Sentences with phrase «resigned amid»

In May, its founder and chief executive officer resigned amid an internal probe into a botched loan sale, sending LendingClub's shares tumbling.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned amid allegations of misuse of taxpayer dollars.

The news comes after a tumultuous period at Nest, during which the cofounder and CEO, Tony Fadell, resigned amid criticism of his management style and a lack of new products.

Bill Voge's life story seemed like the quintessential American dream, as he followed a trajectory from Iowa farm boy to the top of Latham & Watkins before he abruptly resigned amid misconduct allegations.

It faltered in Albany despite the support of Gov. David A. Paterson, who had just taken office after Eliot L. Spitzer resigned amid a sex scandal.

The head of the UN climate change panel (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, has resigned amid sexual harassment allegations.

Protests followed, and Cooper Union's president and board chair resigned amid a public outcry.

All three resigned amid social justice crises or after championing programming with a political edge.

Last month, long - time Lucas County Dog WardenTom Skeldon resigned amid a swirl of controversy surrounding what animal advocates in the city decided was a lot of unnecessary killing of animals in the shelter.

(He is the same Roger Altman who served as President Carter's Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and President Clinton's Deputy Secretary of the Treasury until he resigned amid the «Whitewater controversy»).

«A decade after scandal, Ray Sansom plots comeback» via Steve Bousquet of the Tampa Bay Times — It has been nearly a decade since former Florida House Speaker Sansom resigned amid allegations that he misused his office to steer tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money to a friend and a local college.

Members of the charter school's board resigned amid «ongoing concerns about a high - cost building lease, teacher turnover and adequate services for students.»

PARCC lost a defender (of a sort) in Florida in August, when then - Commissioner of Education Tony Bennett resigned amid political controversy centered on his actions unrelated to common core while serving as Indiana's superintendent last year.

Why «A Father - Son Talking - To» Is So Troubling — Megan Garber notices that before NPR's Michael Oreskes resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct, his former colleagues offered insight into the male - driven version of the whisper network.

have resigned amid allegations of affairs with employees, and the focus has.

Although Seabra invoked «personal reasons» for his decision, scientists note that he resigned amid mounting criticism of the agency's policies.

As you may have heard late last year, Erie County's Department of Social Services Commissioner resigned amid reports from local media of misconduct.

Paterson's crash comes roughly two years after he assumed office, when his Democratic predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, resigned amid a prostitution scandal.

Tollisen was appointed supervisor in 2013 after former Supervisor Melinda Wormuth resigned amid federal and state investigations that resulted in her conviction on corruption charges, including bribery and grand larceny.

Maloney, who worked in the Clinton White House, was one of the few remaining high - level holdovers from the Spitzer administration and was close to Charles O'Byrne, Paterson's former chief of staff, who resigned amid a tax scandal.

NY 29: Rep. Eric Massa resigned amid alleged scandal, vacating his seat.

It faltered in Albany despite the support of Gov. David A. Paterson, who had just taken office after Eliot L. Spitzer resigned amid a sex scandal.

Maziarz has been charged by State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman with allegedly diverting money from his campaign fund to a former Senate staffer he wanted to retain as a campaign aide after the staffer resigned amid charges of sexual harassment.

Weiner, who resigned amid a sexting scandal, is unlikely to make an endorsement but was included in the poll.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the infamous «Client 9» who resigned amid a prostitution scandal, was accused of choking a woman at The Plaza hotel, law enforcement sources told The Post on Sunday.

Paterson, who took over as governor after Spitzer resigned amid a hooker scandal, was heading toward a primary showdown this fall with Cuomo.

Former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey appeared on CNN's In the Arena with former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer (both, interestingly, resigned amid sex scandals) last night and discussed the NY marriage equality victory and whether it is a sign that the ti... Read

Former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey appeared on CNN's In the Arena with former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer (both, interestingly, resigned amid sex scandals) last night and discussed the NY marriage equality victory and whether it is a sign that the tide has turned on gay rights in America.

(The last mayor produced by the Bronx machine was Joseph V. McKee, an ex-schoolteacher and assemblyman who served just 121 days in office after former Mayor James Walker resigned amid a corruption scandal in 1932.

Weiner resigned amid a sexting scandal two months ago and defeated Turner 60 percent to 40 percent last year.

Turner's win over state Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck) in the special election for the 9th District seat, which opened after former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner resigned amid a sexting Twitter scandal, was seen as an upset for the largely Democratic district.

The Democratic candidate said he believed the election would hinge on job creation as well as the debt ceiling and touted his 20 years of experience in public finance, state banking regulation and the City Council's Finance Committee to argue he is the best candidate to replace Weiner, who resigned amid a sexting scandal.

Cuomo also denied drafting embattled former Empire State Development official Sam Hoyt, who resigned amid accusations of sexual harassment, to talk to McMurray about dropping out of the race, but he said it's no secret many people have been trying to get Hochul to run.

The resolution was unveiled by members of the Minority Caucus this week in response to recent reports that accused rapist and former Social Services Commissioner Al Dirschberger collected over $ 10,000 for unused time off as he resigned amid criminal allegations, the gross pay was $ 19,452.12.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- New York's acting attorney general says she won't seek election as the state's chief legal officer after the job was vacated when Eric Schneiderman abruptly resigned amid a scandal.

More than a year after its president abruptly resigned amid a federal investigation into her finances, the City College of New York, CUNY's flagship campus is turning to a familiar hand as its next leader: Vincent G. Boudreau, the school's interim president.

Within a matter of hours, the incumbent Democrat had resigned amid accusations of domestic violence.

One aide who worked for a legislator who resigned amid sexual harassment accusations suggested that lawmakers» campaign accounts, which lawmakers can use to pay for their legal defense, also be made available to harassment victims in case of a settlement or civil rights violation.

The blockbuster report, which followed a series of stories in The Post, began a long slide that continued for Spitzer until he resigned amid revelations he patronized prostitutes.

Earlier this week, three of the Department of Correction's top officials resigned amid questions about their competence.

The seat had been held by Republican Rep. Pat Meehan, who resigned amid an ethics investigation into his use of taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment allegations by a former aide.

A month after former Southold Town senior court clerk Christine Stulsky resigned amid an investigation into the theft of money from the court the Southold Town Board created a new position for the department.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Barbara Underwood, thrust into the job as New York state's chief legal officer when Eric Schneiderman abruptly resigned amid allegations he abused woman, said Tuesday she won't seek election to the attorney general's positon.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was a staunch MMA opponent, but he resigned amid a corruption scandal in January.

A Colden town judge, Victoria Zach, has resigned amid allegations that she used the prestige of her position to advocate for a drunken driving defendant in another court.

Former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a Brooklyn politician who wielded power for nearly three decades until he resigned amid sexual harassment allegations against him, died Monday night, his attorney said.

Breitbart News chief Stephen Bannon said Gillibrand's suggestion this week that the ex-president should have resigned amid the Monica Lewinsky scandal of the 1990s amounted to an «earthquake in the Democratic Party,» and marked the «opening shot» of the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries.

Alain Kaloyeros, the embattled president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has resigned amid a corruption probe.

Cuomo's most recent vice chairman, Steve Cohen, resigned amid the maelstrom after an unusually short stint in the position.

Former New York State Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who took over as governor when Spitzer resigned amid scandal, weighed in on Spitzer's new bid for office on Monday afternoon but withheld any type of endorsement.