Sentences with phrase «undisclosed conflicts of interest»

In business, undisclosed conflicts of interest by professionals are a very serious matter.

LLC is being looked at by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office in conjunction with an inquiry into potentially undisclosed conflicts of interest involving a former top Cuomo aide, Joe Percoco, who left the administration in January, the Wall Street Journal reported.

July 29, 4:38 p.m. Updated (see asterisk) Lisa Wright, a foe of natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or facking, sent the following essay reflecting on recent posts about apparent undisclosed conflicts of interest in a University of Texas gas drilling study and an unrefereed study claiming a link between drilling and fetal health.

«At most, the indictment describes precisely the sort of undisclosed conflicts of interest that Skilling held insufficient.»

These other economic development projects are the focus of a federal investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who is examining undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper lobbying in the way SUNY Poly managed the construction.

State officials acknowledged the ongoing federal probe centers around undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper lobbying involving Percoco, who left state service at the end of last year, and a lobbyist named Todd Howe.

Cuomo's office said in April that Bharara was examining possible undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper bidding.

The Justice Department is examining the program's lobbying ties and potential undisclosed conflicts of interest.

The office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is investigating possible improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest related to several state - backed initiatives, including the Buffalo Billion developments and a handful of projects managed by SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

The feds are looking at undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper lobbying by Howe and Joe Percoco, formerly a top Cuomo administration aide who the governor has likened to a brother.

The designation, confirmed by Cuomo's office on Tuesday, gives the former federal investigator the power to issue civil subpoenas as he looks into whether improper lobbying or undisclosed conflicts of interests occurred in the governor's sweeping Buffalo Billion initiative.

Those who served both the father and the son characterized the fallout from the recently announced probes into potential bid - rigging, improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest as both stunning and yet not altogether unexpected, given the starkly contrasting style of governance between the two Cuomos.

But the claim began to unravel in 2004 after journalist Brian Deer reported undisclosed conflicts of interest: Wakefield had applied for a patent on his own measles vaccine and had received money from a lawyer trying to sue companies making the MMR vaccine.

On February 12, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC») announced a new self - reporting initiative that seeks to protect clients of investment advisors from undisclosed conflicts of interest when purchasing mutual funds.

State and federal investigators are looking into improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by Howe and Percoco, as well as how SUNY Poly awarded construction contracts.

Another used the raccoon's tale as a jumping off point to grill de Blasio about a Gov. Cuomo ally being probed for potential improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest involving an upstate power plant.

Though Cuomo hired Bart Schwartz to investigate potentially improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interests in the administration, Schwartz's firm is a player in New York beyond the probe and has a handful of contracts with the Port Authority.

Cuomo's office has opened its own investigation into what it has called suspicions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» that may have defrauded the state.

Last Friday, Ken Lovett of the Daily News popped a doozy of story involving «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interests» among some of the key players in Cuomo's signature economic development plan for western New York known as the «Buffalo Billion.»

David said Bharara's investigation «has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state.»

In a statement, Cuomo's counsel said the probe has raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest and may have defrauded the state.

This investigation has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state,» David said in a statement.

After the subpoena was first reported by the New York Daily News, the governor's counsel, Alphonso David, said «questions» from investigators about «undisclosed conflicts of interest» would prompt an external review of contracts associated with the Buffalo Billion.

Investigators working in the offices of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara are examining how SUNY Poly awarded these contracts, a person familiar with the matter said, including «improper lobbying» and «undisclosed conflicts of interest» involving both Howe and Percoco.

The federal subpoena prompted a state - commissioned inquiry into possible «improper lobbying» and «undisclosed conflicts of interest» between the two men, who shared a campaign office during Cuomo's 2014 re-election.

According to reports in the New York Times and the New York Daily News, the U.S. Attorney's office is investigating whether Percoco had undisclosed conflicts of interest and participated in improper lobbying related to companies that won contracts in the Buffalo Billion program.

After it received the subpoena, the Cuomo administration acknowledged that Bharara's investigation, which has been under way for at least a year, had raised questions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» related to the portfolio of projects in the «Buffalo Billion» initiative and related upstate development deals.

Bharara's work «has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state,» said Alphonso David, Cuomo's counsel, in a news release issued April 29.

Cuomo's counsel, Alphonso David, issued the statement Friday, saying Bharara's investigation has «raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest «by individuals who «may have deceived state employees.»

Sources have told The Post that Percoco is at the center of a federal probe into what Cuomo's office last week called «questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state.»

Two weeks ago, a lawyer for Cuomo announced that a former federal prosecutor would lead the administration's own investigation into the Buffalo Billion and other economic development programs, saying the ongoing federal probe had raised questions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest.»

The administration announced he would launch an independent inquiry into potentially improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest, including allegations that swirled around a former confidante of Cuomo's.

Two state agencies that supported and provided key approvals for state energy projects involved in a federal investigation into improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest — NYSERDA and the PSC — have been subpoenaed as part of the probe.

After it received the subpoena, the Cuomo administration acknowledged that Bharara's investigation — which has been under way for at least a year — had raised questions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» related to the portfolio of projects in the «Buffalo Billion» initiative and related upstate development deals.

Cuomo said he learned last week of the investigation into Percoco and others close to his administration by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office for potential improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest.

While no one has been charged, the governor's office has opened its own investigation into what it has called suspicions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» that may have defrauded the state.

«This [federal] investigation has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state,» David wrote.

But after the Daily News reported that Percoco and others close to the governor were under investigation, Cuomo Counsel Alfonso David confirmed the federal probe has raised «questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals.»

The governor's office released a letter from Cuomo's top counsel to the heads of the state Power Authority, Department of Environmental Conservation, and Public Service Commission, telling them to cut off all contact with Competitive Power Ventures, while the probe continues saying there's reason to believe that there was improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest.

Two state agencies that supported and provided key approvals for state energy projects involved in a federal investigation into improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest have been subpoenaed as part of the probe, according to a source.

In a move widely seen as a pre-emptive effort to put his own «spin» on the federal probe, Cuomo announced late Friday that an investigation was being launched into «undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees» involved in economic development programs.

«This investigation has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state,» he added.

Howe and Percoco, who in January began working as a top exec at Madison Square Garden, are at the center of a probe that Cuomo's office has said involves «questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state.»

«When I see the words «defrauded, improper lobbying, undisclosed conflicts of interest,» that definitely concerns me because this has been the centerpiece of a project that has brought many types of development, has leveraged private investment in that area,» said Kearns.

After it received a late April subpoena, the Cuomo administration acknowledged that Bharara's investigation — which has been underway for at least a year — had raised questions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» related to the portfolio of projects in the «Buffalo Billion» initiative and related to upstate development deals.

Last week, even Cuomo's own folks admitted Bharara had «raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest.»

«This investigation has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state,» Mr. David wrote, never mentioning Mr. Percoco by name.

ALBANY — A former top aide and several others close to Gov. Cuomo are being probed by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office for potential improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interests involving an upstate power plant and Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» economic development program, the Daily News has learned.