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In September, the day after federal corruption charges were filed against now - former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros and others, the Cuomo administration released a memo from Guidepost titled «Summary Findings and Review Protocols.»
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While roughly three dozen people rallied in support of Silver after federal corruption charges against him were announced on Thursday, the less senior members who have been stifled under the current system have grown increasingly restive.
Three months later, after necessary bureaucratic rigamarole and the downfall of a Senate leader after federal corruption charges, the job posting for the executive - director position of the new Assembly Office of Ethics & Compliance is now on Monster.
Not exact matches
The Democrats went on to lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, and now they're in the crosshairs yet again after their former Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Kruger, has been hit with federal corruption charges in a complaint that makes it clear he tried hard to influence key members of the conference — including «Senate Leader No. 1» — whoever that might be.
Vincent Tabone informed Queens Republican Chairman Phil Ragusa he was stepping down a day after he and five others were arrested in a bribery scheme and now face federal corruption charges.
So it's no wonder he blocked efforts to remove Skelos from power after his indictment on federal corruption charges.»
Cuomo has long been an ally of the departing Republican Nassau County executive, Ed Mangano, who declined to seek re-election after being hit with federal corruption charges.
FBI officals confim that former Senate Minority Leader John Sampson is un custody after turning himself into federal officials earlier this morning on public corruption charges.
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.
Cuomo said he wants to include major reforms in his State of the State agenda after federal juries lost no time finding former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son guilty of multiple corruption charges late in 2015.
After Skelos was arrested on federal corruption charges in early 2015, Martins initially said he should keep his leadership post.
That's after a scandal led to federal corruption charges against nine former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
He replaced 16 - year incumbent Thomas Spota, who stepped down last month after he and his top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, were indicted on federal charges that they were involved in a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in 2012.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, will not seek a third term on the Republican line after he missed yesterday's deadline to submit ballot petitions.
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.
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.
Then again, the ValleyCats» stadium is named after former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who was welcomed back to throw out the first pitch for the home opener three weeks ago — which was six weeks after his reindictment on federal corruption charges.
Federal prosecutors are seeking to retry U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez on bribery and corruption charges after an earlier trial ended in a deadlocked jury last fall.
SUNY Poly's seemingly precarious financial state — particularly since former president Alain Kaloyeros resigned in October after state and federal corruption charges were filed against him related to his oversight of bidding processes at two of the school's affiliated nonprofits — has been widely reported, but the internal documents offer a rare glimpse at how the crisis has been perceived and deliberated internally.
Silver was forced from office after being convicted on federal corruption charges late last year.
SUNY Poly's seemingly precarious financial state — particularly since former president Alain Kaloyeros resigned in October after state and federal corruption charges were filed against him related to his oversight of bidding processes at two of the school's affiliated nonprofits — has been
The proposals come after a corruption wave at the Capitol that's led to prison sentences for both former legislative leaders, jail time for a former state comptroller and federal charges, including bribery and bid - rigging, against nine Cuomo associates.
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver walks from federal court after being found guilty of all charges in his corruption case Friday.
The appellate ruling is part of a multipronged court battle between Tinari forces and dissidents who say the party is still under the control of ex-Conservative chairman Edward Walsh, who is in federal prison after his conviction on corruption charges.
Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.
Silver was forced from office after being convicted of federal corruption charges.
Silver was indicted by a grand jury last week on three counts, after having been arrested in late January and charged with five counts of federal corruption.
After a successful attack on corruption in New York's state government, the hard - charging federal prosecutor in Manhattan appears to have set his sights on New York City.
Ex-assemblyman Eric Stevenson was forced to resign after being convicted of corruption charges in federal court earlier this year.
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.
He resigned as speaker Feb. 2, 2015, after being arraigned Jan. 22 on corruption charges in federal court in Manhattan.
State Senate Republicans have been huddling behind closed doors, trying to resolve a leadership crisis now that Majority Leader Dean Skelos has lost the support of his GOP members, after being charged with six federal counts of corruption.
Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, after being sentenced to 12 years on corruption charges.
The 70 - year - old Manhattan Democrat had already announced that he would relinquish the position he held for 21 years after he was arrested last week on federal corruption charges.
FILE — Dean Skelos, and his son Adam Skelos, leave Manhattan Federal Court after being found guilty on all counts of corruption charges in New York, Dec. 11, 2015.
ALBANY — The day after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted of federal corruption charges he filed for a state pension that makes him eligible for an estimated $ 85,000 to $ 98,000 in annual benefits.
That's because Republican Dean Skelos of Long Island resigned as leader of the state senate on Monday after being brought up on federal corruption charges.
Earlier this year, the Democratic Speaker of the Assembly, Sheldon Silver, gave up his leadership position after being brought up on federal corruption charges too.
He succeeded Sheldon Silver, who resigned his post after being arrested on federal corruption charges.
On the first day of presenting their defense cases Thursday, their lawyers urged a federal judge to dismiss the charges on a number of grounds, not the least of which, they said, is that the government has failed to prove corruption occurred after nearly five weeks of prosecution witnesses and evidence.
The business was registered with the Department of State last November — a month after Monserrate was indicted on separate federal corruption charges — under the name «Papaya Pizza Corp..»
State Sen. John DeFrancisco is Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and was involved in the leadership battle in the Senate when former leader Dean Skelos resigned as Majority Leader after being arrested on federal corruption charges.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who turned himself in to federal authorities on corruption charges Monday, will remain as the head of the Senate, his republican members announced after a more than three hour closed door meeting Monday night.
After two long days of closed door meetings, as Assembly Democrats reacted to the mounting fallout from Silver's arrest on federal corruption charges, the Democrats now say Silver will leave his post.
Democrat Laura Curran — who won her primary decisively on Tuesday — and Republican Jack Martins each kicked off the race to Nov. 7 by releasing television ads focused on proposals to restore trust in government after the arrest last year of Republican County Executive Edward Mangano on federal corruption charges.
New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam leave Southern District Federal Court in Manhattan after his initial hearing on corruption charges on Monday, May 4, 2015.
Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.
ALBANY — After hours behind closed doors Monday, Republican members of the State Senate said they were sticking by Majority Leader Dean Skelos as he fights federal corruption charges.
The mayor said that if lawmakers don't act on reforms, they'll lose a shot at redemption after a year in which leaders in both houses of the Legislature have been arrested on federal corruption charges.
Four days after turning himself in to face federal corruption charges, Sen. Carl Kruger has asked to speak today to his Democratic colleagues at their closed - door pre-session meeting to deliver what has been characterized to Senate staffers as an «apology.»