Sentences with phrase «review of campaign contributions»

A review of campaign contributions finds that he and his leadership PAC have received at least $ 57,500 from the Koch brothers» corporate political action committee - the same PAC that has been repeatedly accused of breaking elections laws surrounding money contributions.

A report from an anti-corruption commission Cuomo himself created in 2013 and then shut down the next year identified «eyebrow - raising patterns of potential misconduct» based on a review of campaign contributions to elected officials from donors with interests in legislative outcomes.

A Newsday review of campaign contributions show's Litwin - related entities donated $ 200,000 to political action committees controlled by Silver, matching another reference Bharara made in the complaint.

Not exact matches

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign nCampaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign ncampaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

Azrack said the cases were different for three reasons: The de Blasio case involved only «campaign contributions» and not personal gifts, a fact that would increase the government's burden of proof for bribery; the defendants failed to demonstrate they are «similarly situated» to de Blasio; and, critically, the de Blasio matter was already reviewed by a different set of federal prosecutors, who declined to move forward with a case against him.

Records of political campaign contributions made by Argento were among the documents reviewed by the comptroller's office.

But only a sliver of the more than $ 350,000 he received in contributions during the first half of the year came from the real estate industry, according to a review of campaign finance records by The Real Deal.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is launching an independent review of past campaign contributions following reports that he received donations from Harvey Weinstein's former lawyer.

In a Daily News OpEd, Vance insisted he has «never allowed someone's wealth, power, race, or campaign contributions to influence my decisions,» and announced the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity has begun a 90 - day independent review of how he handles contributions.

The spending often went beyond contributions to charities, universities and other political committees, which are the most common types of activity from the campaign accounts of former officials, according to a Newsday review.

She also said that since 2010, the office has designated a senior member of the DA's executive team with knowledge of the office's investigations to review each contribution received by the campaign for potential conflicts — and that Kasowitz's contribution underwent the process and was accepted.

Meanwhile, a review of Liu's 2009 campaign records shows he accepted political contributions from people linked to a disgraced Democratic fundraiser.

In a recent Daily News op - ed, Vance announced that the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at the Columbia University Law School will conduct an independent review of how he tackles campaign contributions and present recommendations in 90 days.

When news of Zimet's campaign contributions broke last week, she addressed the concerns that accepting money from Plesser during the review of Wildberry Lodge could be viewed as unseemly.

In an extensive review of records and data and dozens of interviews with political insiders, Newsday examined the professional history, campaign contributions and family ties of each of the public authority's 174 employees since 2003 with reported earnings to the state pension system.

Their study, published online in Urban Affairs Review, is one of the first to examine non-local campaign contributions to school board elections.

An updated review of the latest federal and state campaign finance reports reveal that Governor Malloy has collected in excess of $ 70,000 in campaign contributions from individuals associated with the corporate education reform industry.

Vanderbilt Law Review's online forum (called En Banc) just published a fascinating list of short essays on the Supreme Court's upcoming Williams - Yulee opinion (which will address to what extent the First Amendment shields elective judges who solicit campaign contributions personally):