Silver — who at the time was one of the most powerful lawmakers in Albany — was found guilty on all seven counts against him that he engaged in two quid - pro-quo schemes in which used his position to benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers. (nypost.com)
Kerry and the White House have tried to play down the defection by Schumer, one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress who is in line to be the Senate Democratic leader in 2017. (newsday.com)
The Fiscal Code contains language that distributes new state funding for schools through the bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission's (BEFC) funding formula and brings to an end the era of powerful lawmakers cutting backroom deals to dole out new funding to schools. (educationvoterspa.org)