Sentences with phrase «said campaign contributions»

Stratosphere and Cuomo said campaign contributions by Talon Air CEO Adan Katz, the company's principals and their relatives to Cuomo's campaigns had no impact on awarding the contract and all accountability measures were followed.

In a statement, Basil Smikle of the state Democratic Party, said the campaign contributions «given by the defendants» would be set aside and did not immediately clarify whether that amount included donations made by COR itself or others associated with the company.

Both they and Gerrity said campaign contributions didn't impact contracts.

Horner noted that Cuomo, as a candidate in 2010, said campaign contributions from lobbyists should be restricted.

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And whether the campaign contributions are coming from a pharmaceutical company or a prison guard union, he said, keeping marijuana illegal often boosts donors» bottom lines — and ensures that nonviolent users and suppliers will keep ending up behind bars.

In addition to restoring Glass - Steagall, Celente says Congress needs to stop favoring special interest groups that make campaign contributions.

Mr. Cohen said that he had given a similar statement to the Federal Election Commission in response to a complaint filed by the government watchdog group Common Cause, which contended that the payment, made through a limited liability company that Mr. Cohen established, was an in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

And that's just another way of saying, «This joint runs great for those who can hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers and have them make big campaign contributions, but not here for real people.»»

«The complaint alleges that I somehow violated campaign finance laws by facilitating an excess, in - kind contribution,» Mr. Cohen said in his statement.

«If this is true then it looks like Cohen may have made an unreported loan to the campaign rather than a contribution,» said Richard L. Hasen, an expert in election law at the University of California, Irvine.

«Any payment by a person such as Cohen on behalf of or in consultation with a candidate to influence an election is an in - kind «contribution'to the candidate under campaign finance law subject to a $ 2,700 limit and disclosure requirements,» he said.

«The complaint alleges that I somehow violated campaign finance laws by facilitating an excess, in - kind contribution,» he said.

Saunders, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council, says that Canadian workers and their pensions are more exposed to risk during market trouble because of the successful campaign over the past decades to move from defined benefit pensions, which guarantee a certain monthly amount when you retire, to defined contribution plans, promoted by market enthusiasts.

Mr. Cohen has said that he «facilitated» the payment with his own money and was not reimbursed by Mr. Trump's company or campaign, and that the payment was «not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone.»

Trump, Noble said, could make contributions of any size to his own campaign.

Mr. Trump said he paid a monthly retainer to his former lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, and suggested that the payment by Mr. Cohen to the actress could not be considered a campaign contribution.

President Trump said he paid a monthly retainer to his lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, and suggested that the payment by Mr. Cohen to Stormy Daniels could not be considered a campaign contribution.

In its complaints, the group said a $ 150,000 payment in August 2016 from the parent company of the National Enquirer to Karen McDougal was intended to «buy and bury» the story of her affair with Trump and amounted to an illegal, in - kind contribution to Trump's presidential campaign.

As for Westcoast's $ 20,500 donation to Ms. Clark's campaign on March 1, Weilinger stated that's «something we can't really comment on other than to say we try to take a non-partisan view of our contributions and donations and we like to make sure the democratic system is working and effective.»

Matthew Sanderson, who served as a campaign finance lawyer for the 2008 McCain - Palin campaign, said the timing of the payment «strongly suggests it was related to the election, and therefore is either a contribution, or at least a reportable expenditure by the campaign».

Hasen said the question before Wednesday had been whether Cohen had made an unreported contribution to the Trump campaign exceeding legal limits.

«If this is true, then it looks like Cohen may have made an unreported loan to the campaign rather than a contribution,» he said.

On Thursday, Mr. Trump said that he paid a monthly retainer to Mr. Cohen, suggesting, as Mr. Giuliani had, that the payment to Ms. Clifford was not a campaign contribution.

Chelsea have just 14 Premier League matches left to play this season, but speaking at a news conference ahead of Sunday's clash with Manchester United, Hiddink said he remains confident Pato will reach full fitness in time to make a meaningful contribution to the Blues» domestic and European campaigns.

-- and the wealthy one percent who lay out the fat campaign contributions simply say, so what?

Republican Chairman Ed Cox, who gave Astorino's county executive campaign a maximum contribution in December, in a statement said, «Goliath meet David.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said yesterday he will give away all contributions Harvey Weinstein made to his political campaigns, hours after defending his decision to donate less than half.

Lazio repeated the «can't govern by insult» shot he has been taking in recent days at his GOP primary opponent, Carl Paladino, and also highlighted the Buffalo businessman's Democratic campaign contributions, saying that displays an «inconsistency» that Republican voters aren't going to support.

Rep. Yvette Clarke will donate $ 2,000 in campaign funds to charity to offset a contribution from Singh, who claims Blasio encouraged him to secretly funnel illegal donations to Clarke's campaign, a spokeswoman said.

AG Andrew Cuomo says it's OK for him to accept big campaign contributions from special interests and lobbyists because he has integrity and can't be bought.

It was talking about voluntary campaign contributions and of course the expenditures of campaign contributions are guided by the Executive Law,» said Gallivan.

Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said he's still getting up to speed on the facts, but the payment to Stormy Daniels did not require him to have a full accounting of the details, saying: «I am focused on the law more than the facts right now... The whole situation of the $ 130,000 doesn't require an analysis of the facts because it wasn't intended as a campaign contribution.»

Grandeau himself says there's no evidence the campaign contributions or the trip offers directly resulted in DiNapoli pressuring the oil company into settling the suit.

«For most offices, New York State's contribution «limits» are substantially higher than those of any other state that imposes limits, and they are so high as to ensure that large donors dominate major political campaigns and candidates spend as much time as possible raising money from donors rather than talking with voters about issues,» Cuomo said in the written version of the SoS.

Take a look at what elected officials do in exchange for those campaign contributions,» he said.

The committee, meanwhile, says it has been asked to defer its consideration of the case by the Department of Justice, which is also investigating the contributions to Grimm's campaign.

Staten Island Assemblywoman and GOP NYC mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis said she returned campaign contributions from Palestinian - American activist Linda Sarsour, and condemned CUNY's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy for inviting the Women's March organizer to speak at its commencement next month.

Adams, a possible candidate for Brooklyn borough president, said he was surprised by the differences in the city campaign finance system — which includes a public financing component — and the state's system, which is widely derided by good - government groups for its loopholes and sky - high contribution limits.

«Over the last few months we've seen a surge in low - dollar contributions, as more and more of my neighbors here in the Hudson Valley and Catskills join us for stops along our 163 town Rhodes Trip and want to chip in to help keep fueling the Winnebago and support our growing grassroots campaign,» Rhodes said.

Supporters of the Governor say the last contributions made by the Jacobs family and their associates to the Cuomo campaign came no later than 2014, around the time Delaware North and ICE signed leases to occupy the same building.

And that meant search ads, since new media team head Joe Rospars has said that search ads yielded a Return On Investment as high as 10 - or 15-fold, presumably measured in campaign contributions.

As for the Working Families Party, critics say there has been limited phone banking, canvassing, calls for volunteers or emails asking for contributions to the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

Last Friday, he announced he was doing away with his self - imposed campaign contribution limits, saying he didn't want to unilaterally disarm against Wilson, who may or may not invest a boatload of his own cash into his campaign.

De Blasio bristled at the prospect of being called to the stand during the Mangano corruption trial, where he would grilled about his relationship with Harendra Singh, an ex-restaurant owner who has said in court that he bribed de Blasio with campaign contributions.

Gibson's campaign makes of point of saying that since his 2010 retirement from the Army, the GOP lawmaker has received more than 7,200 individual contributions, with 74 percent coming from individuals in the current NY - 20.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a gubernatorial candidate, criticized Cuomo for accepting campaign contributions from political appointees, saying the governor violated his own executive order.

That's the concern, in the same way it is with campaign contributions,» he said.

The campaign said that Mr. Romney's tax liability would have been far lower in 2011 had the Romneys claimed the full deduction for their charitable contributions.

A spokesman for de Blasio's campaign said it would return more than $ 32,000 in contributions, after DNAinfo reported exclusively on several unusual donations.

In response, in papers filed Tuesday, Eastern District prosecutor Lara Treinis Gatz said while both cases involved investigations into potential bribery, legally there was a fundamental difference between the two: the Mangano case involved personal enrichment, giving of gifts and a no - show job to Mangano's wife while DeBlasio's involved campaign contributions.