Sentences with phrase «albany corruption trials»

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ALBANY — State government is bracing for a parade of corruption trials in 2018, with five cases involving powerful players going before juries at the same time that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and all 213 legislative seats are up for election.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is preparing his eighth State of the State address against a backdrop of a widening state deficit, a potential revenue hit from Washington, a beleaguered New York City subway system, an uneasy state Senate and an array of political - corruption trials.

ALBANY — Todd Howe's marathon testimony in the corruption trial of former gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco and three business executives included a litany of state officials who, according to Howe, communicated with him on state business using personal email accounts — exchanges that appear to violate state policy.

ALBANY — An attorney for one of the defendants in the upcoming corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others wants a historical exhibit in a Manhattan courthouse removed or covered out of concern it could bias the jury.

ALBANY — Glenwood Management, the real estate developer at the center of two former legislative leaders» federal corruption trials, gave half a million dollars in 2011 to an advocacy group that focused solely on supporting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda.

ALBANY — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that former Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr.'s corruption conviction should stand even though the jury instructions at his trial may have been improper under a 2016 Supreme Court decision.

ALBANY — Longtime Albany lawmakers and observers were shocked Monday by the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of Albany's most powerful leaders for 20 years, on all counts in his corruption trial.