Sentences with phrase «top officials tied»

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Last week, a top Chinese official visited Mexico to strengthen ties with the Latin American country, which has also frequently found itself caught in Trump's crosshairs.

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are developing an increasingly close partnership, encompassing everything from isolating Iran to bolstering business ties beyond energy into technology, defense and entertainment, according to top U.S. and Saudi officials.

As a result, bilateral ties between the two countries have become highly personalized with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping directing government commissions, sitting officials, and heads of state corporations to develop financial and trade deals — most of which are large - scale, top - down investments of Chinese money into key sectors of the Russian economy.

Serving at times as the tail that wags the Democratic Party dog, it has close ties to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other top officials.

Praschak, an environmental lawyer, has ties to Puerto Rico, where he served for decades as a top official for the US Environmental Protection Agency.

The announcement followed pledges by the state's two other top elected officials to divest themselves of political donations tied to Cuomo's graft - riddled «Buffalo Billion» revitalization project.

A former top official at the City University of New York, John McKee, died of 9 / 11 - related brain cancer over the weekend — making him the school's first Ground Zero responder to pass away from illness tied to the attack's aftermath.

A second former top Cuomo administration official, Howard Glaser, received a home loan from a business tied to a longtime Cuomo insider who has — quietly — had business before New York government.

These span his ties to the anti-horse carriage group New Yorkers for Clean Livable and Safe Streets, his 2014 efforts to funnel money to unsuccessful upstate candidates for the State Senate and a sprawling bribery scandal involving two Campaign for One New York donors who regaled top NYPD officials with gifts, trips and even prostitutes.

That announcement followed pledges by the state's two other top elected officials — state AG Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli — to divest themselves of political donations tied to Cuomo's allegedly graft - riddled «Buffalo Billion» revitalization project.

Even as Republican lawmakers try to tie eliminating the state's prevailing wage to lowered costs for road projects, the top transportation official says he is skeptical about the hoped - for savings.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A top aide for Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded this afternoon to a letter from more than 100 elected officials — including Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner — defending a proposal to tie property tax relief to local government consolidation.

At least 360 dogs and one cat reportedly have died in the U.S. after eating chicken jerky pet treats made in China, even as claims of illnesses tied to the products have topped 2,200, federal veterinary health officials said.

Considering the historical circumstances that have got us into this predicament are directly tied to industrialization, not such a bad idea — and now one which the UN's top climate official, Yvo De Boer, has quantified.