Although the company has been the subject of regulatory enforcement actions by the Pataki administration, state officials said Mrs. Pataki played no role in trying to influence state actions.
The suit is a contest between the Bloomberg administration, state officials and the trust on one side and on the other, a well-connected group of investors led by Roland W. Betts, whose list of friends includes George E. Pataki, Michael R. Bloomberg and his Yale fraternity brother George W. Bush.
In 1985, during the Reagan administration, state and local governments were permitted to offer comp time in lieu of overtime.
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, state attorneys general, and, perhaps, the nation's largest banks are close to a final settlement on the years-long struggle over allegations of massive foreclosure fraud, according to several sources familiar with the talks.
"In the absence of leadership from this administration, state and local governments must create their own guidelines for limiting the acquisition of military equipment, and how it can be used". .
In recent weeks, a new round of legal briefs from the administration, state officials, former members of Congress and leading law professors have argued that there was no glitch and that the law, read as a whole, provides insurance subsidies to eligible Americans regardless of where they live.
