Sentences with phrase «people patronage jobs»

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

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They had patronage money coming in from people that have jobs and have to donate money,» Pigeon said.

Kallos believes the city should stop funding these «patronage positions» and hire qualified people through publicly advertised jobs.

Jameson Doig, author of a book about the agency's history, Empire on the Hudson, says that while the Authority has always been a backwater of patronage, Gov. Christie took the practice to new heights, appointing more than 70 people — primarily those who helped him out in the 2009 election — to jobs within the agency, both high and low level.

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.

Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn while being incredibly penurious with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.

Any budget that approves retaining over fifty political patronage jobs and funding slots for forty more political pals at the expense of over a hundred hard - working experienced professionals should not be tolerated by the people of Westchester.

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.

«writing on the wall» must be another one of these Baez people who will soon lose their patronage job when she is tossed out on her - No attendance having, slush fund money stealing, tenate hating behind.

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?

Under the old order, the all - powerful school board and central office had seemed to view the district more as an adult jobs program and dispenser of patronage - based contracts than as a source of education for young people.

«Users of libraries are changing their patronage patterns and are expressing their eagerness for these community institutions to serve a significant appetite for lifelong learning opportunities that are tied to people wanting to adjust to changes in the job market and to their yearning for personal enrichment.»