Some «critics and dissenters immediately predicted it would alter elections in 2010 and beyond by unleashing a new flood of corporate and
union money into a system already awash with special - interest funds» wrote Tony Mauro in The National Law Journal.
And one of the businessmen implicated in the NYPD scandal is already cooperating with the FBI after he was snared in a bribery scheme involving Norman Seabrook, the now - former president of the city correction officers» union who received $ 65,000 for channeling $ 20 million in
union money into a hedge fund run by a friend.
COIB's announcement of the fines, and Stringer's scrutiny of Department of Correction spending, comes the same day that a jury is reportedly deadlocked in the corruption trial of former correction union president Norman Seabrook, who is accused of making a deal with a hedge fund to pocket $ 60,000 in exchange for agreeing to steer
union money into the fund, which has since been revealed as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in recent memory.
Not exact matches
In the case of Polychain, for one,
Union Square Ventures said it backed the firm but also put some
money into the hedge fund.
[We'll do] things like moving your
money from big banks
into credit
unions.
A flow of
money into the dollar often hurts assets in emerging markets including the European
Union's eastern economies even though integration with the euro zone and fast growth provides them with some protection.
That
money, which is mostly held in short - term U.S. bonds and
money market funds, was kept in Ireland for years, until an investigation by the European
Union into whether the company failed to pay taxes caused it to move its holdings to Jersey, a small island off the coast of Normandy that rarely taxes corporations.
The report argues that the current lack of rules around third parties creates a huge loophole in financing limits — essentially, anyone who wants to spend a ton of
money to influence an election can simply channel it away from parties, corporations and
unions and instead pour it
into an interest group.
Money expert Clark Howard advocates putting your money into credit unions and online banks, which offer better t
Money expert Clark Howard advocates putting your
money into credit unions and online banks, which offer better t
money into credit
unions and online banks, which offer better terms.
As banks and credit
unions introduce new technology to help you manage your
money, fewer people are interested in walking
into a branch.
In a bid to make the platform more flexible and convenient for traders across the globe, the YesOption broker allows its customers to deposit
money into and withdraw from their trading accounts using an array of payment processors, such as Neteller, Credit Cards, Western
Union and Wire transfer.
In any event, the state and national teachers»
unions, plus other public - employee
unions, predictably poured tons of
money into a media blitzkrieg to defeat the measure.
Credit
unions charge members low rates of interest to borrow
money, in contrast to payday loan companies, whose high interest rates can push its borrowers
into spiralling debt.
and in doing so the Court protected the use of unlimited amounts of
money by corporations and
unions into election campaigns.
«As I researched the idea of promoting savings in our sector, the idea of credit
union came
into mind and I said that's it because it dawned on me that majority of the people don't have savings accounts, insurance cover or even pension schemes and since I became the Chairman of GHAMRO I really felt the pinch because every now and then I get calls from members asking for advance payment of their royalty to either pay school fees, settle medical bills or to even solve other financial problems then I've realized that this vacuum has to be filled because GHAMRO doesn't have a policy to pay this type of
monies».
The Association of University Lecturers (AUT) and Natfhe
union argue that their members are entitled to be paid more, particularly given the extra
money coming
into higher education through top - up fees from September.
«It is tantamount to political suicide for the Republican Party in this state because they believe it ends corporate
money, and only
union money would come
into the system, which would help the Democrats.»
But several aspects of the plan — including the use of $ 25 million in taxpayer
money to turn public property
into a stable for the private carriage industry, the move to curtail the pedicab industry, the loss of carriage driver jobs and the resulting shuttering the current stables on the West Side — have aroused considerable opposition from various corners, most recently from 68 owners of horse carriage medallions, who blasted their
union for agreeing to the deal.
Over the past few years more and more
unions have been paying less and less
money into the labour party and in fact using the political levy for themselves.
«Only democrat not taking tons of
money from the teachers
union which is the largest single lobby to the democrats... if not for Cuomo, thousands of children of color and white middle class kids would have been forced out of the charter schools their parents fought hard to get their kids
into,» she wrote.
Mangano, while pointing out that the merger of the Sixth Precinct
into the Third Precinct in Williston Park has saved
money for taxpayers and has not increased crime, said Thursday that he was open to discussions with the police
unions about re-establishing the stationhouse.
Those forces — bankrolled by
unions — poured $ 4 million
into a dishonest TV ad campaign to defeat the convention, and got their
money's worth.
Since many
unions represent workers in variegated industries and there are several umbrella labor groups, it is difficult to place all of their
money into tidy categories, but a breakdown of donations from specific locals shows that the tendency to favor Democrats in 2014 was widespread.
The largest share of
money from this
union came from its New Jersey affiliate, which put $ 550,000
into an independent expenditure committee that helped Democratic Senate candidates on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.
«As soon as the so - called good government groups have anything to say about the unlimited
money that
unions pump
into the coffers of Democrats or the dollars that Mayor de Blasio funnels to Upstate County Democrat Party Committees, we may start taking them seriously,» Reif said.
They also admit that
money cut from pensions will go to the Treasury to help pay off the deficit, not
into pension schemes, which the
union says amounts to a tax on working in the public sector.
Labor
unions are plowing
money into the 2016 elections at an unprecedented rate, largely in an effort to help elect Clinton and give Democrats a majority in the Senate.
Jimmy Vielkind: «Is Gov. Andrew Cuomo joining a major labor
union's push to raise the minimum wage, or is the
union putting as - yet - untold amounts of time and
money into a boosting a gubernatorial proposal?»
It is tantamount to political suicide for the Republican Party in this state because they believe it ends corporate
money, and only
union money would come
into the system, which would help Democrats,» Cuomo was quoted as saying in a June 19 New York Times article.
In exchange, Seabrook funneled $ 20 million of the NYC correction officers»
union's
money into Huberfeld's hedge fund, Platinum Partners.
One of the concurrent probes
into the mayor and his team concerns his efforts to get developers and
unions to donate to Democratic county committees across the state, which in turn funneled
money into Democratic State Senate contenders.
In exchange, Seabrook funneled $ 20 million of the
union's
money into Huberfeld's troubled hedge fund, Platinum Partners, which was bleeding
money at the time and is now bankrupt, according to prosecutors.
NY State Attorney General Should Investigate Shadowy «Non-profits» Citizens
Union has filed a formal complaint with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, asking the office to investigate a Virginia - based 501 (c)(4) that poured
money into New York State Senate races.Article 7 - A of the Executive Law requires charities and nonprofits that solicit contributions from residents, corporations foundations or government agencies in New York to register with the State Charities Bureau.
NY State Attorney General Should Investigate Shadowy «Non-profits» Citizens
Union has filed a formal complaint with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, asking the office to investigate a Virginia - based 501 (c)(4) that poured
money into New York State Senate races.Article 7 - A of the Executive Law requires charities and nonprofits that solicit contributions from residents, corporations foundations or government agencies -LSB-...]
But generally speaking, NYSUT and the other
unions that put their
money into the Democrats» failed effort to win the majority, came up short.
then the
unions need to put their oen candidates forward has most of this party has we now isnt a true labour party but sadly who do you vote for has its more the same i cant see a way forward but you state the
monies from the election 1997 then this must haver been tory
money has blair was maggies product put
into lanour to take em to the tory lite whot ever i can not in all my days say to my friends vote for them has untill the tb of this party go back to their tory party jeff3
Norman Seabrook, the president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, the largest
union in the department and a frequent critic of Mr. de Blasio's reform agenda, praised the mayor for spending
money on the department and bringing it «
into the 21st century.»
Public sector
unions need to get out of the cul - de-sac of traditional bargaining and get more
money into public coffers.
Cuomo has cultivated the support of construction
unions at the same time he has poured state
money into big construction projects, like the rebuild of LaGuardia Airport.
PHILADELPHIA — U.S. labor
unions are plowing
money into the 2016 elections at an unprecedented rate, largely in an effort to help elect Hillary Clinton and give Democrats a majority in the Senate.
The heavy skepticism that saturated the board's report reflected the dismay of government watchdogs, who have characterized the Campaign for One New York's license to operate outside of campaign finance limits as a major intrusion of
money into politics — an expansion of «pay - to - play culture,» as Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens
Union, put it on Wednesday.
ConservativeHome has been highlighting the role of the public sector
unions as they pour
money into Labour's marginal seats campaign and as they also build up a war chest to «unleash hell» on any incoming Tory government.
They have, instead, sought to disenfranchise
unions and have poked the eyes of seniors who have worked for years and paid
into Medicare and Social Security expecting they would have this
money when the retired.
But the same ruling allowed
unions to dump lots of
money into Democratic campaign coffers.»
«I am committed to winning the right of voters to vote Green in every state in the
union, and I am thankful to our supporters for donating the
money and time to bring Utah voters
into a fuller democracy.»
«As soon as the so - called good government groups have anything to say about the unlimited
money that
unions pump
into the coffers of Democrats or the dollars that Mayor de Blasio funnels to Upstate County Democrat Party Committees, we may start taking them seriously,» Scott Reif, spokesman for Senate Republicans, said in a statement.
Instead, Geoghegan - Quinn's proposed a new funding device — dubbed the Common Strategic Framework, although there are plans to rename it something catchier — that would combine
into one pot all FP funds and other
money devoted to European
Union research.
Scam victims who were conned
into using Western
Union to wire
money to fraudsters may be able to get at least some of their
money back.
«Victoria's Secret Fashion Show» fans are getting scammed
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