Sentences with phrase «powerful public employee»

Democratic Party central committees in the counties of Del Norte, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Yolo accepted the max - out contribution from one of the state's most powerful public employee unions.

«It effects many public employees, many powerful public employee unions and politically it's difficult to get the Legislature to do this.»

The former Clinton aide is an outspoken liberal who is pushing for higher taxes on the rich and has the support of the state's powerful public employee and teacher unions.

But that would mean getting legislators to partially dismantle the kind of advantages that powerful public employee unions have enjoyed for years, and which they are unlikely to give up without a fight.

Caught up in the lobby logjam recently were members of the state's most powerful public employees» and teachers» unions - there to «pick Silver's pockets,» as one lobbyist said to another.

Not exact matches

Other Republicans say they fear that an expected multimillion - dollar media blitz from the state's powerful public - employee unions might panic some upstate senators into backing higher taxes, undermining Skelos» position.

Jeffrey R. Gural, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank and the owner of two upstate racinos that are members of the New York Gaming Association, said he had contributed about $ 200,000 last year to the committee, chiefly because he supported Mr. Cuomo's agenda and shared the governor's view that public employees unions had grown too powerful in Albany.

Alain E. Kaloyeros resigned as president of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday, marking not only the fall of one of the state's most powerful and best - paid employees, but also a very public pratfall for a university system that has been a ready lever of power for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Cuomo recently won the endorsement of the powerful AFL - CIO, though the two largest public employee unions withheld their support.

If you are a public - sector employee, you will suffer no tax increase at all — no matter how costly your health insurance — if the deal made behind closed doors between Democratic leaders in Congress, the White House, and powerful union officials goes through.

It is especially powerful if it is written to a public employee or a customer service department.