Sentences with phrase «with real estate lobbyists»

The court, for example, declared that the meeting with real estate lobbyists can not still qualify as an official act, and Silver's use of a government letterhead can't serve by itself as proof of an official act.

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Howe also worked as a lobbyist on behalf of COR Development, the Syracuse - based commercial real estate firm whose executives, Aiello and Gerardi, are accused of bribing Percoco with $ 35,000 for his help on a host of issues related their projects in Syracuse and Central New York.

The trial included both proof of acts that clearly met that standard — pushing $ 500,000 in legislative grants for the cancer researcher, and backing real estate legislation for the developers — and lesser favors, like trying to get the researcher's child a job, helping get permits for a charity race and meeting with lobbyists.

The other defendants are Steve Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, executives with the Syracuse - based COR real estate development company, who are accused of bribing Percoco with $ 35,000 in payments to his wife through former lobbyist Todd Howe, the government's star witness.

The Creative Resistance said in a video «IDC members also get tons of campaign money from real estate, charter school, and health care lobbyists, some of whom are Republicans with connections to Trump.»

«IDC members also get tons of campaign money from real estate, charter school, and health care lobbyists, some of whom are Republicans with connections to Trump,» the narrator says.

A lobbyist for the real - estate firm that helped former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver line his pockets testified Monday that company higher - ups realized too late that they were dealing with the...

Lobbyist Richard Runes, who represented the real - estate firm that helped former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver line his pockets testified that Glenwood Management's entanglement with the ex-Albany powerhouse was like «holding a tiger by the tail.»

New York City's top - grossing lobbyist, Jim Capalino, wants to clear his name in a real - estate deal involving a former home for AIDS patients that is being transformed into luxury condos with the sign - off of the de Blasio administration.

A federal grand jury handed down a new 11 - count indictment in the state Sen. Carl Kruger ongoing bribery scandal charging the defendants, including real estate developer Aaron Malinsky and lobbyist Richard Lipsky, with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

ALBANY — Andrew Cuomo raised $ 8.5 million in the last six months with a trip to Hollywood, checks from major real estate magnates, lawyers, bankers and lobbyists.

Staffers with the city Department of Investigation and city comptroller quizzed Morales last March and April about two real - estate transactions that allegedly benefited developers and lobbyists who gave donations to the mayor's campaign and the mayor's nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York.

In pursuing Skelos, Bharara reeled in at least one well - connected informant, Charles Dorego, a lobbyist for the real - estate industry who was involved with the Committee to Save New York.

This time «it's happening,» said Cuomo on Tuesday at a lunch attended by New York lobbyists, real estate and government types, who rewarded him with a standing ovation.

A lobbyist for the real - estate firm that helped former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver line his pockets testified Monday that company higher - ups realized too late that they were dealing with the devil.

Aquino was initially charged in March 2011 along with seven others, including Kruger; Michael Turano, a consultant with Olympian Strategic Development Corp,; Richard Lipsky, a lobbyist; Solomon Kalish, the owner of Adex; real estate developer Aaron Malinsky; state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr.; and David Rosen, former chief executive officer of Jamaica Hospital and MediSys Health Network.

This will provide all home buyers (who are not building science nerds) with the best possible living conditions - but runs completely contrary to the real estate and mortgage lending communities who are very powerful lobbyists.

National Association of REALTORS ® Chief Lobbyist Jerry Giovaniello talked with REALTOR ® Magazine about how the real estate industry has fared since then and what to expect in the year ahead.

With a dedicated lobbyist, WSCAR aims to meet the needs and lobby on behalf of the commercial real estate industry both at the state and federal levels.