Sentences with phrase «took campaign contributions»

Last week, State Senator Adriano Espaillat's campaign circulated a tough mailer against his primary opponent, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, in which they accused Mr. Linares of «betraying» the community by backing Rep. Charlie Rangel over Mr. Espaillat's bid to become the country's first Dominican - American congressman earlier this year and for taking campaign contributions from special interests.

She criticizes Maragos for his past positions as a Republican against abortion and same - sex marriage and for taking campaign contributions from county vendors when he ran for comptroller.

4) For the many prominent politicians in both parties, from several states, who've taken campaign contributions from Joseph Pontoriero, Worth Construction, or any permutation thereof, one used 6000 dollar suit.

Secondly, Cuomo must cease taking campaign contributions.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In her campaign for the East Shore / Brooklyn Assembly seat, Republican Nicole Malliotakis has slammed incumbent Janele Hyer - Spencer, a Democrat, for taking campaign contributions from «special interests.»

The councilman drew fire for taking campaign contributions from hedge fund head Sean Fieler, who had attacked what he called «the myth» that «gay relationships lend themselves to monogamy, stability, health and parenting in the same way heterosexual relationships do.»

Vance said he has no regrets about his decision to not prosecute Weinstein in 2015, but will «rethink» his practice of taking campaign contributions from law firms representing clients who might be prosecuted by his office.

NY - 21 Democratic candidate Mike Derrick's latest TV ad criticizes his Republican opponent, Rep. Elise Stefanik, for taking campaign contributions from Wall Street and supporting the fast tracking of TPP.

Reines said the Senator shouldn't have taken campaign contributions if she felt so strongly about Clinton's affair.

The commission also found that he had taken campaign contributions in amounts that exceeded state limits from several donors — including a political action committee run by SunTrust, the Georgia - based bank.

Go after mountaintop removal, coal mining, coal - fired power plants, the coal companies, and the elected officials who take their campaign contributions and carry water for them politically.

Still, if you think that this article will result in reforms, such as mandatory recusals in cases where judges have taken campaign contributions, or replacing judicial elections with appointment, think again.

Not exact matches

A jury reportedly found Edwards not guilty on count three for taking illegal campaign contributions, but it was deadlocked on every other count.

It then appeared that the jury had only reached a unanimous verdict on count three for taking illegal campaign contributions from Bunny Mellon, Tapper reported.

As for Westcoast's $ 20,500 donation to Ms. Clark's campaign on March 1, Weilinger stated that's «something we can't really comment on other than to say we try to take a non-partisan view of our contributions and donations and we like to make sure the democratic system is working and effective.»

Of course, CPI includes all kind of other useful information in the site, including issue background on issues and an eye - popping list of campaign contributions coming from the telecommunications industry — take a look at the numbers on this page and see if you don't jump back in shock.

Yesterday, Lancman took to Twitter to decry Wal - Mart, writing: «Whether it's through politically motivated «philanthropy,» campaign contributions or outright bribes, NYC is not for sale.»

Lazio repeated the «can't govern by insult» shot he has been taking in recent days at his GOP primary opponent, Carl Paladino, and also highlighted the Buffalo businessman's Democratic campaign contributions, saying that displays an «inconsistency» that Republican voters aren't going to support.

As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.»

Richard Becker, one of several Democrats vying to take on Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth in the general election, was forced to issue a rather shamefaced explanation after questioned about a campaign contribution he gave to a former Republican congresswoman whose district (well, the re-drawn version of it, anyway) he's now running to represent.

Take a look at what elected officials do in exchange for those campaign contributions,» he said.

But instead of beating her with an ordinary PAC or a campaign contribution to her opponent, the trade association for the chemical industry has chosen to take advantage of the Citizens United loophole to use undisclosed general treasury funds against Baldwin.

In any case, one would think that CM Arroyo would have been taken up short by the revelation that the majority of her campaign contributions were being paid to her husband, and would have curtailed the practice, if not so much out of embarrassment, then out of pragmatics.

Join my campaign now with a contribution so we can raise the money we're going to need to keep Washington outsiders from taking control of our state.

He said federal officials had taken more than two years to scrutinize every contract Walker handled and every campaign contributed he received, and found no allegations of bribery, official misconduct or improper contributions.

They also took advantage of a loophole in campaign finance laws and bundled $ 125,000 in contributions, using limited liability companies, or LLCs, to hide the true amount of their donations.

Overall, the Sheehan campaign took in just over $ 25,000 in contributions and spent nearly $ 200,000 from July 14 through Aug. 7.

Barney Keller, a spokesman for GOP gubernatorial rival Rick Lazio, said, «The last thing we need in Albany is another liberal Democrat like Steve Levy, who has taken over $ 400,000 in campaign contributions from the very same special interests that are stretching New York's pension system beyond the breaking point.»

Councilmember Corey Johnson took Transition and Inauguration contributions from a hotel magnate who pled guilty yesterday to violations of federal campaign finance law.

A spokesman for the governor, Rich Azzopardi, took issue with McGrath linking the scandal involving economic development contracts to improperly influencing Cuomo through campaign contributions.

Since taking office, Katko has relied on PACs for a little more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions out of a total of about $ 1.8 million, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Grodenchik has received more than ten thousand dollars from other politicians» campaign committees, for example, and Lynch has taken close to $ 50,000 — more than half of her contributions — from labor unions.

A Rice spokesman said the DA did interview with the Post, but also took issue with the 20 percent figure, saying that even with the most «liberal» interpretation of firms associated with Weitz & Luxenberg, those contributions account for just 8 percent of more her campaign cash.

And he specifically took Paladino to task for his past campaign contributions, and the rent he collects from the state from his various properties in Western New York.

Cuomo has been the top recipient of hedge fund campaign contributions, taking in $ 4.8 million in donations during his time as state attorney general and governor, a new «Hedge Clippers» report found.

«For that reason, the extraordinary step will be taken of giving all contributions from prior campaigns whose committees have been closed for years so that we can dispense with the Republican ploys and focus on the real issues.»

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. has empanelled a grand jury that is taking testimony in a case involving Mayor Bloomberg's $ 750,000 contribution to the state Independence Party in 2009 that was passed on to campaign operative John Haggerty, who has never fully accounted for how he spent the cash, sources confirm.

«Even if he took his own private plane, he has the responsibility to report the expenses as an in - kind contribution,» said Carolyn Ehrlich, a campaign aide to Arcuri.

«As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers,» Mr. Bharara said in a statement.

State Supreme Court Judge Bernard Malone ruled that though the Soares campaign was not at fault for taking the money, WFP violated the law in making contributions to another party's primary candidate.

An analysis by The Real Deal in August found that, of all the candidates, Gjonaj had taken in the largest amount of campaign contributions from the real estate industry by far at $ 97,220.

Larger businesses sometimes create numerous LLCs to get around contribution limits, but Nixon's campaign said it still won't take money through the LLC loophole.

In an exclusive interview with CBS 2, Catsimatides said he has enough money to self - fund his campaign, just like Bloomberg, though he said he will take small contributions.

The candidates selected will need to take a position on hard issues, like the five outlined at reform.to, which provide concrete plans to create a small donor system for campaign financing: matching citizen contributions and providing voters with vouchers.

He lives here, is a real person, and doesn't take corporate campaign contributions.

They also took advantage of a loophole in campaign finance laws and bundled $ 125,000 in contributions, using limited liability companies to hide the true amount of their donations from the public.

Much of Johnson's spending, $ 126,300 to be exact, took the form of political contributions, and he spent only about $ 22,750 with campaign consulting firm Metropolitan Public Strategies.

«This write in candidate who claims to be running on campaign finance reform took close to half of his contributions from lawyers and was the only candidate not considered qualified by the New York Bar Association in the race he lost for DA last month in Brooklyn, where he lives,» the campaign said.

Candidates can self - fund or take outside contributions to pay for their campaign if they wish, but will then be ineligible for public financing.

The indictment alleges Howe took the bribes and worked with then - SUNY Polytechnic chief Alain Kaloyeros, who also was indicted, to rig the bids on the solar panel plant in LPCiminelli's favor, after the Buffalo company made contributions to the Cuomo campaign.