Sentences with phrase «island special prosecutor»

Smith said that most Island special prosecutor requests are handled by Brooklyn, and vice versa.

Progressive rhetoric was let off its leash at the press conference, as councilmembers one - upped each other in foot - stamping outrage, expressing shock and dismay that someone as lowly as a Staten Island special prosecutor could deign to question the probity and rectitude of the Working Families Party electoral operations.

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Though the WFP is out of the woods with the feds, it remains in the crosshairs of a special prosecutor requested by Staten Island DA Dan Donovan in 2011.

EMILY's List, feminist Gloria Steinem, former prosecutor Linda Fairstein, Denise O'Donnell (who took a pass on running a second time herself and endorsed Rice in May), Teresa Heinz (wife of Sen. John Kerry), and «special guest» Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (one of Rice's fellow Long Island Democratic electeds).

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who acted as the special prosecutor in Sen. Kevin Parker's assault case, released a statement in the wake of the Brooklyn Democrat's conviction on two misdemeanor charges, saying he respects the jury's decision despite the fact that it did not deliver a felony guilty verdict.

Special prosecutor Roger Adler announced yesterday that his investigation of the WFP's involvement in Councilwoman Debi Rose's campaign resulted in the indictment of two former aides to the Staten Island Democrat, but no allegations of wrongdoing against the party itself or any of its officials.

An attorney for Staten Island Councilwoman Debi Rose confirmed to The Staten Island Advance on Aug. 5 that Rose had also received a subpoena, is not a target of Adler's investigation and would also be «cooperating fully» with the special prosecutor.

The state's highest court in a ruling on Tuesday found that a special prosecutor can continue an investigation into whether the labor - backed Working Families Party broke election laws during a 2009 Staten Island city council race.

The JCOPE report on Lopez and Silver's handling of the payments has been forwarded to the Legislative Ethics Commission, and Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, the special prosecutor in a separate investgiation of Lopez, has requested the report not be released.

The group of relatives, which included the mother of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man whose death in police custody set off a series of protests in New York and around the country, arrived at the Capitol demanding that the governor create a special prosecutor.

Conference leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins had previously said she supports appointing a special prosecutor, following the decision of a Staten Island grand jury not to indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner.

W.F.P. WOES CONTINUE — Rachel Goodman, City Councilman Brad Lander's chief of staff, has been indicted by a Staten Island grand jury as part of an ongoing investigation by special prosecutor Roger Adler into the 2009 campaign of Councilwoman Deborah Rose of Staten Island.

The Lopez scandal, which includes claims of sexual harassment made against him by two other women, is the subject of probes by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan who is acting as a special prosecutor.

The appointment of a special prosecutor was prompted by a number of recent incidents where civilians were killed by police, including Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who police put in a choke hold after Garner was accused of selling illegal cigarettes on the sidewalk.

The DN gave Donovan props for having the «spine» not to join in former GOP gubernatorial contender Rick Lazio's anti-moqsue drumbeat, for taking himself out of the running for the Independence Party line to investigate it (the probe resulted in no charges) and handing the case the grandson of his former boss, Staten Island BP James Molinaro, over to a special prosecutor.

He said Donovan had asked for a special prosecutor in 98 cases, with 87 cases approved by the court for handling by off - Island D.A.s..

Since 2005, Staten Island DA Donovan has been appointed special prosecutor on more than 150 Brooklyn cases.

In addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.

«The chief concern of those in the Assembly was mitigating the Assembly's damages,» said Daniel M. Donovan Jr., the special prosecutor, who is also the Staten Island district attorney.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, who served as special prosecutor for the case, wrote in a statement released on Wednesday morning that his investigation did not find Lopez's alleged harassment of two female staff members rose to the level of a criminal offense.

The appointment of a special prosecutor was prompted by a number of recent incidents where civilians were killed by police, including Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who police put in a choke hold after Garner was accused of selling illegal cigarettes.

A Brooklyn judge permitted an expansion of the probe by special prosecutor Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, to include the circumstances surrounding the secret settlement.

Staten Island District Attorney has been appointed as a special prosecutor in the case and the State's Joint Commission On Public Ethics is expected to begin its probe on Tuesday.

The Staten Island legislator backed by the party — Councilwoman Debi Rose — was named an un-indicted co-conspirator in an 18 - page criminal complaint that special prosecutor said defrauded the city's taxpayer - funded Campaign Finance Board.

The Court of Appeals ruled special prosecutor Roger Bennet Adler was «validly appointed» and that Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan was justified in recusing himself from the investigation.

Cuomo said the special prosecutor will work with the other district attorneys, including the district attorney in Suffolk County on Long Island, where one of the women detailed alleged abuse by Schneiderman after a party in the Hamptons.