Sentences with phrase «scandal in»

This year may not feature the same chaos as around the time of the»09 Senate coup, but with scandal in both houses and the precarious position of the Senate Republicans, things are similar.

While most police chiefs and commissioners in Westchester County claim there is no racism in their departments, this growing scandal in Pelham Manor tells a different story.

His office is investigating a massive scandal in the state pension fund that got started because a top aide to then - Controller Alan Hevesi, Hank Morris, wore too many hats.

That board was itself tainted by scandal in 2009 when state Inspector General Joseph Fisch accused its executive director of leaking information to the Spitzer administration during an investigation.

The ad says Cuomo is at the center of the biggest corruption scandal in years.

Isn't there any decent scandal in there?

They have been rocked by scandal in the past year after a row over their expenses and Iris's affair with a 19 - year - old.

Only Congressman Michael Grimm would use a scandal in another state to try to divert attention from his own scandal plagued tenure in office.

«Despite the state economic development programs being engulfed in the biggest bid - rigging scandal in state history.»

An Islip Town councilman who dropped out of a State Senate race last year after fallout surrounding the illegal dumping scandal in the town was nominated Wednesday night by Islip Town Republicans to run for a District Court seat in Suffolk County.

What message does it send when the governor, senate and assembly fail to pass reforms after the biggest bid rigging scandal in state history?

He says the Bridgegate scandal in New Jersey, where Gov. Chris Christie's staff was accused of closing traffic lanes to retaliate against a local mayor, spawned several state - based investigations there.

Timothy D. Sini, a 37 - year - old Democrat serving as the Suffolk County Police Commissioner, handily won the race for Suffolk District Attorney Tuesday night, and said he would prepare quickly to take over an office marred by political scandal in the...

He began by referencing the latest sexual harassment scandal in the Assembly, where several women are accusing Buffalo - area Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak of inappropriate behavior.

On Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the governor indicated that Cuomo is now looking more broadly at revising procurement contracts in New York State, and going beyond the scandal in the executive chamber to address problems highlighted in recent corruption cases in the legislature as well.

What: Resigned from office after a prostitution scandal in 2008.

This year, though, the Child Victims Act is receiving heightened attention from the «Spotlight» movie — which is about the priest sexual - abuse scandal in Boston — and an unrelenting campaign for the legislation by the Daily News, which has featured Farrell's story.

The consultancy was at the centre of the Facebook data - sharing scandal in which it was accused of improperly obtaining information on users.

Albany, New York — Prominent budget and transparency watchdog groups today called on the legislative leaders to act on their public statements on clean contracting, and pass meaningful legislation in response to the largest bid - rigging scandal in state history.

In an earlier scandal in 2012, the New York Times reported that Grimm asked for campaign donations from undocumented immigrants.

Even better for Mr. Spitzer, however, is that a majority of Democrats, 57 percent, say he would be an excellent or good comptroller, and a full two - thirds say Mr. Spitzer, who resigned in disgrace after an infamous prostitution scandal in 2008, should be given a second chance.

These include two politicians recently expelled from the Reform Party: Kristiina Ojuland, an incumbent MEP implicated by an electronic voting scandal and Silver Meikar, whose confessions triggered a major party funding scandal in 2012.

Elsewhere in the Bronx, we hear that two current councilmembers, each of whom has been touched by scandal in the last two years, are said to be wearing wires.

The latest twist to the unraveling bribery scandal in the judiciary is that, the lead lawyer for the 14 judges challenging the...

This led analysts to council caution as to the extent of the scandal in electoral terms.

The latest twist to the unraveling bribery scandal in the judiciary is that, the lead lawyer for the 14 judges challenging the process, has said Anas Arimeryaw's video was concocted.

I am aware of the recent move of Rosenstein who refers to a similar case when in 1941, when Attorney General Robert Jackson investigated a corruption scandal in the US Navy.

I told her in the back I hope she never drove across the George Washington Bridge or they'd have her up in the bridge scandal in a minute.

Ferreras - Copeland became the first Latina to hold office in Queens, but she faced immediate scandal in the Council thanks in part to the allegations of corruption and domestic violence against her former boss.

The Division of State Police has been racked by scandal in recent years, including Troopergate, when then - Gov.

Funny, I don't remember the Daily Torygraph showing much interest in the expenses scandal in the Wesh Assembly a couple of months ago.

The Suffolk Police Department hasn't been immune to scandal in recent years: Former Chief of Department James Burke, a Bellone appointee, is serving a 46 - month federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a handcuffed suspect and conspiring to cover it up.

When the state legislative session ended on June 21, lawmakers left behind a lot of unfinished business, including a failure to act on ethics reform proposals made in light of the economic development scandal in the Cuomo administration.

It seems like Cambridge Analytica has been on everyone's lips in the last couple of weeks, after news that the firm was allegedly involved in a large data mining scandal in several countries across the globe.

When the legislative session ended on June 21, lawmakers left behind a lot of unfinished business, including a failure to act on ethics reform proposals in light of an economic development scandal in the Cuomo administration.

The governor also wants to reform the state's contracting process to address a scandal in his office over economic development contracts.

President Obama addressed the sexual assault scandal in the military during his speech at the Naval Academy commencement address.

Featuring Andy Burnham MP and a discussion on the phone hacking scandal in our «Labour After Murdoch» event featuring David Blunkett and Sadiq Khan MP.

After a scandal in which it has emerged that some major multinationals have paid little or no UK corporate tax, the head of Britain's Treasury has announced his mission «to turn concern over tax avoidance into a catalyst for change».

However, as the standard bearer for the party currently in office he has been straddled with the disappointment and disapproval of the current administration, which has been especially pronounced since the coming to light of the «el cementazo» corruption scandal in mid-2017.

RB: Think about the irony of the Murdoch press hacking scandal in the context of the bulk surveillance that we are discussing now, and the way that a public reckoning about that completely unacceptable intrusion into peoples» lives was neatly deflected into a fracas over whether or not regulation would curb the freedom of the press.

Ed Miliband tried to muster residual anger over MPs» expenses and the banking crash as he sought to accelerate the momentum of the phone - hacking scandal in a speech later.

While it's too early to determine how solid Spitzer's lead is — it is still unclear if he will have enough petition signatures to gain ballot access — 67 percent of voters in the poll believe the former governor should be given a second chance after resigning amid a prostitution scandal in March 2008.

The former governor and two - term attorney general blamed the scandal in part on the state of the Republican Party in New York City because it «has been left with nothing but a series of wealthy benefactors and has left the system corrupt in every way.»

Following the UK expenses scandal in 2009, a new claims system was introduced by IPSA, which is responsible for setting the yearly allowances as well as individual budget increases.

But it has been a scandal in the making of three consecutive governments, which have managed to keep the German public in the dark for 13 consecutive years.

There is a huge Civil Service and Puffed Up Pensions scandal in the Agencies and Authorites that goes back to the regime of his father and his mother that he was the enforcer of.

Kirsten Gillibrand's chief political advisors were involved in the biggest pension fund scandal in New York State history, yet no one yet knows what Ms. Gillibrand thinks about that.»

How would you deal with a cabinet sex scandal?I love a good sex scandal in the cabinet, or the wardrobe, but preferably somewhere you can stretch out a bit.

The two former female legislative aides at the heart of a sexual harassment scandal in the Assembly settled their legal claims against the disgraced former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the recently deposed speaker, Sheldon Silver.