The treatment system project was making monthly payments to his son. (wrvo.org)
In exchange for payments to his son, Dean Skelos voted in favor of the Rent Act of 2011 which extended the controversial 421 - a tax abatement, according to the documents. (dnainfo.com)
The complaint, by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, alleges Skelos used his influence in Albany to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to his son Adam from a real estate developer and a related environmental company. (wrvo.org)