Sentences with phrase «democratic former federal prosecutor»

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Peter Cutler, a longtime Democratic Party insider in Erie County and former Cuomo administration aide, says he has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors looking into the expanding Buffalo Billion economic development investigation, and plans to cooperate fully with the probe.

«It's shocking that even after his conviction, Chris McGrath still speaks fondly of Dean Skelos while producing no concrete plan stop corruption in Albany,» said Kaminsky, a Democratic assemblyman elected in 2014 and a former federal prosecutor.

In the hotly contested Democratic race for Connecticut attorney general, the top Democrat in the state Senate is bypassing a member of his own caucus and endorsing former federal prosecutor Chris Mattei.

In 2014, Katko, a former federal prosecutor, ousted former Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei by 19 percentage points.

The case will be a test for the Democratic governor, but also for federal prosecutors in New York, where former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara brought a parade of indictments against people in state politics.

Schumer said he has also spoken to Congressman - elect John Katko, who ousted Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei in NY - 24, and found the former federal prosecutor to be a «very fine individual.»

The New York Daily News reported today that Katko, a former federal prosecutor in Syracuse, was considering whether to challenge Schneiderman, a two - term Democratic attorney general.

A poll out Sunday shows that Democratic Congressman Dan Maffei leads his Republican challenger, former federal prosecutor John Katko, in the race for the 24th Congressional District.

Unions representing law enforcement officers in central New York are throwing their support behind former federal prosecutor John Katko in his race against Democratic incumbent Rep. Dan Maffei for the 24th Congressional District seat.

County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs has urged party activists to pick a candidate with a «clear rationale» to make the race — and that's expected to be Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who won the conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada (D - Bronx).

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

Dave Calone, who is battling in a Democratic primary for the right to face Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in Long Island's 1st Congressional District this fall, released a TV ad highlighting his work as a former federal prosecutor.

The Nassau Democratic Committee has unanimously selected Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach, a former federal prosecutor, to run for the Senate seat vacated last month when Dean Skelos was convicted of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.

But Bharara's crusading style as a former federal prosecutor and subsequent martyrdom at the hands of President Donald Trump in 2017 have made him a hero to many liberals, and could make him a powerhouse in a Democratic primary.

Reich noted that Queens Democrats also sided with Leroy Comrie's challenge to then - senator Malcolm Smith, a former Democratic Conference leader who joined the IDC but was expelled after he was indicted by federal prosecutors.

On April 7, the $ 50,000 went to the operating account of the Nassau County Democratic Committee, which spent and donated heavily to support Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, for the Senate seat.

On April 7, the $ 50,000 went to a local political party that was backing Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor.

The trip marks a new phase in the nine - month tenure of the former federal prosecutor who won a solid victory over incumbent Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine in November 2009, a victory that presaged a significant change in GOP fortunes.

Republicans have picked up three seats here — Long Island's NY - 1, where state Sen. Lee Zeldin ousted Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop; Central New York's NY - 24, where former federal prosecutor John Katko defeated Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei; and the North Country's NY - 21, where Elise Stefanik became the youngest woman ever elected to the House.

But Democrats feel they have a good candidate in Kaminsky, a rising Democratic star in Albany and a former federal prosecutor who handled the case that sent former Sen. Pedro Espada to prison.

Hynes announced last week that he will contest the general election on the Republican and Conservative lines, despite suffering a ten - point loss to former federal prosecutor Ken Thompson in last month's Democratic primary.

Other potential Democratic candidates include David Calone, a venture capitalist who also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who shares offices with Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

There is the South Shore election to replace Dean G. Skelos, the former State Senate majority leader, in which Mr. Kaminsky, a freshman Democratic state assemblyman and former federal prosecutor, faces Christopher McGrath, a Republican personal - injury lawyer who polls show holds an edge in the contest.

Joseph Ahearn, the former assistant district attorney in charge of the probe, told federal prosecutors in a March 30 letter that «employees of the Rensselaer County Board of Elections had alleged that Mr. Wade had improperly pressured and - or coerced them to financially donate to various campaigns and - or the county Democratic party at the risk of losing their jobs.»

As federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York he hit hard at both parties, taking down former Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, the former Republican State Senate majority leader, and often reveled in the spotlight as he gleefully goaded those accused of corruption or graft.

Other bold - faced names at the dinner parties — hosted by the likes of billionaire Cathy Lasry, real estate developer Henry Lambert and federal prosecutor Leslie Cornfeld — include Meredith Bennett, co-executive producer of «The Colbert Report»; television personality (and Rudy Giuliani's ex-wife) Donna Hanover; Democratic pollster Celinda Lake; former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton; Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council John Adams; and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Among the other guests was local Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who is running to win the state Senate seat vacated by Republican Dean Skelos, who was convicted in a corruption scam.

It includes Kathleen Rice, a United States representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Alphonso David, Mr. Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the corruption trial of the former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver; Representative Sean Patrick Maloney; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

According to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind survey released Monday afternoon, 43 percent of likely New Jersey voters back Corzine, the Democratic incumbent fighting for a second term, and 41 percent support Christie, the former federal prosecutor in the Garden State.

The Democratic contest for state attorney general features four candidates: state Rep. William Tong, state Sen. Paul Doyle, former federal prosecutor Chris Mattei and former assistant attorney general Clare Kindall.

Former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison in a federal corruption case that prosecutors said «struck at the core of democratic governance» and polluted the institution where he wielded immense power.

Among the Democrats seeking the 11th district seat are Mikie Sherrill, a former federal prosecutor and Navy veteran who has already locked up support from the Democratic county chairs that make up the district.