Sentences with phrase «seeking special favors»

For two years, Mayor de Blasio has used his personal slush fund, the Campaign for One New York, to pocket millions from fat - cat donors seeking special favors from City Hall...

Citizens Party candidates and office holders are forbidden to accept any and all gifts, payments or favors from lobbyists or from any other private interests seeking special favors for favorable legislation from the government at the local, state or national level.

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J. Steven Hart's seeking those appointments from his wife's former tenant, Pruitt, shows «the extent to which the special interests providing him with gifts have sought specific favors from EPA in return,» said Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey, the senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

The senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Frank Pallone of New Jersey, says the request shows the extent to which special interests providing Pruitt with gifts have sought specific favors from EPA in return.

It's been widely reported that Rechnitz bribed senior members of the NYPD, seeking a variety of favors and special treatment.

They imply that other «real» solutions would somehow be immune to polluters seeking loopholes and special favors, but never explain why.