Rick Lazio was unable to debate Carl Paladino due to a scheduling conflict: a Tea Party (Forum). As to not deprive New Yorkers of hearing these special interests battle it out, GOP Reality Check presents: Lazio v. Paladino 2010.
Rick Lazio, who made millions lobbying against financial reform for JP Morgan, refuses to cut ties with the big bank, and continues to be on "leave," despite obvious conflicts of interest.
Given JP Morgan's prediction that a second crash could hit in 2015 - before recently-passed reform comes into effect - is Lazio sticking around for another taxpayer-funded Wall Street bonus?
On Friday, Lazio told Fox 5 News that the call for him to return his bailout bonus is "like asking any New Yorker who made money to return the money they earned. Maybe they should try to earn the money themselves."
Check out five things Lazio's bailout bonus could have paid for.
Last week, the NY Dems launched an online petition urging Rick Lazio to give back his $1.3 million taxpayer-funded bonus in light of a Federal report that declared that such bonuses were excessive and undeserved.
Although Rick Lazio acknowledged for one of the first times publicly that he received the $1.3 million bonus, he said he would "absolutely not" consider returning it.
Sign the petition: Tell Rick Lazio to give back his bonus.
The former Wall St. lobbyist has insisted that he earned the hefty payout, but a new Federal report finds that the big bank's bonuses were excessive and undeserved.
The NY Dems have launched an online petition to urge "Bonus Baby" Lazio to give back $1.3 million he got while JP Morgan was receiving bailout money.
Click here to read the petition on the Facebook group's page.
Rick Lazio has insisted that he earned the $1.3 million bonus he got from JP Morgan in 2009. That doesn't square with a new Federal report finding that the big bank's bonuses were excessive and undeserved.
Will Lazio return the $1.3 million bonus he received from JP Morgan, where he lobbied against financial regulations?
The Bonus Babies make their debut outside the GOP State Convention to support their Wall Street lobbyist pal Rick Lazio.
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Paladino claims he will bring a bat to Albany, but he makes millions as a government landlord and hurts taxpayers by taking huge tax breaks he doesn’t need or deserve. Which face are you wearing today Carl?
Carl Paladino just keeps on swinging.
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