Sentences with phrase «york corruption trial»

NEW YORK CITY — The government's star witness Todd Howe won't testify in the New York corruption trial until next week.

NEW YORK CITY — Former top governor's aide Joseph Percoco did not have much to say after he was convicted of three of the six counts he faced in the New York corruption trial.

NEW YORK CITY — Testimony in the New York corruption trial today revealed how a strongly - worded email from a top governor's aide led to a raise for a Syracuse developer's son.

NEW YORK CITY — Three jurors begged the judge to be excused from the New York corruption trial today, indicating there is no end in sight to their deliberations.

Peter Galbraith Kelly, a former executive with Competitive Power Ventures Holdings, arrives for at court in New York his corruption trial.

To the growing annals of New York corruption trial history, enter Tuesday, March 13: the day a long - deliberating jury found Joseph Percoco guilty of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and solicitation of bribes (he was also found not guilty of other charges).

-- STILL NO PERCOCO VERDICT — New York Times» Vivian Wang and Benjamin Weiser: «The jury in a major New York corruption trial announced for the second time that it was deadlocked, dimming the prospects once again for a verdict in the trial of a former senior aide to Cuomo.

NEW YORK CITY — As the seventh week of the New York corruption trial comes to a close, jurors have not yet reached a verdict.

Not exact matches

Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

«This continual parade of corruption trials of New York's public officials has become a national embarrassment,» Schorr said.

As the corruption trial of his former close aide and confidant Joe Percoco played out in New York City, Gov. Andrew Cuomo stuck to a largely similar script when asked about the details of the testimony.

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..

In this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state goverTrials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state govertrials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state government.

Jury deliberations in the corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco appeared to have run aground on their fourth day, as three jurors issued notes asking to be excused from the case, with one expressing concern about the storm expected to slam the New York City metro area; and another saying that she has sick children.

As the former leader of the New York State Assembly is currently on trial for his life, and a second former State leader is expected to begin his corruption trial next week, I probably don't need to tell you that frustration with the current state of affairs could encourage moderate and independent voters to embrace a party promising — well, reform.

But state Republican Chairman Ed Cox said the race will be a referendum on Cuomo, and said persistent problems with the New York City subways, uneven economic recovery in upstate areas and ongoing corruption trials involving Cuomo's close confidants are all working in the GOP's favor.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The second trial for New York's former assembly speaker is likely to be a repeat of a 2015 trial but with language that will conform to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowing the definition of corruption.

Glenwood Management has topped headlines for over a year now thanks to its high - volume donations throughout New York state, as well as its ties to former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-State Senate Leader Dean Skelos, both of whom are currently and separately on trial for corruption.

«While Andrew Cuomo is steeped in a massive corruption trial of his pay - to - play administration, the New York Republican Party is putting forth candidates with the experience and vision to fix our state,» Cox said in a statement.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Dozens of politicians, business leaders, union officials and others could be mentioned during the upcoming corruption trial of a high - ranking New York official, two Syracuse developers and another business executive, according to a list released by the court Friday.

And so it begins: Call it the kick off to New York's «corruption palooza; the first of the now seven corruption cases go to trial.

In the Kaminsky - McGrath race, for example, the Communications Workers of America PAC, which endorsed Kaminsky, gave $ 109,600 to Nassau Democrats on April 12, while the state Trial Lawyers Association's PAC, which has backed a GOP - led Senate, gave more than $ 100,000 to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption conviction.

But she declined to criticize New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, a friend of hers, whose name has been dragged into a Nassau County corruption trial.

Blair Horner with the New York Public Interest Research Group said if past corruption trials are any indication, there will be plenty of unflattering testimony about the inner workings of Cuomo's government.

Cuomo's eighth State of the State address occurred against a backdrop of widening state deficit that stands at $ 4 billion and counting, a potential $ 2 billion revenue loss in federal aid, a beleaguered New York City subway system, an uneasy State Senate and an flurry of upcoming political - corruption trials.

It was the final shoe to drop in the federal corruption trial of Sheldon Silver, the man who was once the most powerful Democrat in New York State, who looked haggard and forlorn in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.

«Depending on what happens in the trials, the corruption parade could drive the session,» said Blair Horner, a longtime state government watchdog with the New York Public Interest Research Group.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is preparing his eighth State of the State address against a backdrop of a widening state deficit, a potential revenue hit from Washington, a beleaguered New York City subway system, an uneasy state Senate and an array of political - corruption trials.

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Politicians on two New York state ethics committees raked in nearly a quarter of a million dollars from companies controlled by Glenwood Management — the developer at the center of corruption trials that ended in convictions for two of Albany's top power brokers.

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

NEW YORK (AP) For the second time in a month, one of New York State's biggest political figures is going on trial on corruption charges.

DeFrancisco, 71, immediately emphasized what he sees as the governor's vulnerabilities: several economic development projects in upstate New York that have sputtered, chronic delays in the New York City subway system and a corruption trial involving the 60 - year - old governor's close confidant Joe Percoco — the first of six trials this year involving state figures.

Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, left, exits a federal courthouse in Manhattan after being found guilty on all counts in his corruption trial, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.

«We need only look at the trials of former leaders Silver and Skelos to realize that our state has a long way to go to in responding to the crime wave of corruption — let alone the recent State Integrity Report that gave New York a D - minus for public integrity.»

For the second time in a month, one of New York State's biggest political figures is going on trial on corruption charges.

The case, now being deliberated by a jury, is one of the first major public corruption trials in New York since a landmark 2016 Supreme Court ruling significantly narrowed the definition of what actually constitutes public corruption.

It's not clear what the source of the decline is, but it does come as the corruption trial of his former close aide Joe Percoco is underway in New York City.

While the corruption trial of a former top governor's aide and two Syracuse business executives in New York City promises to be dense and lengthy, it has already had its odder moments.

CIVIC CENTER — The corruption trial that rocked New York State from Albany to Lower Manhattan has some hoping a new day is dawning in the state capitol, where dozens of legislators have been convicted of corruption and abusing their office for personal gain over the last several years.

Catalfamo was referring to the corruption trial in New York City of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

WAMC's political observer Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with WAMC's Brian Shields about the verdict Friday afternoon in the federal corruption trial of Dean Skelos, the former New York state Senate Majority Leader, and his adult son, Adam.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been found guilty on all counts in a federal corruption trial.

Joseph Percoco pushed for money for a New York film hub, a state budget official testifies at the ex-aide's corruption trial.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to bar any mention of decisions not to prosecute New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the corruption trial next month of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

A federal judge Wednesday barred any mention of law enforcement decisions not to prosecute New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the upcoming corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

Randall W. Jackson, a former federal prosecutor who in 2012 helped to try and convict Larry B. Seabrook, a Democrat who was then a member of the New York City Council, said that in public corruption trials, a defendant had «the potential to change even the physical dynamics of the courtroom.»

Lawyers for former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos have asked a federal appeals court for a new trial in his corruption conviction.

New York State Senate Republicans on the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole that has played a role in recent corruption trials of former legislative leaders, but doing so might have doomed the measure for the 2016 session.

The head of Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs say he doesn't think federal corruption trials now taking place will have any effect on some of the projects.