Federal prosecutors are seeking to
use campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as evidence in the upcoming corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and three others.
He chose to
use his campaign contributions to pay for his plane ride to Kansas City to watch the first game of the World Series between the Mets and Royals.
«Powerful businesses and industries which stand to benefit from fracking
use campaign contributions to gain influence with their local lawmakers, candidates, and party organizations.
Federal prosecutors are seeking to
use campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as evidence in the upcoming corruption trial of a former top Cuomo aide and three others.
«Merely because Singh pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio
using campaign contributions and Mangano using personal enrichments does not make the cases similar either factually or legally,» Treinis Gatz wrote.
Prohibition of Personal Use of Campaign Funds The Budget bars
using campaign contributions for personal use.
The Budget bars
using campaign contributions for personal use.
The law will include an illustrative list of prohibited uses including
using campaign contributions for expenses unrelated to a campaign or the holding of public office such as residential home purchases, mortgage payments, rent, clothing, tuition payments, salaries for individuals not performing campaign work, admissions to sporting events, fines and penalties and dues for country clubs and health clubs.
Still on politics, Congressmen Eliot Engel and Joseph Crowley have been
using campaign contributions to spend big on food.
Other proposals in the budget were lower corporate contribution limits, down to $ 1,000 per year, new limits on donations to party «housekeeping accounts» at $ 25,000 per year, detailed prohibitions on
using campaign contributions for the personal benefit of a candidate, and disclosure of major donors supporting organizations engaged in independent expenditures.
Not exact matches
The complaint also accuses the Tillis
campaign and the state GOP of receiving illegal
contributions from a super PAC led by John Bolton — now Trump's national security adviser — that also
used Cambridge Analytica in pro-Tillis
campaign activity.
Disclose Company's Own Political Spending If a company chooses to
use its own funds for direct
campaign spending, the issue raised in many shareholder proposals is whether such corporations should — in addition to the governance procedures noted above — issue a comprehensive report which lists in one place all the recipients both of such direct spending and of
contributions made from the company's employee PAC.
That law barred dedicated political - advocacy groups from soliciting and spending soft money — funds that aren't subject to tight federal
campaign -
contribution limits and are
used for issue advocacy and party - building...
I
used Earth Balance's Organic Whipped Buttery Spread in these cookies to provide a nice texture and flavor, as a
contribution to their Make Me Mindful
campaign.
«After accepting more than $ 100,000 in
campaign contributions from plaintiff's attorneys he employs in class action suits — which can be hugely lucrative to those firms — Mr. DiNapoli is
using official state business to solicit
campaign contributions.
In return, the president tweeted earlier this week that Gillibrand
used to beg him for
campaign contributions and «would do anything for them.»
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.
While alleging no misconduct by Cuomo, the complaint described how the bribe - payers donated
use of a plane and $ 350,000 in
contributions to his
campaign.
According to New York law, state - level
campaign contributions can be
used for «any lawful purpose,» but they «shall not be converted by any person to a personal
use which is unrelated to a political
campaign or the holding of a public office or party position.»
Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) are
used by a wide variety of industries to circumvent the $ 5,000 annual corporate
contribution limit in New York State
campaign finance law, relying on the New York State Board of Elections» 1996 determination to treat LLCs as individuals, subject to a $ 150,000 annual
contribution limit.
The joint committees can
use higher
contribution limits;
contributions are distributed among the
campaign and national and state Democratic committees.
Horner, with NYPIRG, says the testimony illustrates the need to clean up New York's
campaign finance laws by setting stricter caps on
contributions and eliminating a loophole that allows donors to
use LLCs or limited liability companies, to skirt existing donor limits.
The report cited a 2013 legislative proposal by Cuomo that
campaign contributions should be
used only for a purpose «directly related to promoting the nomination or election of a candidate or the execution of duties associated with the holding of a public office or party position.»
This ongoing corruption is made possible because Glenwood, through its aggressive
use of its LLCs, is effectively not subject to any
campaign contribution limits.
The Skelos complaint shows how the multiple Limited Liability Companies, or LLCs, controlled by Glenwood can be
used to coordinate and bundle hundreds of thousands of dollars of
campaign contributions in order to buy favorable policy outcomes and tax breaks.
Corporations
Use Limited Liability Companies to Skirt
Campaign Contribution Limits Limited Liability Companies associated with luxury real estate mogul Leonard Litwin have channeled more than $ 900,000 into races for the New York State Senate this election cycle, largely to Republicans seeking to hold on to majority control.
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.
Commission documents obtained and authenticated by City & State show that Moreland's investigators sought to determine if lawmakers were spending the
contributions they received for legitimate
campaign - oriented purposes, or whether any money was going to their personal
use, in violation of state law.
The feds last week arrested Liu fund - raiser Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan on fraud charges for allegedly
using straw donors to hide a $ 16,000
contribution from an undercover agent that violated
campaign - finance laws.
That second account has $ 1.76 million in it, but because there are higher
contributions limits in that statewide account most of it could not be
used for a Senate
campaign.
That's of little consolation to
campaign finance watchdogs concerned that those who have — or are seeking to have — business with New York are continuing to
use this wrinkle in the state's
contribution rules to exert their influence.
The
Campaign Finance Board does have different, lower
contribution limits for individuals who are categorized by them as doing business with the city — registered lobbyists, those applying for land
use actions, grants or contracts — but neither Herrera nor his relatives who worked at MJM or Masonry were categorized as such.
Naparstek, who also founded the influential Streetsblog.org, will remain on Reinvent Albany's board where he will continue pushing for reforms like an end to outside income for state legislators, restrictions on the
use of
campaign contributions for personal
use, and closing loopholes which foster corruption by allowing people who do business with the state to make enormous
campaign contributions.
Jenny Hou is accused of helping Liu's
campaign skirt
campaign finance laws by allegedly
using straw donors to channel illegal
contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's
campaign coffers.
Graziano's $ 175
contribution to Hahn will be matched 6 to 1 by the city's matching funds program and will be
used to fund
campaign related initatives to unseat Democrat Peter Koo, who is running for reelection.
And there should be more stringent restrictions on what
campaign funds can be
used for, along with significantly lower
contribution limits.
Yes, it is completely legal in New York for a person doing business with the state to give the governor $ 250K worth of
campaign contributions using Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) and then get an enormous state contract.
The Assembly's LLC loophole closing legislation (A. 1926, Kavanagh), which has passed every year since 2015, would eliminate a provision in the current law that allows LLCs to make
campaign contributions as individuals, ending the practice where one person or a corporation owns multiple LLCs that are
used to funnel donations to a single candidate or committee.
It refuses to ban the
use of
campaign contributions for the legal defense funds of elected officials.
«
Campaign contributions should be
used only for
campaigns, not get - out - of - jail cards,» said Blair Horner of NYPIRG.
But this is old - style Albany politics: you
use your hot connections to raise
campaign contributions, you benefit your clients and yourself, and it's the classic story of what's wrong with this place.»
Two of de Blasio's
campaign donors have pleaded guilty to
using contributions as bribes, but the mayor was never charged with anything though he accepted that cash.
«They've painted a picture of essentially the
use of taxpayer dollars to leverage
campaign contributions and enrich close associates of the governor,» said NYPIRG's Blair Horner.
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.
But
using the standard that Bharara
used in the Silver case (and, arguably, his case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was busted on similar charges and is also appealing his conviction), the prisons would be filled with people who made a
campaign contribution so they can get a meeting with a politician.
«It's important that
campaign contributions be
used for
campaigning, not legal defense funds,» said Blair Horner, NYPIRG's executive director.
It ends with a call for state and federal lawmakers to reject
campaign contributions from gun rights groups like the NRA, enact stricter licensing and registration requirements for guns, a ban on «all classes of weapons that do not serve the specific
uses of personal protection and sport shooting» and other gun control measures.
A City Council candidate raking in
contributions from the real estate industry has been accused of
using public housing as a
campaign office.
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.
And
campaign finance regulations limit the types and amounts of money that declared presidential candidates can raise, while politicians who have not declared for the presidency can continue accepting larger
contributions to a range of political committees, including state - level committees like the one
used by Mr. McAuliffe.