He has rolled unions and won pension givebacks, and his ratings in this blue state sometimes look red state friendly.
Mr Quinn, who was hardly an enemy of the unions, won pension reform that they did not want.
Asked about his meetings with donors who won pension business, Mr. Thompson said he had an "open door" policy but emphasized that "any investment that was done went through multiple hurdles".
It was the first grow operation in the country to be unionized, by the Teamsters, who won pensions, health care and a $25-an-hour 25-an-hour 25-an-hour wage
Over time N.U.M. improved pay and, more important, won pensions, eased the pitiless working conditions, broke the color barrier that kept blacks from the better jobs and forged a formidable organization.
This year, the Quadrangle Group, the investment fund Mr. Rattner founded, paid $12 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to win pension fund business, and said it was publicly disavowing conduct engaged in by Mr. Rattner.
The musicians' union for New York City has begun an advertising campaign and plans to expand protests outside of jazz clubs as part of its efforts to win pension benefits for jazz artists, union leaders said Thursday.
Mr. Paterson's proposal would require placement agents to register as lobbyists, forcing them to disclose their clients and fees, and would forbid them to collect contingency fees for winning pension fund business.
Prosecutors also introduced numerous e-mail messages sent by Mr. Singer describing his hope that Mr. Bruno's stature in the Legislature and ability to move legislation there could or did help Wright win pension business.
The exchange capped a revealing afternoon of testimony by two executives at Wright Investors' Service, the firm that paid Mr. Bruno $1.37 million over 13 years to help win pension fund investments from unions that also did business with the Senate, from which Mr. Bruno retired in 2008.
One of the aides, Kenneth E. Riddett, a former chief counsel to Senate Republicans under Mr. Bruno, was questioned about correspondence he exchanged in 1998 with a lawyer for Wright Investors Servicee, a firm that paid Mr. Bruno more than $1 million in fees to help win pension fund investments from labor unions.
