Sentences with phrase «of patronage positions»
Their interactions soon became flirtatious, she said in the complaint, but also intimidating, as Mr. Hoyt, 55, claimed that he was close to the governor and «was in charge of patronage positions in New York State.»
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While an MP might owe his or her place in parliament, or even cabinet, not due to patronage from above, but because he was an NUM MP, or had backing from the public sector unions, or the London Labour Party etc, s / he could enter into those discussions pre-vote from a position of real stregnth.
We like his warning that people in patronage positions might be reassigned and his promise to institute a culture change — give eight hours of pay for eight hours of work and make assignments, promotions and overtime based on merit.
Savino has been the subject of reportage by the Rockland County Times as his appointment to the Clarkstown position appeared to be an inside «political patronage» deal at the time.
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-...]
The relationships that resulted were pure patronage: prospective parliamentary candidates conferred status and local positions of influence on biraderi leaders or «clients», who in return delivered community votes in solid blocs.
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.
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.
(b) There has been no significant patronage and appointments to executive positions in various government agencies such as Chief Executives and Executive Directors of government agencies and parastatals as members of our block of the party continue to helplessly watch as these positions are shared by the erstwhile CPC, ACN, ANPP and even APGA blocks of the party and those who have no party at all.
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.
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.»
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.
A good first step in ridding the Capitol of corruption is to rid independent ethics institutions of political patronage positions.
Even in 2011 when he was opposed by Ralph Sabatini the former Republican hierarchy, under the now defunct leadership of Vinnie Reda, did not want him to run and in fact offered him a patronage position not to run.
One has to wonder exactly when the Town Board will understand that layoffs of people occupying «make - no - work» and «no - show» jobs and political patronage positions, as we shall mention below, may be needed to restore fiscal sanity and save the taxpayers further financial pain?
The Bronx, for example, doesn't have a single Republican elected official, and the local party apparatus is mostly relegated to appointing patronage positions at the Board of Election and a vote to let non-Republicans run on their party's line — the sort of vote that is at the heart of the Smith scandal.
Sensing that Ms. Murray was not going to be able to secure this patronage - rich position so easily, other big Republican names have agreed to help out, including former Senator Alfonse D'Amato and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York.
The conference has always been organized under the patronage of the figure of the prime minister, which «remains the same regardless of the person who temporarily occupies this position.»
On one hand, it «will worsen the well - known phenomenon of patronage,» because if you want to be sure that after 5 +5 and 3 +3 years you'll get a permanent position you'll do everything to please your boss, she points out.
Whereas in Washington, D.C., elected board members fulfilled the brokering role of filling school system positions with friends and supporters, in Baltimore the system of patronage led directly to the mayor's office.
For Newhouse, masterworks were the rule rather than the exception, and he quickly became known for his discerning eye, close friendships with leading artists, and a sense of patronage and philanthropy that led him to join the Museum of Modern Art's board of directors, a position he held for nearly three decades.
Additionally primary responsibility for climate catastrophe falls on those who bear substantial responsibility by dint of economic positioning, scientific obfuscation, political patronage, political influence or political position as to the direction of our political - economic system, where that system effects our society's energy and land use and therefore climate impacts.
Patronage consists of two related but separate activities, in both cases subordinating issues of qualification and competence: «reward» appointments for friends of the government and «motive» appointments, whereby ideologically acceptable candidates are given positions in the hopes that they will exercise their powers in a manner that furthers the government's goals.
The job position of a customer service representative is a key to recurrent patronage from customers and that is paramount to the survival of any service driven company.