Sentences with phrase «use public office»

«It's kind of a slap in the voters» faces — you just don't use your public office to buy friends,» said longtime Republican lobbyist Brandon Scholz.

The record must be set straight when people and foundations use their public office, media position, or academic status to search out and destroy public education rather than engage in constructive dialogue.

We find it telling that it took a federal prosecutor, and not New York State's own watchdog system, to call out the deep - seated corruption and sense of entitlement that allows a leader to use his public office for private gain.

But both say that, if elected, they would not use public office to block a woman's right to an abortion as long as it remains legal.

«Limits on outside income, similar to the way Congress works, so that lawmakers are not tempted to use their public office for private gain.

«We're not going to pass a budget, we're not going to end this session, without having changed the ethics rules that relate to what people do in terms of outside income — whether it's the level of outside income they have or, more importantly, making sure that people can't use their public office in a way to benefit themselves privately,» Morelle said.

Mitt is saying what Americans would want their candidate to say: they hold their beliefs but respect those of others, and will use public office to serve public good.

If there is any sense that we are using our public offices improperly, we run the risk of having an investigation by the Ethics Commission.

Maziarz, a Niagara Falls Republican, described Schneiderman as a «media darling,» but said he knew the Manhattan Democrat as a man with a violent temper who often used his public office as a vehicle for retribution.

«We think it's time to end the practice of lawmakers using their public office for private gain,» Horner said.

Oppong faces a charge of using public office to gain from $ 2 million, while Baffoe - Bonnie, Tevie and Osman have been charged with contravention of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 662).

The choice was between a man of personal immorality and public service integrity (Grover Cleveland) and one of a model family man guilty of using public office for personal gain (James G. Blaine).

Spitzer, who resigned in 2008 amid a prostitution scandal, also said in answer to a question that if a public employee under his watch were caught using public office equipment to send racy messages and photos, that person should be fired.

The $ 15,000 fine, which Mr. Schlein did not contest, arose from using his public office to conduct his private legal work.

Bronx political observers have noted his political ties to Stanley Schlein, a lawyer, lobbyist and powerful Bronx political insider who was found to be using his public office for his private firm's work while he was chair of the New York City Civil Service Commission.

When the super PAC launched in May, the Oneida Indian Nation said in a statement that «the last thing Central New York needs in Congress is a divisive person like Claudia Tenney using a public office to seek self - serving headlines that embarrass this region and undermine its economic future.»

«In light of that, the last thing Central New York needs in Congress is a divisive person like Claudia Tenney using a public office to seek self - serving headlines that embarrass this region and undermine its economic future.»

«This package deals with a lot of different issues, many of which are important, but it doesn't deal with at the heart what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called a culture of corruption in Albany, and that's about using your public office for private gain,» Horner said.

Prohibit employees from engaging in financial transactions using nonpublic Government information, making unauthorized commitments, using public office for private gain, and engaging in nonofficial activities that conflict with the performance of duty.

Two trials, same result: Sheldon Silver guilty of using public office to make millions from asbestos lawsuits

In essence, if you commit fraud while using your public office to do so, the Code deems that you should be punished more severely than if the same act is committed by a private person.

Not exact matches

Many WeChat users use the three - year - old instant messaging service as a news source, but some people have used them to distribute illegal information, «seriously undermining public interests and order in cyberspace,» said a statement from China's State Internet Information Office.

«The department, along with the FDNY, is reviewing the feasibility of using unmanned aerial vehicles for joint search - and - rescue operations,» said an NYPD spokesman from the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information office.

Administrative Law Judge Ann O'Reilly, of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings for the Public Utilities Commission ruled late on Monday that Enbridge should be issued permission for the replacement, but said the company should use its existing right of way, adding hurdles to the project's construction.

«In fact, the Danes are mad about candles and use them everywhere, both in public places like cafes, bars, restaurants and offices, and in the home,» Dyrbye explains.

It relies upon 13 expert data sources, including assessments from the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the World Economic Forum, to determine levels of bribery, diversion of public funds, use of public office for private gain and other issues of corruption.

If you wanted to sell shoes, for example, you could specialize in shoes for young, professional women who worked in offices and needed to walk comfortably while using public transportation.

Since the Attorney General had announced his intention to publicize any companies not answering his questions, Kraken's move undercuts any public relations moves the Attorney General's office may have attempted to use to force Kraken into submission.

Two notable and highly - public examples include the relaxation of the «bona fide» office requirement in New Jersey permitting the use of virtual offices, and the very public federal court battle about New York Judiciary Law § 470and its office requirements for non-residents.

His client base includes private equity funds, financial institutions, developers, and operators in the acquisition, financing, development, sale and leasing of all classes of commercial properties including office, hotel, multifamily, retail, public storage, mixed use and condominium properties.

As of this writing, a bishop accused of abusing minors remains in office and is using the full resources of the diocese to defend himself in the public arena.

Look at some of the laws in this country, and the ignorant christians who are trying to prevent atheists from voting or holding public office, or to simply use their first amendment rights for freedom of speech.

While it used to serve Americans well to carry the label «Christian» in most circumstances (think about running for public office, for instance), it can actually be polarizing or considered intolerant now.

Even more (85 % in 2008, 81 % in 2015) said it was not appropriate «for churches to use their resources to campaign for candidates for public office.»

Mizell, who now works in the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs for the Department of Agriculture, says, «I used to look at it like this: After I was elected to Congress, I thought of my constituency in the same way I thought of the fans in St. Louis and Pittsburgh who watched me pitch.

The employee preferred to use her office, which was open to public view, and she taped manila folders to the windows for privacy.

The partner agencies on this project — Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington State Department of Health, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Washington State University School of Food Science — came together to develop «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide for School Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national sources.

Even just a cursory Internet search shows that breastfeeding promotion materials framed in terms of «the risks of formula feeding» are currently being used by some state breastfeeding coalitions, two hospitals, two private corporations, the Departments of Public Health in California and New York, the City of New York, as well as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in at least five states... The United States Department of Health and Human Services» Office on Women's Health publishes a 50 - page guide to breastfeeding that points out that «among formula - fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common».

As an average person, I WOULD NOT want you to stand or sit anywhere near me in places including, but not limited to, a PTA meeting, a children's soccer game, a restaurant, an office cubicle, an amusement park, a bus, an airplane, a political rally, and pretty much all other public spaces, because your attitude and UNNECESSARY USE OF CAPS LOCK totally suck.

Today, that structure is used for offices, classrooms and the Historical Society Library, which is open to the public, and features archival material dating to 1836, the year Asa Dunton founded the village.

Shah, we found out, used to think Israelis should be relocated en masse to America, compared Israelis to Hitler, issued a public warning that «the Jews are rallying» (to take part in an opinion poll) and tweeted a link to an article which compared Zionism to al - Qaeda, and fretted that the Zionists are «grooming» Jews to «exert political influence at the highest levels of public office.»

Only half the data systems used to measure progress on the government's public service agreement (PSA) targets are fit for purpose, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

This White House invitation (sent through their Office of Public Engagement) is a classic example of blogger / online activist relations — they can't exactly give us exclusive information or the other usual goodies we online communicators use to entice online opinion leaders, but they CAN give us a seat in a meeting room in the White House complex, which is pretty damn cool all around.

They believed that elections were too easily dominated by elites, who used their wealth and education to disproportionately control public offices, and that there were insufficient mechanisms for ensuring that representatives, once elected, would carry out the will of the people who elected them.

For public bodies included in the analysis, the NAO noted that the Cabinet Office used unpublished data and methodology that the NAO could not replicate (although the NAO said that the figures that it calculated by other means were roughly comparable).

In a submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee's inquiry into the passage of legislation through Parliament, the CIOT proposes: · The Finance Bill Public Bill Committee takes oral evidence from tax experts and others; · More effective liaison between select committees and the Finance Bill committee; · Increasing the resources available to Parliament for scrutinising tax matters; · Using technology to make it easier for those outside Parliament to comment on Bills, e.g. an online facility to input comments by clause numbers, so MPs can see who says what against each clause; · Asking the Office of Tax Simplification to publish simplification assessments of new tax proposals.

The comptroller has been pushing for some time to have his office used as a pilot for a statewide public campaign finance system, but while his former colleagues in the Assembly passed a bill to do just that this past session, the Senate did not follow suit.

In his first public appearance after the corruption conviction of a former top aide, Joe Percoco, Cuomo acknowledged he had known that Percoco was using government offices while working for the governor's 2014 campaign team, but said he believed the work was not political and related to the transition.

However, the «personal use» ban does not explain what «personal use» actually means, and that ambiguity has created a loophole enabling candidates to buy anything that could conceivably have some connection to a bid for public office or even serving as an elected official.

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.»