Sentences with phrase «with aides to the governor»

Corruption in Albany has affected both Republican and Democratic law makers, with aides to the governor currently under federal indictment for a pay to play scheme.

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Aides to the governor said UNICEF is largely footing the bill for the rebuilding work, with some supplies having been donated as well.

Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The latter issue is potentially a tricky one of the Assembly: Lawmakers in the wake of charges in a bid rigging and bribery case that has ensnared a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, sought changes to procurement that would restore some of the power of the state comptroller, who has been at odds with Cuomo.

As expected, Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo has decided to keep Larry Schwartz, the top aide to outgoing Gov. David Paterson, to assist with the transition.

Also, the State Governments will be expected to provide Comptrollers in their States with the lists of State commissioners, and aides of their Governors for verification.

The payouts came several weeks before the newly - minted governor, with great fanfare, announced he and his top aides would take a 5 percent pay cut to set an example to the rest of the state in these difficult fiscal times.

The Journal News: «It would be nice if Cuomo addressed the question on everyone's mind: How one of his closest aides, perhaps his closest, could use his relationship with the governor to try to enrich himself by illegal means, without Cuomo knowing or suspecting.»

According to a Cuomo spokeswoman, the governor's new top aide, Melissa DeRosa, is «actively engaged» with JCOPE, the state's ethics - advisory agency, «to ensure that even the appearance of impropriety is avoided» ahead of her starting her new position later this year.

A report in the New York Post suggested the Governor and his top aides were looking to use last week's scandals to oust Silver and replace him with Morelle.

-LRB--- promoted by EaBo Clipper) The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09… and the Associated Press are reporting that aides to President Barack Obama, with Obama's consent, have asked New York Governor David Paterson to quit his already announced campaign for a full term as Governor of New York.

An aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has feuded publicly with Cuomo a number of times since taking office, accused the governor of doctoring the photo to show the correct colors in a since - deleted tweet.

A longtime aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Percoco was one of nine men charged in connection with the alleged schemes.

While Democrats including District Attorney Madeline Singas have called for a supermajority of legislators to appoint the person with that role, Mangano aides say the mayor or governor directly selects them in the city and state.

The governor himself uses a BlackBerry messaging system that does not save messages to communicate with aides, the Daily News reported in 2012.

And spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer says as soon as the Governor learned that his former top aide was charged with corruption, he hired an outside firm to assess any weak points and corrected the system to «to increase transparency and accountability.»

State Sen. John DeFrancisco, a GOP candidate for governor, said testimony and evidence in the trial showed that when Percoco was off the state payroll for most of 2014, and managing Cuomo's re-election campaign, he continued to use his state offices and privileges, making 837 phone calls and meeting with other Cuomo aides.

First up on Jan. 22 is the trial of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to the governor, and others related to alleged corruption and bribery in connection with Cuomo's economic development efforts.

The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09… and the Associated Press are reporting that aides to President Barack Obama, with Obama's consent, have asked New York Governor David Paterson to quit his already announced campaign for a full term as Governor of New York.

The governor has requested $ 30 billion worth of supplemental aide from Washington in order to help with the recovery effort.

Another source said that some of the aides of Tinubu had said that it was important for him to let the world know how Buhari pleaded with the former governor to be his running mate saying that his choice of popular Lagos pastor and tele - evangelist, Pastor Tunde Bakare would not fetch him the needed victory.

«By definition the commission took advice and opinion from many, many people,» Cuomo said Monday in response to questions about a top aide's communication with the Moreland Commission, a group appointed last year by the Democratic governor.

A New York Times report alleges that a senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo interfered with the work of the Moreland Commission, the group the governor appointed to investigate corruption in Albany.

His comments came during private budget talks with top aides, a source close to the governor said.

Those dealings led to nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide and a highly paid former State University of New York official, being charged with felonies ranging from bribery to bid - rigging.

The New York Times just reported that Governor Paterson's Aide David Johnson has surrendered to the Bronx District Attorney's office and has been charged with assaulting his former girlfriend Sherr - una Booker last Halloween night.

Nixon, an advocate for public education issues, has been exploring a potential Democratic primary challenge to the governor, receiving support from former campaign aides to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been locked in a feud with Cuomo over the last several years.

Cuomo offered no details of his proposed «Collins - Faso Federal Tax,» but an aide to the governor said it would have to be worked out with the state Legislature.

In weekly meetings over the past four weeks, at the governor's office in Manhattan, high - level aides to Mr. Cuomo have repeatedly pressed advocates to communicate to lawmakers and the public with one voice.

That stance, attributed to an unnamed aide, comes days after his administration was hit with its biggest scandal to date with the unveiling of a criminal complaint against former Cuomo aide and longtime friend of the governor Joseph Percoco and now - suspended SUNY Polytechnic Institute President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros, among others.

Mr. Cuomo's aides have long said that they plan to attack Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive and Republican candidate for governor, over his opposition to abortion rights, which they say is out of step with the position of the vast majority of New Yorkers.

Speaking through his media aide, Tunde Rahman on RayPower's political platform, the former Lagos governor stressed on Tuesday that he would give progress report of the consultation, reconciliation and confidence building assignment only to President Buhari who saddled him with the responsibility.

Hinton, who is married to former Cuomo aide Howard Glaser, was believed to be the start of a concerted effort by de Blasio to take a more aggressive tack with the governor and a more collegial tone with the media, after the administration had struggled with both.

Carey aides tried to prevent the governor from sitting down with him.

The breaking point came with the revelation as to why Governor McGreevey had appointed Golan Cipel, an obscure aide, as head of the state's Homeland Security office.

Over the weekend, news broke that top aides to Governor Andrew Cuomo are being probed by the U.S. Attorney in connection with the Buffalo Billion economic development project.

He told reporters the trial of Governor Cuomo's closest aide, Joe Percoco, going on inside the courthouse, is revealing that Cuomo presided over a pay to play culture in his office, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

«I am being realistic about politics,» Paterson said, alluding to the scandal involving contacts he and members of his state police security detail had with a woman who was seeking a court restraining order against one of the governor's closest aides.

Over the weekend, news broke that top aides to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are being probed by the U.S. attorney in connection with the Buffalo Billion Investment Development Plan.

Earlier Thursday, Cuomo chief of staff Linda Lacewell completed a day of testimony in which she detailed Percoco's powerful role and closeness to Cuomo, and described a phone conversation he had with the governor on the morning the former aide's house was raided by the FBI.

Governor Cuomo, defending himself against the accusations earlier in the week, used the words of one of the co-commissioners, Syracuse area District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, to bolster the governor's claim that any discussions his top aides had with the commission were merely friendlyGovernor Cuomo, defending himself against the accusations earlier in the week, used the words of one of the co-commissioners, Syracuse area District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, to bolster the governor's claim that any discussions his top aides had with the commission were merely friendlygovernor's claim that any discussions his top aides had with the commission were merely friendly advice.

Percoco, a former top aide to New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, is charged with using his clout in return for more than $ 320,000 in payoffs from a power company executive and two Syracuse developers.

The aide denied the timing of the governor's position has anything to do with the fact that nine Cuomo associates, including several close to him, were hit with criminal charges last week.

Both governors set about to closing massive budget deficits, with Malloy often reacting negatively to comparisons to Cuomo's efforts in New York, which reportedly culminated with a call from Cuomo's top aide telling Malloy's office: «We operate on two speeds here: Get along, and kill.»

The new governor, who has rejected the state's traditional reliance on higher taxes and borrowing to close budget gaps, will outline specifics of his tough spending plan on Feb. 1, setting the stage for what one legislative aide called «a budget Armageddon» with the Legislature.

Jurors at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo saw photos on Tuesday of the governor palling around with a co-defendant charged in a «pay - to - play» bribery...

With his former top aide facing a federal probe for potential conflicts of interest for consulting work, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D - N.Y.) has said twice now that he did not know what the former close associate of the Cuomo family was up to.

Aides to the governor said UNICEF is largely footing the bill for the rebuilding work, with some supplies having been donated as well.

«There were revelations that some aides of the governor forced the police to change the original statements of these innocent people and replaced them with ones that were implicating; that was a nefarious and criminal act that must be investigated by the police and the DSS.

Even more recently, many have questioned the appropriateness of the governor's promoting a top aide with deep family ties to powerful lobbyists to the highest - ranking position in his administration.