Sentences with phrase «after assembly speaker»

The vote to approve nearly a half - billion dollars in new funding for the Solar City factory in Buffalo was delayed for a week after the Assembly speaker and Senate leader said they lacked information about the projects.

Anybody wanting to slap Sheldon Silver in the face yesterday after the Assembly speaker killed congestion pricing (ahem, Michael) may have had some satisfaction in the morning when he saw that the press did it for him.

Not exact matches

So dramatic has the upheaval been at the state Capitol after the Assembly transitioned from Silver to Carl Heastie that even public information brochures identifying Silver as speaker have been discarded.

The longtime speaker of the Assembly, Silver was removed from the post after his arrest on corruption charges, but remained in the chamber pending the outcome of his trial.

Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, had pledged to strengthen the Assembly's open government regulations after he was elected speaker in February, replacing Sheldon Silver, who is under indictment.

Sheldon Silver, the former powerful Democratic speaker of the state Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges less than a year after his first conviction on the same charges was thrown out.

The attorney, Gary Klein, said on Tuesday that after Mr. Silver, then the New York state Assembly speaker, complained about delays between the time a check was signed and when it was mailed, Mr. Klein took to depositing them himself in Mr. Silver's HSBC account, a duty...

Of the 150 current members of the lower house, 124 were first elected to office after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver became speaker.

Consider the time he waited to indict Shelly Silver, the decades - long speaker of the Assembly, a sphinx - like figure who stood as permanent pillar of power over successive governments in Albany, until the day after Silver stood on stage with Cuomo at the annual State of the State address.

-- SILVER IS GUILTY AGAIN — Wall Street Journal's Corinne Ramey: «Sheldon Silver, former longtime speaker of New York's Assembly and once one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, was convicted Friday of all counts after his retrial on public - corruption charges.

The former Assembly speaker was immediately removed from the legislature after being found guilty on seven counts of corruption.

The proposals come two and a half weeks after the Democratic Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver was arrested on corruption charges, and one week after he resigned as speaker.

Mr. Jenkins is a veteran Democratic consultant and lobbyist, but his stock shot through the roof after his old college roommate, Carl Heastie, was elected speaker of the Assembly.

A cloud hung over Meara Avella Dickinson after it was widely reported that a partner in the firm, veteran lobbyist Brian Meara, was cooperating in Mr. Bharara's corruption case against Mr. Silver, the former Assembly speaker.

After opening statements that alleged «bribes and kickbacks, illegally conducted,» prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office used Paulin's testimony to establish how the Assembly operated under then - speaker Silver.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A judge said Thursday that the retrial of New York's former assembly speaker will proceed on schedule after his «Hail Mary» appeal to the Supreme Court failed.

Paulin said that negotiations over high - profile legislation, such as the state budget, was largely done by the speaker's office, with members typically learning about the fate of the chamber's priorities after the Assembly leader had finalized deals with the state Senate and Governor's office.

In February, sources told The Post that the courthouse was under federal investigation over its alleged ties to Silver, who was forced to give up his role as Assembly speaker after being indicted on federal corruption charges.

Atkins, 55, is in her first four - year term as a senator after six years in the Assembly, where she also set a milestone as the first openly gay woman to serve as speaker.

This morning, Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly, was arrested on corruption charges, hours after the Times broke the story — and barely half a day after Silver sat smiling onstage as Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state government.

Republicans in the New York State Senate are in talks with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about legislative ethics reforms as demands for changes mount after the recent arrest of the former Assembly speaker.

We sit down with Joe Morelle, the majority leader of the State Assembly, and discuss the issues around the Sheldon Silver incidents (including the indictment that came down during the program), who may be the next assembly speaker after he pulled himself out of contention, and the status of the Democratic party in MonroeAssembly, and discuss the issues around the Sheldon Silver incidents (including the indictment that came down during the program), who may be the next assembly speaker after he pulled himself out of contention, and the status of the Democratic party in Monroeassembly speaker after he pulled himself out of contention, and the status of the Democratic party in Monroe County.

The proposals come two - and - a-half weeks after the Democratic Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, was arrested on corruption charges, and one week after he resigned as speaker.

-- At Sheldon Silver's trial, lobbyist Brian Meara testified that he was worried and concerned after learning that the powerful assembly speaker was receiving a share of legal fees from Glenwood Management.

He's had to develop a relationship with a new state Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie, after corruption charges toppled longtime speaker Sheldon Silver from the rostrum and from his seat in closed - door budget discussions with the other leaders.

Paterson, who became governor after Spitzer resigned amid his own scandal in 2008, told The Post, «Records now show that the last four Senate majority leaders, not counting Skelos, have been indicted, that two of the last four Assembly speakers were indicted, and one of the last three governors had to resign.

Sheldon Silver is certainly skating on thin ice legally — and after court Tuesday, the embattled former Assembly speaker almost fell flat on his keister!

«As the former Assembly speaker and former Senate majority leader are about to be sentenced after their corruption convictions, corruption is very much the issue for New Yorkers right now,» said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg.

Mr. Silver, who resigned on Monday as speaker after being arrested on federal corruption charges in January, was accused of essentially facilitating the harassment by not acting forcefully to prevent Mr. Lopez's behavior as leader of the Assembly, which was also named as a defendant in one of the lawsuits.

He stepped down as speaker after his January arrest, but he retains the lower Manhattan Assembly seat he has held for nearly 40 years.

Silver stepped down from his speaker post after his January arrest but retained his Assembly seat

Sheldon Silver, a former speaker of the New York Assembly, leaving federal court in Manhattan on Monday evening after being found guilty on all counts in his corruption trial.

The measures are being pushed for nearly two months into the legislative session, which comes after a year in which both the former speaker in the Assembly and ex-Senate majority leader were convicted in separate corruption cases.

Former Assembly legislative aide Elizabeth Crothers revealed that she received a threatening letter from Silver's office in 2003 — two years after she accused the speaker's counsel, Michael Boxley, of rape.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a one - time sponsor of the legislation before he pulled his name from all his bills after being elected speaker, said there was «no decision» but the conference continued to discuss the issue.

The government wrapped up nearly three weeks of testimony and evidence in its corruption case against former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, resting its case after calling two witnesses who testified in support of the money - laundering charges against the assemblyman.

Calls for anti-corruption legislation grew late last year after the convictions of the former Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos in the Senate, in separate corruption cases.

Weeks after both the ex-Senate majority leader and former Assembly speaker were forced from office following their corruption convictions, a combined 89 percent of voters told Siena that corruption remains a serious problem in Albany.

The former New York Assembly speaker's retrial on federal corruption charges will begin on Monday, after his previous conviction was overturned.

state Senate majority leader Warren Anderson fumed to reporters after emerging from a «three - men - in - a-room» meeting with Cuomo and Assembly speaker Stanley Fink.

Cuomo, who has said ethics changes are a top priority as he negotiates a budget, said the agreement matches the five principles he sketched out after the arrest and ouster of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver.

Silver, who gave up his speaker position but retained his assembly seat after his January arrest, has been on trial simultaneously with state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son on charges that the Republican badgered companies to give his son more than $ 300,000 in exchange for his political support.

Mr. Silver, the once powerful Assembly speaker in New York, is being retried on public corruption charges, after an early conviction was overturned.

WASHINGTON — A day after Mayor Bill de Blasio defended Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as a «man of integrity,» he acknowledged that the speaker's arrest on corruption charges would create a «different» atmosphere in Albany and the upcoming legislative session.

Stewart - Cousins said that the usual «three men in a room» negotiation process, which for decades had been dominated by a cast of mostly white men, was ripe for reform after an arrest that led to a change in Assembly speakers.

Secondary jobs held by state legislators have come under increased scrutiny in recent years after the arrests of former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno, former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, Senator Carl Kruger and Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio on charges related to their outside income.

The Assembly's proposal was released after business hours on Friday by Speaker Carl E. Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, who rose to power last year after the arrest of the past speaker, Sheldon Silver, who was convicted of federal corruption charges in November.

Almost immediately after news of the arrest was reported, the speaker's regular Republican critics were joined by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and State Senator Brad Hoylman, a reformist Democrat from the West Side of Manhattan, in calls to step down.

Rapfogel made $ 180,503 annually as Silver's chief of staff and stayed by his side after Assembly Democrats removed him as speaker following his January indictment.

There has been one consistently formidable force in state politics before, during, and after all the upheavals: The speaker of the State Assembly, Sheldon Silver.