Sentences with phrase «whether campaign contributions»

Compliance reviewers have a list of things they look for - whether names and addresses are complete, whether campaign contributions exceed legal limits, and so on.

The commission got blowback from Cuomo's handpicked executive director, Regina Calcaterra, when it decided to subpoena a «major retailer» to investigate whether its campaign contributions were connected to approval of a state tax credit.

MTA spokesperson Adam Lisberg told IBTimes that the agency does not monitor whether campaign contributions are flowing to the governor from firms that get the agency's bond work because, he said, the onus is on the banks to comply with the rule.

And whether the campaign contributions are coming from a pharmaceutical company or a prison guard union, he said, keeping marijuana illegal often boosts donors» bottom lines — and ensures that nonviolent users and suppliers will keep ending up behind bars.

Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether campaign contribution limits are too high and what Cuomo intends to seek as campaign finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.

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Disclose Company's Own Political Spending If a company chooses to use its own funds for direct campaign spending, the issue raised in many shareholder proposals is whether such corporations should — in addition to the governance procedures noted above — issue a comprehensive report which lists in one place all the recipients both of such direct spending and of contributions made from the company's employee PAC.

January 22, 2018: The campaign finance and anti-corruption watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice asking them to «determine whether the payment was made by the Trump Organization or some other corporation or individual, which would additionally make it an illegal in - kind contribution to the campaign.»

Hasen said the question before Wednesday had been whether Cohen had made an unreported contribution to the Trump campaign exceeding legal limits.

Yesterday, Lancman took to Twitter to decry Wal - Mart, writing: «Whether it's through politically motivated «philanthropy,» campaign contributions or outright bribes, NYC is not for sale.»

In contrast, they welcomed the contributions of those with direct experience of the issues — whether a prison guard talking about immigration in Boston, a former EU commissioner describing his work in Brussels, or a Brussels - based journalist challenging the elected politicians representing the campaigns.

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign nCampaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign ncampaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

The probe is examining whether donors to de Blasio's mayoral run and his nonprofit, Campaign for One New York, received any favors in exchange for their contributions.

Commission documents obtained and authenticated by City & State show that Moreland's investigators sought to determine if lawmakers were spending the contributions they received for legitimate campaign - oriented purposes, or whether any money was going to their personal use, in violation of state law.

Investigators are probing whether the effort was part of a deliberate attempt to circumvent campaign finance contribution limits.

On the subject of whether those who have befitted from campaign contributions from hedge fund manager Dan Loeb, who was forced to apologize after making remarks on Facebook that compared Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who, like Heastie, is African American, to the KKK, the speaker said that is an individual decision that should be made by the recipients — whoever they may be.

There is a federal investigation into whether donors to the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit the mayor started to advance his political agenda, received favors in exchange for their contributions.

Next up on the agenda — again before jurors entered the courtroom — was the question of whether Azrack would allow testimony about Anthony Gulino, owner of Residential Fence Corp. and Laser Industries, and his campaign contributions to Mangano.

It charges that the candidate, Shirley Patterson, failed to provide the «true name of contributing parties» in donations made by a Limited Liability corporation, in order for the board to determine whether the campaign donations were legal under the present contribution limits.

In the late 90's, a federal grand jury in Brooklyn conducted an investigation into whether the 1994 Pataki gubernatorial campaign traded state paroles in exchange for contributions.

An executive order signed last week will require chaplains to be active clergy members and also live in Westchester County comes as a response to a federal probe into whether or not former County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, offered up a chaplain position in exchange for campaign contributions.

Vance has impaneled a grand jury to weigh whether the mayor and / or his top political apparatchiks conspired in 2014 to circumvent state campaign contribution s during de Blasio's failed bid to flip control of the GOP - run State Senate.

Ferguson asked the state enforcement commission to investigate whether Visconti improperly used a $ 1,000 campaign contribution.

Under city Campaign Finance Board rules, any contribution that a campaign or campaign committee receives must be «accepted and deposited, or rejected and returned to a contributor» within 10 or 20 days depending on whether it is an electiCampaign Finance Board rules, any contribution that a campaign or campaign committee receives must be «accepted and deposited, or rejected and returned to a contributor» within 10 or 20 days depending on whether it is an electicampaign or campaign committee receives must be «accepted and deposited, or rejected and returned to a contributor» within 10 or 20 days depending on whether it is an electicampaign committee receives must be «accepted and deposited, or rejected and returned to a contributor» within 10 or 20 days depending on whether it is an election year.

The federal probe is checking whether some donors to de Blasio's mayoral run were either reimbursed for their contributions or given cash to pass along to the campaign in order to skirt the city's donation limits, according to sources.

As first detailed in the Wall Street Journal this morning, the plan would place a $ 2,600 contribution limit for all state campaigns regardless of whether a candidate is participating in the matching system.

The election law issue at hand is known as «earmarking» — which is also the memo's title — and refers to whether a donation has been passed through one campaign committee to another in a concerted effort to circumvent campaign contribution limits.

We have no idea whether he is against corporate campaign contributions, given Obama I / II's voracious appetite for them.

Investigators plunged ahead on another front, examining corporations that spent heavily on Albany lobbyists and campaign contributions to see whether their cash was rewarded with beneficial legislation.

«This explosive scandal touches virtually every member of the Senate Democrat conference and nearly every Democrat challenger, whether they played a key role in wiring this deal to AEG or accepted campaign contributions from corrupt politicians like John Sampson and Malcolm Smith,» said SRCC spokesman Scott Reif.

At issue in Vance's investigation is whether the mayor or his apparatchiks sought to circumvent state campaign contribution caps by directing their political allies to write checks to upstate Democratic county committees, which do face the same donation ceilings.

For more than a year, JCOPE has been probing whether The Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lCampaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lcampaign, was improperly lobbying.

The payment to Daniels has raised numerous legal questions, including whether it was an illegal campaign contribution and, now, a loan.

«More people take us as a credible campaign, so they're willing to give us contributions,» Hawkins said by phone, ducking out of a state board that is holding a hearing on whether or not to raise the minimum wage for workers who rely on tips.

Court papers filed by Mr. Cuomo's office in January suggested that the criminal investigation included whether Mr. Espada falsified business records at Soundview and related companies or knowingly evaded New York's campaign contribution limits in his 2008 Senate campaign.

As the two investigations diverged, the U.S. attorney's office focused almost exclusively on potential quid pro quo arrangements with de Blasio donors from the 2013 campaign, while Vance's office remained focused on complaints referred by the state Board of Elections over whether the mayor violated contribution limits in steering money to Democratic State Senate candidates in 2014.

The U.S. Attorney and Manhattan DA are investigating whether the office of New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio knowingly violated campaign contribution laws by funneling donations for some upstate Senate races through county committees, which can accept donations 10 times higher than the limits on an individual Senate candidate.

Authorities are also examining whether fundraising efforts for Democratic state senate candidates violated campaign contribution limit laws by being routed to other committees, which were allowed to rake in huge donations compared to caps on single donors directly to a candidate's campaign.

As for whether companies like Uber or Lyft could potentially be strangled by local regulations — and politicians that get campaign contributions from competitors — Cahill said the risk was no greater than in any other industry.

The state investigation, led by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, focuses on whether the de Blasio Administration illegally funneled big bucks campaign contributions to upstate campaign committees in an unsuccessful bid to regain Democratic control of the state senate in 2014, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.

In a statement, Basil Smikle of the state Democratic Party, said the campaign contributions «given by the defendants» would be set aside and did not immediately clarify whether that amount included donations made by COR itself or others associated with the company.

The survey asked registered voters in the state whether they favor creating a «system of public campaign financing» that limits «the size of political contributions to candidates,» and uses «state money to match smaller contributions to candidates.»

The top investigator at the state's Board of Elections asked prosecutors in January to investigate whether the mayor's advisers broke the law by channeling campaign contributions to Democratic state Senate candidates through a committee not subject to donation limits, so as to evade them.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign aCampaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign acampaign accounts.

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the so - called Citizens United case, which allowed almost unchecked independent expenditures by corporations and unions, also made it nearly impossible for candidates to block outside campaign efforts, whether positive or negative — unlike direct campaign contributions.

And if they're right — if teachers get the right to choose whether or not to pay dues to a union — then AFT would presumably have a harder time making a $ 350,000 contribution to Bill de Blasio's campaign chest moments before he handed UFT a sweetheart contract worth an additional $ 9 million.

In multiple U.S. states and territories — including New York, California, Massachusetts and the Virgin Islands — state Attorneys General are investigating Exxon's depth of knowledge regarding the climate impacts of burning fossil fuels, and whether the company broke the law by fueling anti-science campaigns through corporate contributions to organizations and individuals working to sow doubt and confusion about global warming.

Further, according to Comment 5 to Rule 2.11, a judge has a duty to disclose information that litigants might find relevant to a disqualification motion, like whether either the parties or their lawyers have made campaign contributions, even if the judge believes there is no basis for disqualification.

Finally, regardless of whether you decide to contribute to judicial campaigns or not and regardless of whether you think contributions are likely to affect an individual judge or not, you should avoid claiming to a client, or to anyone else, that contributing to an election campaign might be a viable way to influence a judge's decision.

Whether or not judges are influenced by campaign contributions, there is a significant public perception that they are.

Readers undoubtedly know that the Supreme Court of the United States will soon decide whether judges, or at least judicial candidates, may solicit campaign contributions personally (i.e., in lieu of, or in addition to, the customary campaign committee of «responsible persons»).