Sentences with phrase «over his campaign contributions»

«There are a lot of people here who should ask some tough questions before handing over campaign contributions to people who were really playing chicken with our whole economy.»

At noon, activists rally against state Sen. Sue Serino over campaign contributions, Serino's office, 4254 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park.

At a heated debate last night between Councilman Charles Barron and Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, both of whom are attempting to unseat Brooklyn Congressman Ed Towns, Mr. Barron leveled a big charge against Mr. Jeffries over his campaign contributions from the Police Benevolent Association, calling them «blood money,» a phrase he repeated to The Politicker this afternoon.

Not exact matches

He has an interest in US prison reform because his father, Charles Kushner, served just over a year in federal prison after a conviction in 2005 for illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering.

A 30 - second spot released by Sanders» presidential campaign Friday, titled «$ 200,000,» blasts «Wall Street banks» that «shower Washington politicians with campaign contributions and speaking fees» of «over $ 200,000 an hour.»

Common Cause, the left - leaning watchdog group, strongly believes that the McDougal payment was not a legitimate press function, and has filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against both Trump and American Media Inc. over the payment, calling it «an illegal corporate in - kind contribution to the 2016 Trump campaign.»

Saunders, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council, says that Canadian workers and their pensions are more exposed to risk during market trouble because of the successful campaign over the past decades to move from defined benefit pensions, which guarantee a certain monthly amount when you retire, to defined contribution plans, promoted by market enthusiasts.

More dangerously, the awkward theory of «reimbursement» via retainer fees over time does not solve the problem of an illegal campaign contribution in 2016.

This has been my experience for over 40 of my 67 years in a fellowship that has no buildings, is not organized, accepts no outside financial contributions, limits end of life personal contributions, has NO fund raising or capital campaigns, does not define stewardship in the level of financial «benevolence!»

I hope that the book makes a contribution to our understanding of networked campaigning, and showcases the work of many of the progressive campaigners here over the last decade.

The two campaigns have traded barbs in recent weeks over a controversial amortization plan that Wilson characterizes as borrowing from the pension fund and DiNapoli's camp insists is merely «smoothing» to provide predictability for local governments and the state when it comes to contributions.

The US Attorney's Office in Manhattan has launched a probe into an upstate health care company that received over $ 25 million in state grants after making significant campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«Over the last few months we've seen a surge in low - dollar contributions, as more and more of my neighbors here in the Hudson Valley and Catskills join us for stops along our 163 town Rhodes Trip and want to chip in to help keep fueling the Winnebago and support our growing grassroots campaign,» Rhodes said.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

Last week, State Senator Adriano Espaillat's campaign circulated a tough mailer against his primary opponent, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, in which they accused Mr. Linares of «betraying» the community by backing Rep. Charlie Rangel over Mr. Espaillat's bid to become the country's first Dominican - American congressman earlier this year and for taking campaign contributions from special interests.

Over the next months, the former speaker of the state Assembly, former leader of the state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged bids.

De Blasio continues to maintain a sizable financial advantage over all his likely challengers as he runs for re-election in New York, having brought in $ 414,123 in contributions and spent nearly as much over the last two months, according to a campaign fund - raising report filed yesterday.

Overall, the Sheehan campaign took in just over $ 25,000 in contributions and spent nearly $ 200,000 from July 14 through Aug. 7.

Barney Keller, a spokesman for GOP gubernatorial rival Rick Lazio, said, «The last thing we need in Albany is another liberal Democrat like Steve Levy, who has taken over $ 400,000 in campaign contributions from the very same special interests that are stretching New York's pension system beyond the breaking point.»

«For more than a decade, Sen. Espada has cavalierly flouted campaign finance rules,» the letter says, referring to Espada's failure over several years to file legally required campaign - contribution disclosure forms.

Over two million dollars in campaign contributions from the gambling industry to Albany politicians in the last two years, plus $ 2.6 million to the pro-Cuomo Committee to Save New York.

The criticism Teachout was making was not over direct contributions like the checks cut by the Soros family to her campaign, but the influence of big money flowing to super PACs.

It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments in New York City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another year.

Liu collected $ 522,000 through 2,052 contributions over the past six months, according to the campaign, which threw an elaborate birthday bash last week ahead of the deadline.

Lalor: Pay - to - Play the Cuomo Way LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Fishkill, NY: Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R, C, I — Fishkill) on Monday criticized Gov. Cuomo's acceptance of over $ 50,000 in campaign contributions from NBC Universal and its parent company Comcast, while handing out $ 10 million in new tax breaks to NBC shows so far.

In the race to replace outgoing Councilman Jimmy Vacca, candidates have combined to raise over $ 258,000 in campaign contributions.

He also made proposals related to campaign finance reform, including a law that would require many political contributions over $ 500 to be reported within 48 hours, or within 24 hours near Election Day.

Michael Tolkin, a 32 - year - old tech entrepreneur who is among over a dozen long - shot candidates running to unseat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, appears to have outspent every other contender in the race, including the mayor, with a $ 5 million in - kind contribution to his own campaign.

Hevesi admitted to using his control over the state's pension fund, now at $ 130 billion, to steer $ 250 million in investments to a private equity fund that paid him handsomely: $ 75,000 in trips to Israel and Italy for him, his adult children, and people from his staff; $ 500,000 in campaign contributions, and $ 380,000 in make - believe consulting fees to a lobbyist allied with Hank Morris, Hevesi's political guru.

If Mayor Miner is unwilling to respectfully hold Senator Defrancisco accountable for his opposition, she should at the very least return the thousands in campaign contributions that anti-minimum wage interests have generously given to her campaigns over the years,» said Jason Ortiz, political director of HTC.

Hover your mouse over a state to see the average campaign contributions for that state's senate candidates in 2014.

Meanwhile, the eagle - eyed Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group points out that 1199 / SEIU, the labor group that pledged to help turn the Senate over to full control of the Democrats this year, made contributions to Skelos, Senate Republican Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cathy Young, and Sen. Michael Nozzolio.

Here's Rep. Dan Maffei, a former staffer on the House Ways & Means Committee, explaining yet again why he is neither abandoning Rep. Charlie Rangel nor returning the $ 82,000 worth of campaign contributions he has received from the embattled Harlem Democrat over the years.

Throughout his early career as a real estate developer in New York City, Republican 2016 frontrunner Donald Trump routinely gave large campaign contributions to politicians who held sway over his projects and he worked with mob - controlled companies and unions to build them.

[20] Ball received over $ 110,000 in campaign contributions for the race.

The Leave campaign said this law would end the European Court's jurisdiction over the UK and see the UK stop making contributions to the EU's budget.

Over the past two years, nearly all of his campaign funds have come from thousand - dollar - plus contributions, which seems a far cry from the kind of small - donor - driven operation typified by Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign in the last Democratic presidential primary.

Over $ 3 million of this total came from individual contributions, the campaign said.

The aforementioned suit over a candidate's use of LLC money was settled out of court, so there hasn't yet been a clear test of what might be called the Sugarman Doctrine, which assumes underutilized power in the sections of election law prohibiting attempts to circumvent contribution limits and obfuscate the true source of campaign money.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is reported to be probing contracts awarded as part of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project, with questions over the timing of campaign contributions to the governor, as well as criteria used to choose the vendors.

During a conversation with de Blasio, Jona Rechnitz noted that he hadn't asked for much since forking over huge contributions to de Blasio's mayoral campaign, personal charity and Democratic allies, sources said.

The bill, which awaits action in the Senate, would regulate the ability of individuals to make campaign contributions over the legal limit through the use of LLC's.

That's WAY over the $ 2,500 campaign contribution limit, so I asked Dohney campaign spokesman Jude Seymour for an explanation.

Political Fallout Over Contribution Refund «Michael Blake is dead to Senator Diaz,» reports a Bronx Democratic party operative after the Morrisania assemblyman and DNC vice chair rescinded a $ 1000 donation to Diaz's city council campaign committee.

The US Attorney's Office in Manhattan has launched a probe into an upstate health care company that received over $ 25 million in state grants after making significant campaign contributions to...

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. accepted nearly $ 19,000 in campaign contributions from a nightlife mogul whose business partner was once investigated over sex assault allegations, and then returned the money six months later.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election campaign raised $ 110,000 in contributions over a single 24 - hour period from 13 donors, according to 24 - hour notices posted to the state Board of Elections.

Hillary Clinton dropped by the resort island of Martha's Vineyard over the weekend to pick up more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions during an elegant party at the summer home of one of her most devoted supporters.

The casino industry's approach to working with state government is already evident by the $ 20 million in campaign contributions they gave to NY State politicians over the last two years and the $ 2.6 million contribution they gave to pro-Cuomo committees.

Revelations that Ulster County Executive Mike Hein received $ 11,500 in campaign donations over the last two years from the developers of the proposed Park Point student housing project in New Paltz, with an additional $ 5,000 in contributions from their Albany - based, county - connected law firm, have further roiled the muddy waters gurgling around this controversial project.