Sentences with phrase «through sweetheart deals»

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Second, Curran has followed through on taking the county executive's name off signs and rescinding the sweetheart patronage deals the outgoing administration of Edward Mangano had tried to put in place.

The smaller parties have spotted a once - in - a-generation chance, if not to join formal coalitions then certainly to cut some sweetheart deals in return for helping a fragile coalition government get key legislation through.

Stacey Cumberbatch, the former commissioner of the agency dealing with Singh, told the New York Times, through her lawyer, that she was under tremendous pressure to give the mayor's donor a «sweetheart deal.»

In one such scheme, Boyland Jr. said he would set up a sweetheart real estate deal worth millions of dollars in exchange for $ 250,000 paid through a fake consulting job, according to the New York Times.

Scott has a few exes of his own to deal with too, and all the exes, both his and hers, do smart turns, in part because of the many smart actors you'll remember from other projects that drop by: Alison Pill, of «Milk» and «In Treatment,» as a former sweetheart working through her issues as Sex Bob - Omb's drummer and «Fantastic Four's» Chris Evans as skateboard superstar Ramona - ex, among others.