Sentences with phrase «well as a lobbyist»

This whole mess was further complicated by a report that Kruger would be joined in facing charges by another Brooklyn Democrat, Assemblyman William Boyland, as well as lobbyist Richard Lipsky and two hospital executives and that the influence - peddling charges stemmed from information authorities turned up in connection with disgraced former Queens Assemblyman Tony Seminario.

Bharara is also investigating Governor Cuomo's former top aide, as well as a lobbyist associated with the Cuomo family for potential fraud.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat and the most visible champion of congestion pricing after reviving it last summer, and his aides, as well as lobbyists and advocates, focused their efforts on winning over the Assembly in hopes that they could present a united front and put pressure on the Senate, according to those familiar with their strategy.

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Manafort also attended a meeting last year at Trump Tower with Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. and son - in - law Jared Kushner as well as two Russian lobbyists who were said to have offered dirt on Hillary Clinton.

«I managed to build a lasting network of friends, which has served me well in my career as a consultant and lobbyist.

But the House bill is unlikely to be taken up in the Senate, where Republicans have a 52 - 48 seat majority and they need to pay heed to moderates within their own ranks as well as Democrats, lobbyists and analysts said.

James Ballentine, the head lobbyist for the ABA, responded that «anyone who believes that community banks are better off as a result of this avalanche of new regulation is off the mark.»

When people see banks browbeating the bond rating agencies and accounting firms to whitewash the quality of what they're pawning off on their customers, when they see bank lobbyists getting Washington to block state prosecutions of financial fraud so as to clear the way for more predatory lending and false packaging of the junk securities they're selling and to win the right not to reveal their true financial position, there's a good reason not to buy what's in these black boxes.

Josh Brown, CEO of New York advisory firm Ritholtz Wealth Management, as well as a prolific blogger and tweeter, quipped about financial lobbyists» criticism of the proposal:

Fitting NAFTA into that aspirational, elevated, internationalist, decidedly un-Trumpian frame conforms better with the self - image of Liberals, and many other Canadians, than the more familiar positioning of free trade as a priority of corporate lobbyists.

This Journal editorial is part of a raging battle in Washington between brokerage lobbyists and, well, most everyone else, over whether securities and insurance sales brokers should be regulated as professionals — like doctors — when they give advice.

Meat industry lobbyists maintain that BLBT is nothing more than «lean, nutritious» beef, but it's well worth noting that two former microbiologists at USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service — now federal whistleblowers — have vociferously protested the agency's controversial decision to classify BLBT as «meat.»

The best (though not ideal) solution lies in public involvement in governmental decision - making (it is also our duty — we are, after all, a sovereign people), both via direct action (such as what Bettina does) as well as via indirect advocates (i.e. lobbyists), combined with intelligent decision - making by the government agencies which takes into account and reflects the diverse nature of our society.

Yesterday the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) AgMag Blog offered a much closer look at those corporate ties, as well as the role of SNA's lobbyists which, in addition to representing SNA, boast a roster of Big Food clients that includes General Mills, Kraft Foods, the North American Meat Association, the National Confectioners Association and the National Frozen Pizza Institute (whose members include Con Agra and Schwan.)

Between them they have succeeded in persuading a range of senior lobbyists, academics and Eurocrats to contribute a series of essays on the ethical issues surrounding lobbying, as well as practical issues such as how to sign up to the commission register, and how to hire a lobbying consultancy.

Cuomo approved what was widely considered to be the ethics bill of the legislative session, a measure designed to address the Citizens United era of super PAC political spending, as well new requirements for lobbyists and consultants.

A former Cuomo aide, Joe Percoco, has received payments from two companies linked to state contracts, while lobbyist Todd Howe, who represented those firms linked to development, is under investigation as well.

Those named include Cuomo's former closest aide, a lobbyist close to the Cuomo family, and the head of SUNY Polytechnic, Alain Kaloyeros, who has now been suspended from his job, as well as two real estate developers.

The former Portland lobbyist is known in Labour circles as a tireless and well - networked Blairite who received a death threat in 2016 following outlandish allegations about his old agency made by The Canary website.

Former colleagues describe Gadhok as an «excellent networker» while well - connected Tory lobbyists say they have often spotted him at the right parties.

That's how one of state government's best - known lobbyists described the atmosphere at the Capitol as lawmakers face what is expected to be a series of bitterly contested and highly divisive reelection battles next year in the midst of a bitter and highly divisive presidential campaign.

The actors have endorsed the Fair Elections reform package which includes a system of matching small donations with public funds, as well as lower contribution limits, restrictions on contractors and lobbyists doing business with the state, and greater enforcement and transparency.

Among nine defendants, the 80 - page criminal complaint — so extensive it required a Table of Contents — charged ex-aides Joseph Percoco, described as Cuomo's «right - hand man,» and Todd Howe, a well - connected lobbyist, as well as Alain Kaloyeros, the president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Jay Jacobs, John Sampson, and a whole others have used Hank «Take The Fifth» Sheinkopf as a Consultant and he is also a «LOBBYIST» that has Shelly Silver as a BEST FREIND» along with my «OTHERS»

Former politicos - turned - lobbyists Fernando Ferrer, Roberto Ramirez and former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso — as well as Michael McKeon, a former top aide to Gov. Pataki, and Cuomo's cousin — got in the door.

Powers is well - connected in city and state politics, having been employed by former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone as a lobbyist and chief of staff for former Assemblymember Jonathan Bing, and endorsed by Bing and neighboring Upper East Side City Council Member Ben Kallos.

A well - liked, respected, hard - charging attorney general who talks tough about cleaning up the scandal - plagued, lobbyist - run institution known as New York state government has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Howe was a paid adviser to the SUNY Polytechnic Institute as well as COR and LPCiminelli — both of which won contracts to build multi-million dollar high - tech facilities for the school — but only recently registered as a state lobbyist.

Lobbyists are required to register their clients and compensation with JCOPE, as well as any expenses they incur.

The small, invite only, forum at the Assembly's Manhattan hearing room brought together about a dozen cloud technology vendors, including major firms like Microsoft, IBM, Amazon and AT&T, and a number of other technology consultants and lobbyists, as well as Reinvent Albany and Common Cause NY.

Lawmakers in Albany are doing what they do best — targeting lobbyists and special interests for campaign cash as they begin negotiating a new budget that will exceed $ 150 billion.

Blurring the role between lobbyist and political adviser is a recipe for disaster - as Cuomo should well know better than most.

But Politico's Laura Nahmias asked about a campaign promise he'd made in 2013 — to disclose not only his own meetings with lobbyists, but those held by agency heads and commissioners as well.

While the groups, as well as reporters and lobbyists wait to hear news of a final deal on the budget, government reform groups condemned the decision making process as being more secretive than ever.

Those under investigation include Joseph Percoco, one of Cuomo's closest aides, and Todd Howe, a lobbyist whose law firm had relationships with several companies that received work from the state as well as state entities in charge of awarding that work.

After describing the charges against the legislators as well as a prominent lobbyist and hospital executives, Bharara inventoried other recent corruption cases — against Assemblymen Tony Seminerio and Brian McLaughlin, Queens Democrats, and Sen. Vincent Leibell, R - Putnam County.

Caught in the crossfire were lobbyists, their family members, as well as pro-lifers and their family members, Enough said, you can all figure out who won.

But the contest sprawls far beyond their numbers, bringing in unions and lobbyists as well as a coterie of high - paid consultants each of whom has been active for months in trying to shape opinion.

The group was initially hesitant to register as designated lobbyists, but relented after some criticism from good - government groups.

Howe, a former lobbyist with the firm Whiteman, Osterman and Hanna, represented firms that had contracts with the under - investigation Buffalo Billion, as well as SUNY Polytechnic, which is being investigated by the state attorney general's office.

At the same time, lobbyist Todd Howe, who worked as a go - between with SUNY Polytechnic, is under scrutiny as well.

Two lobbyists and a public relations executive are also involved, as well as a former political editor of a national newspaper, informed sources said.

Unfortunately freedom of speech is contingent to how much money you have given that the media is itself a business that has to make profits as well, so a «lobbyist» like this comes to this program without any ethics, without any remorse but with a lot of money as well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issuas well, so a «lobbyist» like this comes to this program without any ethics, without any remorse but with a lot of money as well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issuas well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issuAs far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issuas Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issue.

A second round of laughter came from prospective jurors when Bricetti read a long list of individuals whose names might come up during the trial, including prominent Westchester political figures like Nick Spano, the Republican former senator - turned - lobbyist who was jailed for tax evasion, as well as former Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro and her ex-husband Al Pirro.

Term limits are undemocratic and shift more power away from elected officials toward lobbyists and special interests, as well as staff and bureaucracy.

A guilty plea by a ninth person, former lobbyist and longtime Cuomo ally Todd Howe, was unsealed as well.

«Contractors and vendors in the transportation industry who did not know enough to retain the lobbyist that was paying off the Transportation Committee chairman and his son did not get the fair hearing and consideration that they expected and to which they were entitled as well,» Bharara's office wrote.

«As New Yorkers — not as interests groups, not as lobbyists but as New Yorkers — we want a better New York,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens UnioAs New Yorkers — not as interests groups, not as lobbyists but as New Yorkers — we want a better New York,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Unioas interests groups, not as lobbyists but as New Yorkers — we want a better New York,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Unioas lobbyists but as New Yorkers — we want a better New York,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Unioas New Yorkers — we want a better New York,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union.

Prosecutors charged executives at three development companies, as well as SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros and lobbyist Todd Howe, with rigging the bids on facilities that SUNY Poly built in Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse.

Sanders did not attack Teachout's Republican opponent, John Faso, by name, but he did call out Faso's time as a lobbyist, as well as the PAC that supports him — New York Wins PAC.