Sentences with phrase «spur big reforms»

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Is this investigation motivated by a much bigger political game in which Governor Cuomo encouraged / spurred / initiated Sugarman's investigation to achieve a number of goals: (a) torpedo the efforts of democrats to regain the state senate by scaring off potential big democratic donors (it is widely reported that the governor prefers working with a GOP controlled senate); (b) distract the press from Albany's complete failure to pass meaningful ethics reforms; (c) hurt his political foe, Mayor de Blasio.

While final phrasing for the upcoming Senate patent bill isn't known, rumors of this start date were enough to spur action: on Wednesday, April 23 — a day before reforms would presumably come into effect — trolls filed a total of 184 lawsuits against businesses big and small.