Sentences with phrase «silver lined his pockets»

Silvers lawyers two weeks ago claimed that statements Bharara made about the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

The lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — claiming public statements that Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara made about the case «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

A lobbyist for the real - estate firm that helped former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver line his pockets testified Monday that company higher - ups realized too late that they were dealing with the...

Lobbyist Richard Runes, who represented the real - estate firm that helped former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver line his pockets testified that Glenwood Management's entanglement with the ex-Albany powerhouse was like «holding a tiger by the tail.»

A lobbyist for the real - estate firm that helped former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver line his pockets testified Monday that company higher - ups realized too late that they were dealing with the devil.

The indictment alleges that Silver lined his pockets by helping real estate interests seek tax abatements.

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Last month the U.S. attorney charged Silver with using his public position to line his pockets.

Silver, 71, was indicted in January on corruption charges alleging that he abused his political power in order to line his pockets with more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks dating back to 2000.

The rest of the liberal pigs will coddle your disdain... GEP couldn't get things done in Albany the way he wanted to and should have, because of the cesspool that Sheldon Silver has presided over as lifeguard... It's about time your dirty little secrets of cronyism and pandering to line your own pockets is exposed... Leaders with integrity like Gov. Pataki have taken the loudmouthed and ignorant bile your type has been doling out for far too long... I hope Silver does time, as he should, and his assets along with the reputation of W&L Attorneys is forever tarnished....

Sheldon Silver is lining his pockets with gold.

After all of these years I'm still trying to figure out what, if any, good things Sheldon Silver has done for the state of NY and its people besides lining his own pocket.

Four years later, Taub is poised to be a star government witness as Silver's high - stakes corruption trial begins Monday in federal court in Manhattan on charges that the now ex-speaker used his Albany power to line his pockets with nearly $ 4 million by delivering — for a price.

Crain's reported this afternoon that the complaint, in which Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara accuses Silver of using his political power to line his own pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from law firm Goldberg & Iryami, cites an unnamed «Developer 1» who was the largest political donor on the state level since 2005.

«This is a case about a powerful politician who betrayed those he was supposed to serve in order to line his own pockets,» she said, returning to the $ 4 million in total payments Silver collected.

The commission was looking into possible misdeeds by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was indicted in February for allegedly lining his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000.

Perhaps if Assemblyman Silver and his cronies hadn't focused so hard over the last 40 plus years on enriching themselves and lining their own pockets to the detriment of our residents, we would have had housing and jobs built on land that they made certain would lay fallow for generations.

Last week Manhattan Federal Judge Valerie Caproni allowed Silver — who lined his pockets through two secret payment schemes — to delay paying off the $ 5.3 million money judgment he owes.

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But in what could be viewed as providential, Silver was charged — the day after Cuomo's fiery talk — with lining his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a massive abuse of power dating back at least 15 years.

As I've frequently said on these boards, anyone that thinks that converting to an academy is a silver bullet that will cure all ills by itself is as misguided and foolish as those conspiracy theorists that think all people involved in academies are evil and only interested in lining their own pockets.

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The silver lining is that as I was searching Google looking for real estate software similar to the majic Property Farm (which I never got to use so it may be really good) I stumbled onto guess where... Bigger Pockets.