Sentences with phrase «spoke on condition of anonymity for»

Many spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from either camp.

One New York politician, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of antagonizing Cuomo, discussed receiving a call earlier this year from a top Cuomo aide, Joe Percoco, after publicly endorsing de Blasio's proposal, which calls for a tax increase on wealthy city residents to fund a pre-K expansion.

«Anytime no - bid contracts are being put out there, I certainly have a great deal of concern,» said a City Council member who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal from the mayor.

Smoke was coming from the hotel, said another resident who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of his safety.

One editor at a major publishing house, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity for fear of employer sanctions, told me that agents of Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Target are frequent participants in meetings about potential books.

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According to town officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity and documents obtained by Business Insider, AMC has kept the Celebration theater empty for close to a decade because it's cheaper to take the loss on the theater than to pay staff and operate it.

But one entrepreneur, who runs a nationally distributed product company and who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Whole Foods» decisions have resulted in a loss of business for her brand due to confusion within the company and a lack of clarity about the new system.

The new request for a delay will go to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis for a final decision, said the officials, who weren't authorized to discuss the internal deliberations publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

A Mexican source close to the talks, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a deal was unlikely for Tuesday, adding that «two to three days of work» between negotiators and ministers were still needed.

One lobbyist, speaking on condition of anonymity because the proposal is still under discussion, said he believed that U.S. - sourced proposal would have to be at least 35 % to satisfy Trump, who railed against automakers for moving jobs to Mexico throughout his election campaign last year.

Jones was elevated to serve as acting assistant secretary of state responsible for the Middle East and had neither been offered the job on a permanent basis not told that he would not get it, said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Determining further exceptions will depend on whether countries can convince Trump that there's a «satisfactory alternative means» for resolving trade inequities, said an administration official familiar with the tariff proclamations who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The company was nearing a deal to sell itself to an investor group for roughly $ 275 million, plus the assumption of $ 225 million in debt, according to two people briefed on the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations are private.

Using the psychographic models, Cambridge helped design concepts for advertisements for candidates supported by Mr. Bolton's PAC, including the 2014 campaign of Thom Tillis, the Republican senator from North Carolina, according to Mr. Wylie and another former employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid being dragged into the investigations that now appear to be engulfing Cambridge.

According to several music executives, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks are private, Apple recently tried but failed to persuade record labels to agree to lower licensing costs that would have let Apple sell subscriptions to its streaming service for $ 8 a month — a discount from the $ 10 that has become standard for services like Spotify, Rhapsody and Rdio.

After his arrival, Mr. Szabo helped reorient the company to take advantage of the Bitcoin software's capability for so - called smart contracts, which enable self - executing financial transactions, according to people briefed on the company's operations who spoke on condition of anonymity.

«There is a silver lining for Facebook shutting down access to data,» says another digital advertiser, speaking on condition of anonymity.

«For some clients, this is a big part of how they advertise on Facebook,» says a digital agency executive, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

John Ullyot, the VA's assistant secretary for public affairs, asked a senior aide at the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade lawmakers to call the White House and say they wanted Shulkin out, said both individuals, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation.

«The deal is so bad for rich people, I had to throw in the estate tax just to give them something,» Trump said, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of the meeting.

The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

«The Wizards would have sent rookie guard Bradley Beal and second - year forward Chris Singleton to the Thunder in return for Harden, winner of the NBA's sixth - man award with Oklahoma City last season, according to these individuals, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the proposal.»

This source, like the half dozen or so other sources within the Moreland Commission who spoke to City & State for this article, did so on the condition of strictest anonymity both out of fear of reprisal and citing the U.S. Attorney's ongoing investigation.

Speaking to a member of Akufo - Addo's campaign team who blurted out his frustrations against the system on condition of anonymity, he indicated that, last week Friday, the campaign team «approved» and «made available» a cash amount of Ghc 2 million for Hiring of Buses and payments for polling station allowances of the party's agent in all 275 constituencies.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen established contact with the family on Friday, demanding the payment of N6m as the condition for his release.

One of NEC members, who spoke to The PUNCH on condition of anonymity, said, «The session became rowdy at some point when members of NEC shouted down the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, for saying there was no need to debate the issue since the President had spoken.

A senior staff who spoke to Joy News on condition of anonymity cites breach of the selection process for Dr Anaba's position as reason for their disapproval of him.

Speyer began the meeting by telling the attendees that he had «been friends with Andrew Cuomo for 20 years,» according to sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, so as not to upset any of the parties involved.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity added: «Contrary to the noise being made, we are ready to approach the court for interim forfeiture of $ 3 million and N500 million linked to two governors through their fronts.

A teacher trainee of the Accra College of Education who spoke to the Daily Graphic on condition of anonymity, while applauding the government for restoring the allowance, however, said the amount was smaller than expected.

A member of the National Assembly, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Thursday that the negotiation for the release of the school girls started in 2014.

But a second source, an Illinois Democrat also speaking on the condition of anonymity, told CNN that Kennedy's political allies are telling state Democrats that he will indeed seek the Democratic nomination for the seat once held by President Obama.

Mr. Cuomo is expected to headline a fund - raising event for Mr. Jeffries's congressional campaign this fall, according to one Democrat who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details of the event are still in flux.

However, speaking on condition of anonymity, the aide said that it makes sense for lawmakers to plan in advance on the handling of bills on which several committees might feel a need to hold a public hearing — and, rather than each committee holding a separate hearing, there could be one hearing by members of the various panels.

Mr. Felder, of Brooklyn, is expected to become a deputy comptroller for Mr. Liu, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the move is not yet official.

«You have the largest labor unions in the room who also have been our biggest funders arguing Cynthia should not get the W.F.P. line, which is a pretty forceful argument coming from your biggest funders,» said one participant, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting and for fear of angering Mr. Cuomo.

A top member of the party, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said, «The party has fixed December 9 for the national convention.

The nurses, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity, during a send - off organised for them at the Nurses» House in Abeokuta, said the state government had failed to replace those who retired from service over the years, thus making the job stressful for them.

The reserve supply is about one day's demand for gasoline for all of Long Island, an administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

An official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the injured were rushed to the RCCG Hospital and the Lagos State Accident and Emergency Centre, Tollgate, Lagos, for treatment.

«It is not good for the cause,» said a senior Republican Party strategist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Her decision came, in part, so that Success Academy could lobby for additional school space without facing questions about her motives, according to people familiar with her thinking, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

«I've certainly seen them ask for passwords,» said one Internet industry source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

«When [the government] arrests activists, they ask them for their Facebook login information,» says one Syria - based activist who was detained for two months last year, and spoke to New Scientist on condition of anonymity.

«He never had a feel for bags and shoes,» said one former Armani Group employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Despite the mayor's praise and an apparent deep admiration for Mr. Klein, one former senior Bloomberg administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to jeopardize his relationship with City Hall, said that many people in the mayor's bullpen were dissatisfied with Mr. Klein because «he's been a political load for a while.»

While the involved parties interviewed in Kaufman's piece had to speak on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing negotiations, executives from both Barnes and Noble and Simon & Schuster were quoted about their standard policies for this type of contract issue.

Although provocative, ``... a handful of agents, all of whom spoke to PW on the condition of anonymity, said they're worried that contracts from print - first imprints will increasingly come with clauses indicating that the publisher makes no guarantee on format» (meaning, no guarantee the publisher would produce a print version of a work), what stood out for us was that literary agents are fulfilling this watchdog role for authors... an advantage most indie authors don't enjoy.

The deal will result in lower interchange fees charged to retailers and service providers for using credit cards to complete direct transactions, said sources speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter publicly.