Sentences with phrase «patronage jobs»

In 2009, after winning the county executive seat from then - County Executive Andy Spano, a Democrat, in which Astorino was endorsed by the Independence Party, he accused party Chairman Giulio Cavallo of seeking patronage jobs for members of his party.

Nassau County GOP chairman Joseph Mondello, whose party controls the bulk of patronage jobs in the county and towns — and whose sister, daughter and son - in - law have had local government jobs in recent years — declined to comment.

A video - slot - machine casino run by Nassau and Suffolk OTBs would allow the Legislature to keep control of patronage jobs at such a gambling emporium.

Nassau Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs, speaking about patronage jobs at the county board of elections, noted state law requiring equal representation of Republicans and Democrats to guard against partisan decisions.

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.

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.

The nonprofit also provided patronage jobs for Mr. Espada's allies, the suit said.

In others, he discussed deals to launder campaign contributions or trade patronage jobs for judgeships.

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.

If we make all those positions appointed, then what will often happen is that whenever the party in charge changes hands, they will get rid of the old heads of these kinds of services, and hand them out to their own supporters as patronage jobs.

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.

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.»

Savino was the Bronx GOP Chairman when he was hired by Supervisor Gromack into a part - time patronage job for $ 87,000 as Clarkstown's Tax Certiorari attorney.

Patronage jobs not going away any time soon, for any group.

Curran said she would target patronage jobs such as community service representatives and constituent affairs workers.

It raises questions as to whether the Conservative Party under Lettre has any political principles at all or is simply an endorsement racket designed to keep certain politicians in power and to keep their friends and families employed in town patronage jobs.

He returned home without employment, and despite his 2 decades of absence from NYC, his convicted felon father landed him a political patronage job representing David Dinkins adviser Bill Deblasio to Brookyln, Staten Island and Queens.

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.

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

But beyond vowing to examine the budget for waste and inefficiencies, they've offered only general proposals to reduce police overtime, eliminate patronage jobs and cut outside legal contracts.

And I bet a total patronage job.

What I don't want to see is the County Executive budgeting your tax dollars to add more patronage jobs or spending frivolously on his personal agenda.

A wire caught Macedonio and an associate discussing retaliation against a man they believed was a criminal informant and a scheme to swap patronage jobs in exchange for supporting a judicial candidate.

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.»

He was on the ballot as part of a complex deal among Conservative, Democratic and Independence party leaders, one that deprived the sitting sheriff of running again and also included pacts about other legislative races, cross-endorsements for judgeships and a few patronage jobs.

«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.

In Central New York, the fair director's position is one of the state's plum patronage jobs.

lots of patronage jobs given out.

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

George Pataki, who curiously managed to schedule summer news conferences — and taxypayer - funded transportation — on Fridays near the Hamptons, and spent the latter part of his tenure handing out patronage jobs like candy.

Anker's opponent, Steve Tricarico, said the super PAC's mailers attacked him for holding a politically appointed patronage job in the Brookhaven Town highway department.

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

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.

«While patronage jobs and political pay - for - play are significant problems in Rockland County and Clarkstown, this seems to be nothing more than hysterics by an overindulged brat who was egged on by a clownish, demented uncle.»

Urged on by his boss, perpetually exasperated Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) reluctantly sends out a trio of scalawags — wonderfully played by James Spader, Tim Blake Nelson and a curiously under - utilized John Hawkes — to try and buy the votes of lame - duck Democratic congressmen with patronage jobs and folders of cash.

Meanwhile the Town continues to provide salaries to police officers of over $ 200,000 per year and to provide patronage jobs to the likes of the now - convicted «tax attorney» ex-Bronx Chairman, Jay Savino, and the now departing $ 103,600 «confidential secretary» County Legislator, Frank Sparaco.

At its best, the movie is an effective political potboiler about the backdoor push for the 13th Amendment, with comic relief in the form of off - the - books operatives (James Spader, John Hawkes) dispatched on the sly to trade patronage jobs for votes.

Nice Krazy Kurlz, you really know who to bring out the best in people with your insults but as a double dipper sitting on a nice patronage job, you're just siphoning off the system we all pay for.

The cause — the end of slavery — is unquestionably righteous; the means to that end — Lincoln covertly sending the founder of the Republican Party to test the waters of brokering a peace deal with the Confederacy and unofficially employing shady surrogates to offer patronage jobs to House Democrats simply waiting for their Congressional tenures to end — are more questionable.

They said «Yes «when Highways Superintendent, Wayne Ballard, gave an «obscene «$ 75,000 part time patronage job to County Legislator Frank Sparaco to answer the telephone in inclement weather.

This is the political structure that provided an $ 87,000 patronage job in Clarkstown for Jay Savino at the behest, according to Mr. Gromack, of Vinnie Reda and Frank Sparaco.

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.

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.

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.

And just because you had a patronage job that you weren't qualified for doesn't mean everyone does.

The BOE is a haven for patronage jobs (reference).

Some Democrats might be put out, since the governor's office controls a lot of patronage jobs, but Cuomo has repeatedly insisted he plans not to hew to the politics - as - usual approach.