Alan Hevesi
Alan Hevesi
Alan G. Hevesiis a Democratic politician who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1971 to 1993, as New York City Comptroller from 1994 to 2001, and as New York State Comptroller from 2003 to 2006. Hevesi is originally from Queens, New York City, and is of the Jewish faith...
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The securities industry had a very good year during 2005. The industry paid record bonuses based on exceptional revenue growth and solid profits.
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We felt we had to be resolute after all this time where we had cooperated and agreed not to impose sanctions or even discuss them,
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The securities industry had a very good year during 2005.
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The result is huge deficits and fast-growing costs for Albany water ratepayers,
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proven that they are committed to helping us.
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There's going to be the regular scrutiny and judgment of whether a particular company is worth investing in, ... We don't look at the short-term profitability. We look at the long-term integrity. That has to be part of the mix of any review.
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We are troubled by the continuing decrease of the value of our investments in the company and are pleased that management and the board of directors are considering steps to stem the loss of shareholder value, ... However, as long-term investors, we want to be assured that the options are being considered to promote growth and stability in the long-term, and not simply to produce a short-term boost in the stock price.
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Merck must be held legally responsible for its actions, ... Those actions have put lives at risk and cost shareholders billions of dollars.
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If we had simply done business as usual, we would have been rewarding UBS,
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When the same person fills both roles, the odds are much less that the board will challenge inappropriate decisions.
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I have little doubt the old NYRA management would have never even brought their suspicions forward to the attorney general. The new NYRA management did so immediately.
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What this study makes clear is that what the President and Congress have committed so far is just a down payment on what it will take to ensure that the terrorists don't succeed in destroying not just the two towers, but also America's and the world's financial capital.
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You cannot reduce to dollars and cents the losses New Yorkers have suffered from the vicious World Trade Center attack, just as there is no way to put a dollar value on the heroism and determination of our response, ... But to obtain the resources we will need to rebuild and create a better and stronger New York City, we must try to understand in dollar terms, what the attack cost our economy.
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The new reforms have increased the value of the franchise,