Sentences with phrase «skelos on corruption charges»

State Sen. Tony Avella said he was abruptly reassigned to a different committee in May following the arrest of then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on corruption charges.

The anti-corruption crusader succeeded in convicting not only Silver but ex-State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on corruption charges this past December.

Bharara, whose office also successfully prosecuted former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on corruption charges, spoke at an evening forum at the College of St. Rose.

Convening barely a month after the convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on corruption charges, the Legislature's new leaders vowed to move beyond the turmoil of the past year but already appeared at odds over what steps, if any, to take.

Flanagan ascended to the majority leader post in May 2015 following the arrest of Sen. Dean Skelos on corruption charges.

Flanagan assumed the majority leader's post last year following the arrest of former Sen. Dean Skelos on corruption charges.

Not exact matches

Skelos surrendered his seat in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

Republican former Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam are due in court this morning to be sentenced following their December convictions on corruption charges.

Skelos, who was forced from office in December, is due to be sentenced on corruption charges later this month.

The race for the seat was kicked off after former Majority Leader Dean Skelos in December was ousted from his seat after he was convicted on corruption charges.

His campaign has focused heavily on ethics and anti-corruption measures, a theme that he hopes resonates with voters after the ouster of disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was convicted on corruption charges in December.

While Kaminsky has campaign heavily on anti-corruption and ethics in the wake of Skelos's conviction on corruption charges, Republicans have pointed to the negative consequences of a Democratic Senate in Albany.

Nevertheless, Democrats plan to continue their criticism of Larkin for backing the leadership of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted late last year following his conviction on felony corruption charges.

The race is a closely watched special election to replace Skelos, who was removed from office in December following a conviction on corruption charges.

The push from Senate Republicans comes after Democrats successfully flipped the district on Long Island once held by former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

So it's no wonder he blocked efforts to remove Skelos from power after his indictment on federal corruption charges.»

The commercial then switches tone, knocking McGrath, a first - time candidate, as «an insider from the Skelos machine» — referring to Republican former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who stepped down in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

Skelos was removed from office in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

A spokesman for the Senate Democrats declined to comment, but questioned how much money Republicans have received over the years from ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is being retried later this spring on corruption charges.

After Skelos was arrested on federal corruption charges in early 2015, Martins initially said he should keep his leadership post.

This spring, former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos face retrial on corruption charges, after their initial convictions were thrown out on appeal.

The second of the state legislature's two former leaders has now been convicted on multiple corruption charges after a jury lost no time in finding former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty on all eight counts.

Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam, 32, were arrested Monday by federal authorities on corruption charges.

Would a gift ban have stopped former State Sen. Dean Skelos — whose conviction on federal corruption charges was reversed — from pushing a county contract that also benefited his son, Adam?

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is set to be sentenced Thursday on federal corruption charges.

Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay over $ 334,000 in restitution after his conviction on corruption charges.

(Nine months later, Mr. Skelos was convicted on unrelated corruption charges.)

Attorneys representing former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted, along with his son Adam, on corruption charges, have — like Silver's lawyers — used the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of former Gov. Bob McDonald to appeal the conviction of the ex-Long Island Republican lawmaker.

Democrats walked out of the Senate in protest yesterday after Republicans blocked their effort to oust the majority leader, Dean Skelos, following his arrest on federal corruption charges.

Mr. Silver got arrested on corruption charges, as did former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

It helps that the sentencings of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, both convicted last year on corruption charges, are set for April 13.

Before the conference met behind closed doors on Monday, DeFrancisco indicated he had enough votes to succeed Senator Dean Skelos, who stepped down as majority leader amid corruption charges.

Also Monday, the legislature agreed to advertise for an independent inspector general — a position advocated by Democrats and later Republicans after former State Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, Adam, were convicted in 2015 on corruption charges involving a Nassau contract.

Dean Skelos, son Adam arrive at court Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.

The voting wrapped up a session clouded by federal investigations into corruption and the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) to federal prison on bribery and extortion charges.

Kaminsky and McGrath are vying for the 9th Senate District seat, which was vacated in December when Skelos was convicted on federal corruption charges.

Charles Lavine (D - Glen Cove), two of three candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for county executive, criticized Martins Wednesday for his past support of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was convicted last year on federal corruption charges.

Covello's term ended in December — the same month Skelos and his son were convicted on public corruption charges — and he was serving in a holdover capacity.

Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges in May.

Democrats say a Martins congressional candidacy could create concerns among GOP officials who are trying to hang onto a narrow State Senate majority, following the conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) on federal corruption charges.

Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino criticized Senate GOP lawmakers on Tuesday for not moving to have Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos step down from his leadership post as he fights corruption charges.

The campaign to retain the seat is also an early test for Flanagan, who ascended to the leadership post in May following Dean Skelos's arrest on corruption charges.

In the wake of the arrest of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges this morning, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the 2014 GOP gubernatorial candidate, issued a statement expressing «confidence» that the Long Island lawmaker «will do the right thing and promptly resign his leadership position.»

Silver, who was arrested on corruption charges just months prior to Skelos, had his conviction tossed this summer when a judge determined the jury was given incorrect instructions.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam were found guilty on all charges in their corruption case.

A former corruption prosecutor has claimed victory in the race to fill the vacant seat of former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who was was ousted by a conviction on corruption charges — but his opponent says it's too close to call.

As lawmakers awaited the bills to be printed, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who's been on the job for only a short time, after former leader Dean Skelos resigned over the corruption charges, seems relieved to have it all behind him.

A McGrath victory would restore the outright majority the GOP had before Skelos was convicted on corruption charges and forced to step down late last year.

Mulverhill said, referring to the conviction of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges.

The special elections on Tuesday for the seats formerly held by Dean G. Skelos and Sheldon Silver, the two state legislative leaders who were forced to depart Albany after being convicted on corruption charges last year, were supposed to be a test of how long a shadow corruption could cast on a race.