Sentences with phrase «use of campaign contributions»

(9) use or permit the use of campaign contributions for the private benefit of the judge, the candidate, or others;

Start public campaign financing, close the LLC loophole in campaign finance regulations, and ban the use of campaign contributions for the legal defense funds of elected officials.

The language restricting the personal use of campaign contributions has become looser than what was in the governor's original budget proposal.

-- «The proposal that has been agreed to... would preclude the use of campaign contributions for expenses that are 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 works, and dues for country clubs and health clubs,» said Alphonso David, Cuomo's incoming counsel.

It refuses to ban the use of campaign contributions for the legal defense funds of elected officials.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

«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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

The CWF says the solution is a «New York City - style campaign finance system, which would use a 6 - 1 match of small contributions.

Though labor unions criticize the LLC loophole as a method for circumventing individual campaign contributions and call for its closure, they use affiliates to pump millions of dollars into the political system, creating a double standard — according to critics.

According to the indictment, they used an independent expenditure committee, the WNY Progressive Caucus, to raise money on behalf of candidates and circumvent campaign contribution limits.

Nearly all of the $ 48,470 Liu gave back to donors was refunded on and after Nov. 16, the day a bundler for his campaign, Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan, was federally charged with skirting campaign finance laws by dividing a large contribution into smaller ones using straw donors.

The aforementioned suit over a candidate's use of LLC money was settled out of court, so there hasn't yet been a clear test of what might be called the Sugarman Doctrine, which assumes underutilized power in the sections of election law prohibiting attempts to circumvent contribution limits and obfuscate the true source of campaign money.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is reported to be probing contracts awarded as part of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project, with questions over the timing of campaign contributions to the governor, as well as criteria used to choose the vendors.

The bill, which awaits action in the Senate, would regulate the ability of individuals to make campaign contributions over the legal limit through the use of LLC's.

A Catsimatidis campaign spokesperson confirmed that those contributions were for use of a company airplane by Governor Cuomo on a round trip between Albany and Binghamton.

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 from the public.

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.

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

The preliminary report includes strong recommendations for lowering sky - high campaign contribution limits, closing loopholes, restricting the personal use of campaign funds, disclosing independent expenditures, and creating an independent enforcement agency.

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Dinesh D'Souza to five years of probation, including eight months in a community confinement center, ordering no jail time for the conservative author and pundit who pleaded guilty to using straw donors to make an illegal campaign contribution.

He cited a $ 48,000 in - kind contribution reported by Mangano's campaign in January that was based on the number of seats used for Mangano events and their price.

Hou and Pan are accused of using straw donors to funnel illegal contributions that are far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign chest.

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.

They add another idea not on Cuomo's list, banning the prevalence of LLC's or Limited Liability Companies, used as a loophole by campaign donors to skirt contribution limits.

As far as we know, there was no campaign fundraising involved in the use of the contributions for the trip.