Sentences with phrase «wealthy contributors who»

Separately, Halloran is also accused of steering $ 40,000 to $ 80,000 in discretionary member items to a company he thought was controlled by a wealthy contributor who in fact was an undercover agent.

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Milstein, a wealthy campaign contributor to Cuomo, isn't the only donor to the governor who has received a state appointment.

What's missing is the election of new politicians to office who are not beholden to their wealthy campaign contributors.

The carriage horse deal underlined the transactional side of a mayor who says he is on a mission to liberalize New York City, even as his efforts are propelled in part by wealthy contributors tied to special interests.

LLCs are often used by wealthy real estate developers and who show up frequently in Albany's wheeling and dealing — large LLC contributors were key witnesses in the Silver case and are part of the ongoing proceedings against the former Senate Majority Leader.

Another top rival of AQE is the charter school sector, backed by wealthy private donors who have been regular contributors to the governor and to legislators friendly to charter schools in the state Senate.

There is no need to dwell much on comparisons of how much time he has spent cloistered with very wealthy campaign contributors who are further undermining our democracy.

Spending time with Michael convinces Toller that God objects to man's destruction of the world, which puts him in an awkward position with Barq (Michael Gaston, «The Leftovers»), a wealthy local industrialist — and major contributor to both churches — who happens also to be a world - class polluter.

The next is Langston (Taye Diggs), a politician who takes her out to dinner with a wealthy potential contributor (Ned Beatty) and convinces her that his attempts to make her look subservient to him are just ruse.