He has been found guilty of multiple public corruption crimes, including one count of monetary transactions involving crime proceeds. (104.236.62.190)
«It must be a sentence that not only punishes Dean and Adam Skelos for the insidious harm they have caused, but one that also deters other elected officials and promotes respect for the rule of law, consistent with the principles applied by virtually every federal judge imposing a sentence for public corruption crimes of this nature, magnitude, and length,» the memorandum stated. (politico.com)
Seventy - seven percent support a Cuomo proposal to withhold state pension payments from state lawmakers convicted of public corruption crimes regardless of when the official was first elected. (syracuse.com)