A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City
in the federal corruption case against two Percoco, Alain Kaloyeros, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and five other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..
Leibell had asked for leniency
in his federal corruption case, suggesting that he instead join some sort of nation - building effort in the Middle East.
A former top adviser for Governor Andrew Cuomo, three executives from LPCiminelli and three other people have been indicted
in their federal corruption case.
Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (far left with son Pedro) was hit yesterday with two new charges - of making false statements -
in his federal corruption case.
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a Uniondale law firm that employed state Sen. Dean Skelos, who resigned as majority leader this year after he was charged
in a federal corruption case, also received three outside counsel contracts within the range just below the approval threshold: for $ 24,000, $ 24,900 and $ 25,000.
Singh, taking the stand for the first time as the government's star witness
in its federal corruption case against Mangano, retraced the arc of his life and career to the jury in the Central Islip courtroom.
Martins noted that he had instantly called for Republican County Executive Edward Mangano to resign last year upon Mangano being charged
in a federal corruption case, yet Curran still has not.
In court papers filed Monday
in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.
The bill comes after officials, including Republican County Executive Edward Mangano, who were arrested
in federal corruption cases, tapped their campaign funds to pay for their defense, as is allowed by law.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Former New York Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son have pleaded not guilty
in a federal corruption case.
Singas has focused on Nassau's procurement system since last spring, when former State Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, Adam, were charged
in a federal corruption case that related in part to the influencing of a Nassau County contract.
Nassau's contracting system came under scrutiny last May after then - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged
in a federal corruption case that included influencing the award of a county contract to a company that hired his son, Adam.
A Shelton developer, James Botti, was sentenced to six years in prison
in the federal corruption case, but Lauretti was never charged in the case.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sought to distance himself from many of the nine people charged
in a federal corruption case last month, saying they weren't part of his inner circle and he didn't know the details of their business relationships.
In court papers filed yesterday
in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, US Attorney Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.
Closing arguments continue
in the federal corruption case of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Manhattan.
Berke is a white - collar lawyer who once represented former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik
in a federal corruption case in which he was convicted.
Mr. Silver, who stepped down as speaker in 2015 after being charged
in a federal corruption case, declined to comment.
«It's just surreal,» said Jaron Benjamin a week after the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and on the day of closing arguments
in the federal corruption case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, knowing that those cases may have been bolstered by work he did years ago in the fight to strengthen the state's rent laws.
The former rainmaker was convicted last month on seven counts
in a federal corruption case tied to the Taub referrals and kickbacks from a real estate developer.
With the circumstances surrounding Howe's dismissal kept hush - hush, he went on to become a consultant with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna in DC and Albany, trading in on his ties to pals in the Cuomo administration, including his co-defendant
in the federal corruption case, Joe Percoco.
In 2015, then - state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged
in a federal corruption case involving a county stormwater treatment contract that went to a firm employing his son.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sought to distance himself from many of the nine people charged
in a federal corruption case last month, saying they weren't part of his inner circle and he didn't know the details of their business relationships.
Bharara won convictions
in federal corruption cases against New York's two most powerful legislative leaders: former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Percoco, a former top advisor to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pleaded not guilty
in a federal corruption case.
A key prosecution witness
in a federal corruption case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified Wednesday to his own yearslong criminal résumé that included fraud, embezzlement and lawsuits involving friends, family, his lawyers, a gym, a tutor and even a dog walker.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Already hit with criminal charges alleging that he took bribes
in a federal corruption case, New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran (R - 19th) is now facing an investigation by his own colleagues.
Sen. Joseph L. Bruno exits the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse in Albany December 2009 after being found guilty of two felony charges brought against
him in a federal corruption case.
Last week, two former New York State Assembly Democrats were sentenced
in federal corruption cases.
Prosecutors had charged Mangano in October
in a federal corruption case, and Mondello needed to select a new candidate that he thought could win in November.
The following table ranks each state based on total convictions and convictions per 10,000 residents of public officials
in federal corruption cases between 1976 and 2010.
Mr. Smith, a 56 - year - old Democrat, and Mr. Halloran, a Queens Republican, were among about a half dozen people facing charges
in the federal corruption case, the people with knowledge of the matter said.
Kramer previously reported that Barry Berke, the attorney who represented former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik
in his federal corruption case, is now representing de Blasio in the campaign fundraising investigation.
Skelos» private law practice has come under scrutiny
in the federal corruption case against him.
While former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate leader Dean Skelos were convicted
in federal corruption cases, any correspondence they may have had with those seeking official favors in exchange for gifts and payments weren't obtainable by the press or average citizens under current FOIL rules.
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.
Smith, who spent part of the session on trial
in a federal corruption case, missed 808 votes.
A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City
in the federal corruption case against two former top state officials and six other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..
Indeed, it's been an open secret in some circles at the State Capitol that Empire State Development and SUNY Polytechnic — and, more precisely Zemsky and Alain E. Kaloyeros, who was relieved of his executive duties at SUNY Poly last month after he and eight others were charged
in the federal corruption case — had little love for each other over at least the last year or so.
Since then, there has been churn in CPS» administrative ranks, nearly 50 school closings, a guilty plea from former district CEO Barbara Byrd - Bennett
in a federal corruption case, and continuing resistance from teachers to standardized testing.
Not exact matches
A
federal indictment
in New York
in the ongoing college basketball
corruption and bribery
case alleges that former Louisville coach Rick Pitino knew of a plan to pay recruit Brian Bowen and participated
in the plan.
.@YahooSports exclusive:
Federal documents taken from ASM Sports
in hoops
corruption case reveal extensive potential NCAA violations.
Attorneys for the co-founders of the Syracuse - based COR Development are urging the
federal judge
in their
corruption case to allow evidence that defends how their clients viewed economic development projects that have come under scrutiny
in the investigation.
Extraneous influences Malami, however, said
in tackling the
corruption cases, the
Federal Government would not be assuaged by what he called «extraneous influences» or action by available prima facie evidence.
The guilty verdict
in the
case of Joe Percoco was coupled with not guilty results for two prominent upstate developers who had also been accused of
corruption and bribery by
federal prosecutors.
As he did
in the wake of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's sentencing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a brief statement
in response to the five year sentence handed down by a
federal judge
in the
corruption case of ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
The NYT tells the story of the 2011 bootlegging
case that turned out to be the tip of a criminal scheme that within three years would be used as evidence
in an unimaginably larger
case, a
federal corruption investigation that would ultimately reach deep into New York City's highest offices of power.
Allegations of plagiarism from nearly three decades ago are once again dogging a central figure
in the
federal government's
corruption case against Alain Kaloyeros, the physics professor credited with creating the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute.
The defense continues to make its
case in the Joe Percoco
federal corruption trial
in Manhattan.
The prosecution could rest its
case as early as tomorrow morning
in the
federal political
corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, now
in its 10th week.