Sentences with phrase «state slush funds»

Sheldon Silver funneled $ 500,000 in state slush funds to a leading Manhattan oncologist in exchange for a steady stream of asbestos - related cancer cases, which he then fed to a personal - injury law firm that paid him more than $ 3 million in fees for the referrals, federal prosecutors charged Thursday.

He allegedly took cash from a state slush fund and gave it to a doctor, who referred asbestos cases to a law firm that illegally split its share of medical settlements with Silver.

Not exact matches

Or as the WFLC's spokeperson Kenan Block put it, «We believe Canada was either a willing or an unwitting partner in creating what's become a pro-timber industry slush fund in the United States.»

More from E.J.: «New York's tentative state budget deal would pour another $ 385 million into the biggest, murkiest pork - barrel slush fund Albany has ever seen.»

Just like others who had benefited from the slush funds doled out by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison - Madueke, Chime is being investigated in connection with the N450million believed to have been allocated to the state which he received from the ex-Minister.

The State and Municipal Facilities Aid slush fund apparently isn't subject to the added disclosure and accountability guidelines applied to standard pork barrel «member items» at the recommendation of then - Attorney General Cuomo in 2008.

New York's tentative state budget deal would pour another $ 385 million into the biggest, murkiest pork - barrel slush fund Albany has ever seen.

In March, legislators bristled when Cuomo tried to use $ 100 million of their «capital projects» slush fund for the councils, but the governor's aides eventually found $ 100 million by cancelling plans to build a state data center and re-obligated another $ 30 million in an older gubernatorial «capital projects» pork fund.

E.J. McMahon, president of the fiscally conservative Empire Center, called the spending «pork» from a «slush fund» and questioned why state taxpayers are footing the bill for things «local government ought to be doing.»

«The governor runs around the state with his slush fund and acts like Santa Claus,» Collins said.

If this all sounds familiar, it's because state leaders had a very similar system with slush funds in the past.

Thomas Accused of Stealing Campaign Funds, Establishing a Slush Fund for Personal Use from His Inaugural Fund, and Falsely Filing Disclosure Reports with the State Board of Elections and Mount Vernon Board of Ethics MT. VERNON — Attorney General Eric -LSB-...]

«The last thing we need is to send more money to the state so they can use it as their own personal slush fund.

The tax brings in so much money every year that millions of dollars collected by way of the tax were used as a virtual slush fund by the leaders of the Assembly and State Senate.

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E.J. McMahon of the watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy wrote that the new budget includes nearly $ 500 million in «the biggest, murkiest, pork - barrel slush fund in Albany — and perhaps any state capital — has ever seen.»

State lawmakers have a slush fund that is worth about $ 2 billion and it is expanding, much to the dismay of state Comptroller Thomas DiNaState lawmakers have a slush fund that is worth about $ 2 billion and it is expanding, much to the dismay of state Comptroller Thomas DiNastate Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Embattled Queens state Sen. James Sanders is abandoning his bid to unseat Rep. Gregory Meeks, and he's blaming the congressman, saying Meeks is behind leaks regarding FBI probes into his use of slush funds and alleged solicitation of a $ 250,000 bribe from a non-profit.

A fiscal watchdog group says it's uncovered what it calls a «secret slush fund,» used by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislators to fund pet projects around the state, but the governor's budget office says the grants are subject to oversight.

US Attorney Preet Bharara told state municipal leaders at a Manhattan conference last week to be «wary of slush funds.»

«The state shouldn't be running these slush funds in the first place,» he added.

The sponsor believes that if the amendment is passed, there will be sanity, transparency and accountability in the Executive Arm of government, especially «Treatment of our state resources which most of them currently treat as slush funds».

But in that latter year, he joined with the Legislature's leaders to create a new Dorm Authority slush fund, the State and Municipal Facilities Program.

«If Nuhu Ribadu is yet to face the reality that EFCC is a Federal Government agency and not a personal estate of anybody eight years after, I find it compelling to remind him, otherwise one day he would wake up to blame me for his defeat in the 2011 presidential election and even his pathetic outing in the 2015 governorship election in Adamawa state despite the slush funds deployed to ensure his victory at the polls.»

A few years later, slush - fund spending for the state Senate got added to the mix.

Worse, debt contracts by «independent» authorities face fewer constitutional limits than borrowing by the state itself — which lets the slush - fund spending get even larger.

Be wary of slush funds for council members,» Bharara told the Association of Towns of the State of New York at the Marriott Marquis in Midtown.

The feds charged him in 2006 for doling out state slush - fund money to Bronx charities and using the cash for his rent, credit card bills and Yankees tickets.

The state needs to close damaging loopholes that allow unlimited donations for party slush funds or that allow the creation of multiple limited liability corporations to evade contribution limits.

At both the state and federal level, media reports have indicated it is common practice for governments to use taxpayer funded slush funds and confidentiality agreements to hide workplace harassment and sexual harassment from the public eye.

The group Citizens Union issued a report regarding $ 3 billion in the state budget, in various pots of money, that they say operate as veritable slush funds for state lawmakers to distribute to projects with little oversight and accountability.

So I'd keep the federal program, kickstart state programs, and take whatever funds you need from Title II, which remains a slush fund for mediocre PD vendors.