Sentences with phrase «of wealthy developers»

Opponents, however, allege that the some - versus - none argument advances the interests of wealthy developers and private equity firms that speculate on neighborhoods.

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Nix suggested one possible scenario, in which the managing director of Cambridge Analytica's political division, Mark Turnbull, would pose as a wealthy developer looking to exchange campaign finance for land.

Some of the biggest developers in New York are funded by capital from the wealthy Gulf states — United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia — but these backers, unlike those from countries such as Canada and Norway, prefer staying behind the curtain.

Point Leo Estate is owned by property developer John Gandel and family, and is the latest in a growing number of arty destinations in Australia established by wealthy winery owners.

New York City has a rental control system designed to prevent the wealthy from exploiting the poor (with mixed results) and many other places in the U.S. have affordable housing system that creates some stock of affordable priced, price controlled housing at the expense of developer who want to sell market priced housing.

One scenario described by Nix is employing someone to come in as a wealthy developer and offer a candidate a large amount of money in exchange for land.

«Every leader in this state should be shouting about what Cuomo and his trustees did to LICH, how the community was railroaded, almost 2,000 New Yorkers were put out of work, and a vital medical facility was shut down to benefit wealthy real estate developers and other friends of the Governor,» said Julie Semente, long - time LICH nurse and member of the New York State Nurses Association's executive committee at LICH, speaking on her own behalf.

The senator, who represents Queens Village, St. Albans and Jamaica, is accused of conspiring in November 2012 with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer to bribe city Republican leaders in order to win Wilson - Pakula certificates.

Real estate investment has long been the playground of the wealthy, with top developers becoming some of the richest people in the world.

He accused de Blasio of having failed «to put any significant dent into the homeless problem» and having engaged in «pay - for - play with wealthy real estate developers that should undercut his claim that he's a good government paragon.»

«Of course Ben Walsh doesn't want to do that because his donor list is replete with wealthy developers who got millions of taxpayer dollar benefits from when he was (SIDA's) executive director.&raquOf course Ben Walsh doesn't want to do that because his donor list is replete with wealthy developers who got millions of taxpayer dollar benefits from when he was (SIDA's) executive director.&raquof taxpayer dollar benefits from when he was (SIDA's) executive director.»

The plan calls for the creation of low - equity housing cooperatives, reinvesting in NYCHA housing, developing community land trusts, creating tax abatements for developers and entrepreneurs who bring business into Central Brooklyn and hire local residents must be encouraged to hire locally, offering quality careers to residents and a moratorium on wealthy developers being allowed to buy up apartment buildings and leave the units vacant.

According to a criminal complaint, Smith met with an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer and agreed to bribe leaders of Republican county committees around New York City.

Rent - regulated tenants and advocates rallied Wednesday outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo «s Manhattan office, accusing him of selling out to wealthy developers, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.

«This type of trickle - down development, which OCIDA continues to support time and time again, does not benefit our citizens and instead takes money away from the poorest people in our community to further enrich wealthy developers,» she said in a statement.

Think about it — wealthy NYC real estate owners / developers have found that if they give huge amounts of money to upstate Senate campaigns they can assure those Senators will look after their interests (i.e. - screw renters) while these Senators regularly run for office telling the upstate rubes to be afraid of NYC political domination.

At noon, advocates and leaders will use a City Hall protest Friday to launch a major new campaign against his Goldman Sachs housing plan that favors a few wealthy developers while harming millions of New Yorkers.

Paterson was overheard discussing the possibility of forcing David Mack to resign as vice chairman of the MTA or forcibly removing the wealthy Long Island developer from his government position.

Mr. Cuomo received donations from an array of wealthy individuals and companies, from big Albany lobbying shops to real estate developers, from Hollywood moguls to the pharmaceutical industry.

State Conservative Chairman Michael Long, a Lazio supporter, described the nomination as the end of a combative phase in his relationship with Paladino, a wealthy Buffalo developer whose win in the Republican primary shocked many members of the GOP establishment.

LLCs are often used by wealthy real estate developers and who show up frequently in Albany's wheeling and dealing — large LLC contributors were key witnesses in the Silver case and are part of the ongoing proceedings against the former Senate Majority Leader.

Howard Milstein's 149 LLC's: If Cuomo LLC contribution cap passes he will «only» be able to contribute $ 745,000 via his existing LLCs Howard Milstein is a very wealthy NYC real estate developer, and major political donor, who was appointed by Governor Cuomo to chair the board of the NYS Thruway Authority.

Silver is also accused of getting more than $ 700,000 in a real estate scheme — he pocketed referral fees from law firms that did tax work for wealthy developers, which Silver sent their way, prosecutors said.

Carl Paladino, the wealthy and outspoken Buffalo developer petitioning to get on the Republican ballot for governor, raised and spent about $ 1.7 million in the first half of the year.

He's come under regular fire in his first term from Democrats who claim he's out of step with his own party for his positions on labor issues, support for charter schools and coziness with wealthy real estate developers and financial firms.

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty in March to charges of corruption, testified at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, on Thursday that he «was giving money to the mayor of New York in exchange for favors.»

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty to charges of corruption, alleged at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, that he gave money to the mayor's campaign in exchange for favors from City Hall.

They have also been critical of tax credits issued to wealthy developers.

He campaign war chest dwarfs those of all of his rivals except Paladino, a wealthy developer who has pledged to spend $ 10 million on his campaign and is worth an estimated $ 150 million.

To most outsiders, the hearing is a highly unusual courtlike proceeding with a colorful and high - powered cast of characters, including a wealthy developer, former state attorney general, longstanding union leader and the state's top educator.

«The only thing Lovely Warren did to cause the continue rebirth of downtown is to keep giving wealthy developers and residents of downtown our tax dollars; meanwhile people in neighborhoods didn't get a break,» Barnhart told reporters.

Both Bill and Doug are long - time community organizers and are exactly what Baltimore needs to break the stranglehold the Democratic party machine has had for decades as well as the pay - to - play system that benefits wealthy developers and political insiders and leaves the citizens of this city out in the cold.

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The wickedness Palo is capable of has ties to an organization for troubled youths where Lopez volunteered and whose chairman, wealthy developer Robert Calder (Harris Yulin), he warned of in his dying act.

- New York Times bestseller, M.J. Rose Two years out of college, Angelica Bondesan spends her time working as a barista, keeping in touch with her prodigal brother, and trying to figure out how to bridge the gap with her father, a wealthy real estate developer.

Gurney really just wants to live a simple life in the country, but he is dragged back into the crime world when a wealthy real estate developer is shot and the unfaithful wife is convicted of murder.

The new source of funds have been a huge relief to developers and are getting individual investors in on great returns that used to be only accessible to the wealthy.

Though high - end developers have moved into the area — attracting wealthy young professionals who are interested in living the «artist» lifestyle, too — relics of the neighborhood's industrial past remain, including a rail yard, cold storage facilities, food processing plants and working warehouses.

My therory to this question is that because the cost to fix these problems will be borne by the wealthiest 2 % of people who are the land owners and future land developers.

It was not long before some in the media saw in Kushner, a student at New York University School of Law and son of a wealthy New Jersey real estate developer currently in federal prison, echoes of Charles Foster Kane, the young newspaper publisher portrayed by Orson Welles in the 1941 film Citizen Kane.

Kushner is the son of a wealthy New Jersey developer who was sentenced to prison last year after pleading guilty to tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations.

Near the start of the movie, the Rock's character stews in envy while visiting his estranged wife at the beautiful LA - home of her new beau, a wealthy property developer.

Nix suggested one possible scenario, in which the managing director of Cambridge Analytica's political division, Mark Turnbull, would pose as a wealthy developer looking to exchange campaign finance for land.

In one exchange filmed in January, Nix said Cambridge Analytica could send «somebody posing as a wealthy developer» to Sri Lanka to offer incumbent politicians a «large amount of money» in a «deal that's too good to be true,» such as for land.

It's a game for wealthy people who can cash out early and lock in gains, having been the developers of the bubbly product.

At the upper echelon, the wealthy are hoping for green cards, joining with developers to take advantage of a federal program that puts them on the fast track for residency.

Casino mogul Sheldon Anderson was the next real estate player on the list with a net worth of $ 28.5 billion, followed by the U.S.'s wealthiest real estate developer, Donald Bren, and his $ 8.1 billion, according to Forbes.

Real estate developers, landlords and company owners account for 37 of the 400 wealthiest Americans in a new list compiled by Forbes.

Let's assume one property is owned by a recently widowed client who wants a passive income; one by a wealthy investor with a low tax basis and no mortgage; and one by a developer of a large equestrian ranch that is not selling, and foreclosure is in process on all his assets, including the condo which he borrowed against.

The new source of funds have been a huge relief to developers and are getting individual investors in on great returns that used to be only accessible to the wealthy.