Sentences with phrase «use campaign contributions»

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...

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«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.