Sentences with phrase «state comptroller bid»

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci was at the Capitol earlier this week to meet with Republican elected officials and discuss his potential state comptroller bid.

He also worked on H. Carl McCall's 1994 state comptroller bid and the last three Democratic presidential bids before Obama / Biden.

-- Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci, who is currently running for AG after briefly considering a state comptroller bid.

Not exact matches

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has been stumping around the state for the past nine months in hopes of generating support for his long - shot bid to unseat Sen. Gillibrand, will be endorsed tomorrow by his hometown GOP chairman, Joe Mondello.

The latter issue is potentially a tricky one of the Assembly: Lawmakers in the wake of charges in a bid rigging and bribery case that has ensnared a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, sought changes to procurement that would restore some of the power of the state comptroller, who has been at odds with Cuomo.

If state contracts have to be competitively bid and reviewed by the comptroller's office, what outright discrimination do they think is happening?

Campaign operative Jonathan Trichter in an email and video released Monday night formally unveiled his bid for state comptroller, with plans to run on the Republican and Conservative Party lines.

Harry Wilson has released what I believe is his first official policy statement since his failed bid for state comptroller last fall, or, at the very least his first of this election cycle, in response to the supercommittee's failure to reach a deficit reduction deal.

Jonathan Trichter, a Democrat who assisted Harry Wilson when the latter nearly defeated Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in 2010, is preparing to launch his own bid for the GOP line in hopes of becoming the state's chief financial officer.

Joel Giambra, the former Erie County executive waging a long shot bid for governor, may instead set his sights on state comptroller.

Joel A. Giambra, the former Erie County executive waging a long shot bid for governor this year, may instead set his sights on state comptroller.

Sen. John Brooks (D - Seaford) has asked the New York State comptroller to retract a controversial request for proposals to develop five parcels at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, citing insufficient competitive bidding and community input.

The proposals come after a corruption wave at the Capitol that's led to prison sentences for both former legislative leaders, jail time for a former state comptroller and federal charges, including bribery and bid - rigging, against nine Cuomo associates.

(I should also note that Goldfeder is an observant Jew who has experience running campaigns, including former NYC Councilman Simcha Felder's never - realized comptroller race and failed state Senate bid against Sen. Kevin Parker).

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo will get a new $ 12.5 million helicopter to carry him across the state after the comptroller approved a no - bid contract, two days after a harrowing emergency landing of his old - school chopper.

22 % say Spitzer should make a bid for New York State Comptroller.

He has won elections to the City Council and then to the State Assembly, but he last ran in a primary in 2009, when he bid for city comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vote.

Had he weighed in early, Cuomo might have prevented Schneiderman from gathering the support of key figures like former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (Cuomo's 2002 gubernatorial primary target, now appearing in multiple ads for the senator's AG bid), former NYC Mayor David Dinkins, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, LGBT clubs and organizations, NARAL Pro-Choice NY and progressive unions from SEIU 1199 to 32 BJ to HTC.

But City Comptroller Scott Stringer, in a review of both city and state laws, found that government agencies themselves — at both levels — are not prohibited from discriminating in their choice of companies bidding on providing services for government, even though the contractors selected are barred from discriminating as employers.

ALBANY — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli proposed sweeping reforms Tuesday to how state contracts are awarded in the wake of a bid - rigging scandal that has rattled the Cuomo administraState Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli proposed sweeping reforms Tuesday to how state contracts are awarded in the wake of a bid - rigging scandal that has rattled the Cuomo administrastate contracts are awarded in the wake of a bid - rigging scandal that has rattled the Cuomo administration.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is continuing a review of the bidding following a formal challenge filed by LI Clean Tech.

Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg won his controversial bid for a third term by a surprisingly slim margin.Part of the reason for his win may be that in southeast Queens, his Democratic rival, city Comptroller William Thompson, bested Bloomberg by wide margins in several state Assembly districts, city Board of Elections statistics show.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli rejected the no - bid purchase of a $ 12.5 million helicopter intended for the State Police but also to ferry Cuomo around the sState Comptroller Tom DiNapoli rejected the no - bid purchase of a $ 12.5 million helicopter intended for the State Police but also to ferry Cuomo around the sState Police but also to ferry Cuomo around the statestate.

Back in 2010, then - gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo declined to endorse Tom DiNapoli's bid for a full term as comptroller, a position he gained after being elected by the state Assembly to fill the vacancy created by the scandal - scarred Alan Hevesi.

Two days after the emergency landing, the state Comptroller's Office gave the state police permission to buy a $ 12.5 million helicopter for the governor without competitive bidding, a request it had rejected less than two months earlier.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of the remaining three defendants in an elaborate bid - rigging conspiracy that illegally steered multi-million dollar public works contracts for Monroe County to favored and connected compaState Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of the remaining three defendants in an elaborate bid - rigging conspiracy that illegally steered multi-million dollar public works contracts for Monroe County to favored and connected compastate Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of the remaining three defendants in an elaborate bid - rigging conspiracy that illegally steered multi-million dollar public works contracts for Monroe County to favored and connected companies.

Democrats lost election bids for Suffolk County Comptroller and in the state's third Senate District.

Referring specifically to the state construction projects Newsday reviewed, Azzopardi said, «The largest portion of the contracts you are referencing are publicly bid and vetted by the offices of the attorney general, the comptroller and in many cases federal transportation officials.

Mineola schools Superintendent Michael Nagler plans to improve procedures on no - bid spending following the state comptroller's audit.

Photo Credit: Mineola schools Superintendent Michael Nagler plans to improve procedures on no - bid spending following the state comptroller's audit.

According to the State Comptroller, public authorities could reduce procurement costs by 10 % to 37 % with competitive bidding.

Sen. John Brooks has asked the state comptroller to retract a controversial request for proposals to develop five parcels at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, citing insufficient competitive bidding and community input.

Harry Wilson, the 2010 Republican state comptroller candidate, is «seriously exploring» a gubernatorial bid in 2018, and plans to make a final decision by late fall.

Kolb is considering a bid for governor next year, along with Wilson, a 2010 candidate for state comptroller.

After an unsuccessful bid for state comptroller in 2002 and another unsuccessful bid for governor in 2006, Faso also served as Gibson's political mentor and helped engineer his 2010 election to Congress.

John Liu's bid for comptroller received the backing of District Council 37 today, the largest municipal worker union in New York state, his campaign said.

Councilmembers Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) and David Yassky (D - Brooklyn) each received endorsements over the weekend in their bids for city comptroller, with Katz picking up support from the Uniformed Fire Officer Association and Yassky receiving the backing of state Senators John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) and Eric Adams (D - Brooklyn).

Faso, 65, served for 16 years in the State Assembly prior to waging unsuccessful bids for state comptroller in 2002 and for governor in State Assembly prior to waging unsuccessful bids for state comptroller in 2002 and for governor in state comptroller in 2002 and for governor in 2006.

The enhanced state oversight came in response to the allegations of bid - rigging involving two SUNY Polytechnic Institute - affiliated nonprofits presented by federal prosecutors in September 2016, the comptroller's office told The Alt at the time.

The proposals come after a corruption wave at the Capitol that's led to prison sentences for both former legislative leaders, jail time for a former state comptroller, and federal charges including bribery and bid rigging against nine Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, Joe

The Fulton County native, who served in the U.S. Treasury Department and on President Barack Obama's Auto Industry Task Force, also mounted a bid in 2010 as the Republican candidate for state comptroller, a race he narrowly lost to incumbent Thomas DiNapoli.

After his office was told about the way the fair gained approval to skip bidding, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Thursday that his office will investigate.

It also appears state officials representing the fair made misleading claims to persuade the state comptroller to allow the fair to hire Live Nation Worldwide Inc. to book the concerts without seeking bids.

Bloomberg said he was disappointed that Dan Donovan, his pick for attorney general and Harry Wilson, his pick for comptroller, had lost their state - wide bids.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli wants lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to rethink the use of non-profits for State University - related economic development efforts after bid rigging accusations.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's spokeswoman, Kate Gurnett, said the awarding of the contract is «under review,» and that the office had received LI Cleantech's request for an investigation under its legal authority to examine whether the bid award was fair.

BEEKMANTOWN The Town of Beekmantown has been faulted in an audit by the state Comptroller's Office for failing to procure goods in accordance with mandated competitive bidding requirements — including $ 40,387 to purchase a new 2017 pickup truck.

The University at Buffalo Foundation spent almost $ 40,000 on questionable entertainment expenses, operated for three years under an expired contract with the campus, and lacks policies to ensure contracts are competitively bid, according to an audit released yesterday by the state comptroller's office.

The state comptroller's office audited the district from 2012 through 2013 to review payments to board members, claims for expenses made by the district, and noncompetitive bids to outside contractors.

Among the regional officials who have already endorsed Metzger's State Senate bid are Ulster County executive Mike Hein, 2016 congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout, assemblymen James Skoufis and Kevin Cahill, Middletown alderman Sparrow Tobin, Ulster County comptroller Elliott Auerbach, New Paltz town supervisor Neil Bettez, Ulster County legislator Manna Jo Greene, Sullivan County Democratic Committee chair Donna Schick, Ulster County Democratic Committee chair Frank Cardinale and Ulster County Young Democrats president Ashley Dittus.