Sentences with phrase «other public officials»

The 12 - year sentence for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is a message of deterrence for other public officials that corruption won't be tolerated, Ken Lovett writes.

I hope this study is widely read by legislators and other public officials in Washington, D.C., and state capitals like Albany and Little Rock, where debates are continuing about the importance of encouraging domestic energy production via shale gas.

The Attorney General or other public officials with a prosecutorial function are entitled to a strong presumption of exercising prosecutorial discretion independently of partisan concerns.

He was upstaged by the slew of other public officials who appeared — including Cuomo, who was given the prime speaking slot of introducing the candidate herself.

Brazilians are waiting to see how other public officials treat the notary's action.

It's old news that Paterson is one of the handful of other public officials who live there and pay discounted rent — but the paper reveals just what he gets for his dough.

That's one reason why he and other public officials from Ontario, Monroe and Wayne counties wanted to meet with FEMA.

Newsday previously reported that Singh often boasted to his restaurant employees about his influence with Mangano and for years instructed them to give Mangano and his family, as well as other public officials, free meals and drinks.

They also skewered Skelos» bid to remain free on bail, arguing that they proved at trial that he «took or agreed to take acts» that would benefit companies giving jobs to his son Adam, including «legislation, votes, pressure on other public officials.»

The two men who oversaw prosecution of the pay - to - play pension fund scandal that resulted in former comptroller Alan Hevesi's jail sentence today both said the penalty should serve as a warning against other public officials seeking favors and gifts while in office.

Tuesday's ruling hinged on a 2016 Supreme Court decision that said merely setting up meetings, calling other public officials or hosting an event do not necessarily qualify as an «official act» taken in return for money or services received.

Anthony Picente, Anthony Brindisi and other public officials involved in this project have operated in a shroud of secrecy from day one.

Among other public officials fined on Thursday was former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who lost the 2013 Democratic mayoral primary to de Blasio.

For the second time in less than three months, reporters, members of the City Council and other public officials clustered under the overhang at City Hall in the rain to hear a City Council member describe his alleged mistreatment by the New York City Police Department.

«As have many other public officials that served our community, and served it well.

They had to brief other public officials.

Calstrs executives and other public officials applauded Cerberus's action.

The first working meeting found Minister Anna Streżyńska and other public officials opening a dialogue with representatives of the Polish Bitcoin Association, digital currency firms, academics and lawyers last month.

Other public officials declared they had made investments in Bitcoin Cash and other cryptocurrencies, or declared their cryptocurrency holdings in US dollars or Ukrainian hrivna.

A suit against Trump could also implicate Presidential immunity doctrines which are more robust than immunity doctrines for other public officials, particularly if the «fake news» comment could be construed as part of the official duties of the President (for which there is absolute immunity) as opposed to his unofficial duties.

An A.G. or other public official with a prosecutorial function are entitled to a presumption of exercising prosecutorial discretion independently of partisan concerns, and a Minister's membership in Cabinet does not displace that presumption.

And it is precisely the governor and the legislative leaders (as well as other public officials and lobbyists) who are subject to JCOPE's scrutiny.

I have represented judges and other public officials in libel cases and they are held to a high bar of having to prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence and they should be.

Hevesi's plan, which is being sponsored in the Senate by Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein (D - Bronx) and was first reported in September by the Daily News, has previously been backed by anti-homeless advocates, 111 state Assembly members from both parties, and a range of other public officials.

Other public officials, President Reagan among them, tell workers «to vote with their feet» — to leave the north and follow the jobs south.

In her written statement, she explained: «The cases we investigated are not ones involving the odd drink, or meal, to police officers or other public officials.

Other public officials have complained their conflict hurts New Yorkers, which is an opinion most Quinnipiac poll respondents agreed with.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and other public officials have warned landlords not to take advantage of the expiring laws by trying to harass or evict people, saying most tenants will be protected — for now — by their existing leases.

«This is not an issue that is commonplace around the state with other public officials.

But he says he and other public officials are simply representing what many in the community want - a state of the art health care campus that supports economic development.

Reporters on Murdoch's three News International titles, the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times are furious that News Corporation's management standards committee (MSC) assisted police with information which led to the arrest of nine journalists associated with the Sun in connection with alleged payments to police and other public officials.

Mangone's cooperation since January 2010 and his testimony aided the prosecutions of three state senators and three other public officials.

Further, public hearings can provide opportunities for legislators and other public officials to learn about best practices and alternative approaches to government operations.

Seven other public officials and Democratic Party operatives, including McInerney, were previously identified as criminal targets in the probe.

The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch, Mr. Issa Manzuma, said the President, Vice President and other public officials should be mandated by the constitution to make their health status public.

Even some other public officials are surprised by announcements they said they didn't know were coming.

And let's hope that other public pension trustees and other public officials are following this instructive tale.»

He said about 40 lobbying groups this year are canceling their traditional receptions for lawmakers and other public officials.

Greater disclosure of outside income for lawmakers and other public officials was addressed in the 2015 state budget deal.

Since the arrests of Smith and other public officials this month, the coalition known as Fair Elections For New York reportedly has raised close to $ 1 million dollars to finance new advertising, which could begin running as early as next week.

It is critical that legislators, other public officials, and the general public understand that this is NOT the kind of testing that we — or even my grown children — experienced.

Christie Blatchford has castigated the party and other public officials for abandoning the «presumption of innocence», and has highlighted the wrong of ruining a man's reputation based on anonymous allegations.

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges and other public officials in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

«The relationships required to do good business in mining, such as with suppliers, federal regulators and other public officials, local administrators, and stakeholders, remain strong.