jobs in the future.

Jameson Doig, author of a book about the agency's history, Empire on the Hudson, says that while the Authority has always been a backwater of patronage, Gov. Christie took the practice to new heights, appointing more than 70 people — primarily those who helped him out in the 2009 election — to jobs within the agency, both high and low level.

«The Clerk Trust account exists solely for the purpose of creating new revenue for Erie County through investment of idle funds, certainly not for the purpose of creating new patronage jobs for the clerk's office,» Poloncarz said.

Because of that policy which is encouraging local production, Nigerians are beginning to patronise locally manufactured products thereby creating jobs instead of the foreign products patronage which takes the jobs away from the economy.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has reached out to town political leaders for resumes to fill jobs at the new video lottery casino in Islandia, prompting concern that the gambling hall will become a new source of political patronage.

Tony Sinagra, an old hand at city politics who recently stepped down as chairman of Kingston's Republican Committee, said the problem was less with mayors handing out existing jobs to supporters, but with mayors creating new positions in city government as a means of increasing their patronage powers.

Kallos said he wants to rein in patronage hiring at the city Board of Elections — where officials have long resisted calls to publicly post all their jobs.

All those patronage jobs cost the state dearly while complicating the delivery of justice.

The same position that only two years ago County Legislator and Minority Leader Frank Sparaco referred to in a series of Rockland County Times articles as being a no - show job paid off as political patronage to former Chair of the Independence Party Marsha Coopersmith, is now going to the law firm of Sparaco's close friend and lawyer Jay Savino, albeit at about half the price and on an annual per diem basis.

The Rockland political class of the latter 20th century and early 21st century grew accustomed to trading patronage jobs and making deals with voting blocs.

Some Suffolk County Dems accuse Schaffer of being more interested in holding on to power and gaining patronage jobs by cutting deals with local GOP and conservative party leaders than helping his own party win state office races.

-- Not helping Joe Brennan properly file petitions when he tried to challenge Chris St. Lawrence for Ramapo Town Supervisor in 2005, leading to his failure to get on the ballot — Not actively supporting Anthony Mele when he ran against St. Lawrence in 2007, and instead horse - trading for «bloc vote» support in another election — Chairman Dolan supporting Democrat Carl Wright instead of Republican Marino Fontana in 2008 Sloatsburg mayoral election — Dolan and Reda not supporting Republican Bob Romanowski in his 2009 campaign against St. Lawrence — Reda appearing to support Alex Gromack instead of GOP candidate Ralph Sabatini in 2011 Clarkstown Supervisor race — Helping Bronx County Republican Chairman Jay Savino get a «patronage job» in the Town of Clarsktown

And it is absolutely no secret that all those bogus «diversity» and «affirmative action» positions are do - nothing political patronage jobs that enrich only the politically connected elite of the minority community, along with thier families and closest friends.

«When Sheila was taking such a hard line stance as budget chair, keeping tax increases down and cutting every pencil and budget line she can, for her to take a patronage job at the Board of Elections is a little odd,» said another member of county government.

Unfortunately, this has been a trend for the Poloncarz administration: instead of finding capable individuals, the County Executive looks no further than his inner circle in order to offer patronage jobs.»

But the administration should also be taking a good hard look at eliminating unnecessary political patronage jobs of their own making along with holdover appointments of the Pataki and Spitzer administrations.

The lawsuit said Hoyt used his position of political power, by being able to dole out patronage jobs, to «seduce, manipulate, sexually harass and sexually assault the Plaintiff without any repercussions.»

(WBEN) Inspired by a «Golden Parachute» deal for the current Erie County Water Authority Executive Director who is likely to lose his job soon because of a change in political patronage power, Assemblywoman Monica Wallace is calling for a limit on these types of severance packages at authorities across New York State.

Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn while being incredibly penurious with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.

In the 38 - page lawsuit, Cater alleges that Hoyt bragged about his ability to get people patronage jobs and of his closeness with Cuomo.

Following his 2009 election, Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino accused Cavallo of trying to get a patronage job after the Independence Party had endorsed Astorino — a charge Cavallo denied.

Any budget that approves retaining over fifty political patronage jobs and funding slots for forty more political pals at the expense of over a hundred hard - working experienced professionals should not be tolerated by the people of Westchester.

Surely, Mangano can cut all of those wasteful patronage jobs that Suozzi had hidden in his budgets all those years.

thus this practice will end up costing the taxpayer much more money in the long run, while perpetuating the handing out of jobs through the political patronage system, rather than a more fair civil service testing system which assures better qualified people being placed in the positions.

After Astorino was elected county executive in 2009, a year when he was endorsed by the Independence Party, he accused Cavallo of seeking patronage jobs for members of his party.

The elections job is a particularly plum patronage post because the board's 10 commissioners oversee the appointment of more than 100 workers and help determine who gets on the ballot in primaries.

But note that it's only the equivalent of ONE patronage job.

There is, at the very least, the outward appearance of impropriety in the Ballard / Lasker connections that should be addressed, especially by those seeking re-election in a town where patronage jobs are one of the top issues.

Reda was replaced as the Rockland County GOP Chairman by Lawrence Garvey and Sparaco will depart his patronage job in Clarkstown at the end of the year.

«writing on the wall» must be another one of these Baez people who will soon lose their patronage job when she is tossed out on her - No attendance having, slush fund money stealing, tenate hating behind.

Sparaco was subsquently arrested in November 2014 by District Attorney Zugibe and dismissed from his second patronage job by Wayne Ballard under pressure from members of the Clarkstown Town Board.