Sentences with phrase «way during budget negotiations»

The son of a hardware store owner on the Lower East Side, Mr. Silver was known as a poker - faced negotiator who often got his way during budget negotiations, sometimes by simply holding out the longest.

Not exact matches

«[The phone calls] involve discussions between Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos about the ways in which Dean Skelos can maximize his leverage with the Governor during the budget negotiations — the same negotiations during which the Government alleges Dean Skelos attempted to insert legislation that would benefit Adam Skelos and the Environmental Technology Company in the charged schemes,» prosecutors say in the court filings.