Sentences with phrase «wealthy real estate developer»

Lipton blamed the scheme on an informer and an undercover FBI agent who posed as wealthy real estate developers who wanted to support Smith's candidacy.

Wealthiest real estate developer in the U.S., according to Forbes.

He accused de Blasio of having failed «to put any significant dent into the homeless problem» and having engaged in «pay - for - play with wealthy real estate developers that should undercut his claim that he's a good government paragon.»

During the 2006 campaign, Green's wealthy real estate developer brother, Stephen, used the LLC loophole to funnel $ 135,000 to help fund Spitzer's gubernatorial bid.

«Every leader in this state should be shouting about what Cuomo and his trustees did to LICH, how the community was railroaded, almost 2,000 New Yorkers were put out of work, and a vital medical facility was shut down to benefit wealthy real estate developers and other friends of the Governor,» said Julie Semente, long - time LICH nurse and member of the New York State Nurses Association's executive committee at LICH, speaking on her own behalf.

In the second scheme, Ms. Cohen said, Mr. Silver directed wealthy real estate developers to another law firm, so that a share of its fees could be secretly kicked back to him.

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.

He's come under regular fire in his first term from Democrats who claim he's out of step with his own party for his positions on labor issues, support for charter schools and coziness with wealthy real estate developers and financial firms.

She is also the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer in Silicon Valley and the wife of Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist.

When I first contacted him for the inaugural issue, Trump pulled out all the stops to convince me that he was the wealthiest real estate developer in New York.

Housing advocates and others criticized the deal as a giveaway to wealthy real estate developers, but others conceded that the deal, or something close to it, was the best the mayor would get.

The senator, who represents Queens Village, St. Albans and Jamaica, is accused of conspiring in November 2012 with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer to bribe city Republican leaders in order to win Wilson - Pakula certificates.

According to a 28 - page complaint text released to the public, key to the case were two undercover informants, one which federal authorities describe as being «a man posing as a wealthy real estate developer» and another known only as a «confidential witness.»

According to a criminal complaint, Smith met with an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer and agreed to bribe leaders of Republican county committees around New York City.

Testifying was Jona Rechnitz, a wealthy real estate developer, who recounted how he donated $ 160,000 to Mayor Bill de Blasio and the state Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, plus thousands of dollars in lavish gifts to top city police officials, according to a report in the NY Post.

Those guys have no business making decisions about NYC rents — but the wealthy real estate developers donate enough to help maintain a TEAPub majority in return for them looking out for their interests.

ALBANY - The Bloomberg administration is slamming a GOP housing bill as a tax giveaway to wealthy real estate developers.

In meetings with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer, Smith agreed to bribe leaders of Republican Party county committees around New York City in an attempt to run for mayor as a Republican, even though he was a registered Democrat, the criminal complaint said.

The entire case revolved around two people working with the FBI: a Rockland developer who was acting as a cooperating witness and an undercover agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer.

When a couple of inept ex-cons kidnap the wife of a wealthy real estate developer, their get - rich - quick scheme takes a sudden and surprisingly complicated detour in «Life of Crime,» a tale based on master storyteller Elmore...

When a couple of inept ex-cons kidnap the wife of a wealthy real estate developer, their get - rich - quick scheme takes a sudden and surprisingly complicated detour in «Life of Crime,» a tale based on master storyteller Elmore Leonard's novel, «The Switch.»

- New York Times bestseller, M.J. Rose Two years out of college, Angelica Bondesan spends her time working as a barista, keeping in touch with her prodigal brother, and trying to figure out how to bridge the gap with her father, a wealthy real estate developer.

Gurney really just wants to live a simple life in the country, but he is dragged back into the crime world when a wealthy real estate developer is shot and the unfaithful wife is convicted of murder.

Casino mogul Sheldon Anderson was the next real estate player on the list with a net worth of $ 28.5 billion, followed by the U.S.'s wealthiest real estate developer, Donald Bren, and his $ 8.1 billion, according to Forbes.