Sentences with phrase «against senator skelos»
The criminal complaint, unsealed on Monday, lays out corruption charges against Senator Skelos and his son, Adam B. Skelos, the latest scandal to seize Albany, and potentially alter its power structure.
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The case against Senator Skelos and his son grew out of a broad federal investigation focused on the younger man's business dealings, some of which were reported last month by The New York Times, including payments that AbTech made to Adam Skelos over the course of several years.
The charges against Senator Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, 32, were detailed in a six - count criminal complaint that quickly became mandatory reading material in the Capitol building.
Not exact matches
He's intent on running primary candidates against key WNY Republican senators and on ousting Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Even before Panepinto was elected, the SRCC sponsored an attack ad against him, and just last week his 13 - year - old misdemeanor was invoked in the GOP's defense of embattled State Senator Dean Skelos.
Brennan Center Responds to Senator Skelos's False Claims Last week, Senate Republican Conference leader Dean Skelos published an op - ed in the Albany Times - Union arguing against public financing of state elections.
The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association thanks Senator Dean Skelos and his conference for doing the right thing and not supporting this bill, along with Senators William Stachowski, Darrel Aubertine and David Valesky for putting principle above party politics and voting against S - 6005A.
The Republicans have a problem in that without throwing a bone to their own base upstate that regards Skelos only a step or two behind Cuomo on the «personification of evil» scale, they risk that base vote staying home in close races next year or, even worse, primaries against the senators who voted for Flanagan last week.
«Senator Skelos and his son, Adam, can then begin their vigorous defense against these charges, as is their right.»
This year, he has brought cases against the leaders of both houses of New York's Legislature, Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and Senator Dean G. Skelos.
In the following four years, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara won convictions against or guilty pleas from former senators Dean Skelos, Carl Kruger, Hiram Monserrate, Malcolm Smith, Nick Spano and Tom Libous, as well as former Assembly members Sheldon Silver, Eric Stevenson, Nelson Castro and Gabriela Rosa.
Senator Skelos responds that he's going to run against Cuomo as retaliation («He's full of shit.»)
The charges against Skelos allege that the senator asked the developer to steer money to his son in exchange for his support on issues like rent control.
Skelos» legacy as majority leader includes allowing senators to vote for the first time on bills that legalized gay marriage and the NY Safe Act, a strict gun control measure, although Skelos personally voted against both laws.
Abtech Holdings, Inc., the company at the center of federal charges against State Senator Dean Skelos and his son, has suffered a «tremendous setback» due to the suspension of its work in Nassau County, a company executive said.
IDC Leader Jeff Klein, whose breakaway Democratic conference has a relationship — though no longer a power - sharing deal — with the Senate Republicans, issued a statement calling the corruption charges outlined today by the US attorney against Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos «serious and distburing,» but did not join fellow Democrats in calling for the senator to give up his leadership post.
«I am not rendering judgment as to his guilt or innocence and I hope Senator Skelos is found innocent of the charges levied against him,» he said.
The founder of the struggling environmental services company at the heart of the federal corruption case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, testified at their trial yesterday that days after Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, the senator provided valuable business intelligence that the company felt would be helpful.
All of those bills are being allowed by the Republican - controlled Senate — against the will of the Republican voters in the State — but Senator Skelos will reap many benefits from those votes without being blamed for them and without being held accountable.
LLCs have figured into the corruption charges against both Senator Dean Skelos, and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos acknowledges that the state's Conservative Party, which cross endorses many GOP Senators for reelection, is against the measure, but he says he was opposed before that because the amount 25 grams, is set too high.
State Senator Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference, has supported de Blasio's tax plan, and was among the officials and advocates who raged against Skelos» declaration.
Citing an expanded indictment against the former state senator and his son, The New York Times revealed on Wednesday that Adam Skelos, 32, allegedly threatened to «smash in» his boss» head and hurled insults at him at the malpractice insurance company where he worked.
On Tuesday, Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky will face off against Republican Chris McGrath to fill the seat vacated upon the felony conviction of former senator Dean Skelos last year.
On Tuesday, Senator Skelos introduced himself to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the man responsible for the high - profile corruption cases against Sheldon Silver, who was convicted last month, and Skelos.
Former Senator Skelos, left, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, center, leaving Federal District Court in Manhattan this month after being convicted on all counts in the corruption case against them.
He won convictions in public corruption cases against New York State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and State Senator Dean Skelos, and also brought insider trading charges against Bernie Madoff.
Democratic Sen. Michael Gianaris said he was «troubled» by the allegations against Skelos, adding: «Senator Skelos should now step down as Majority Leader for the good of our state and in the interest of allowing the remaining weeks of our legislative session to proceed without distraction.
Senate session went on as planned Monday afternoon, with little of substance being discussed and many Republican Senators expressing solidarity with Skelos, the man who kept them in power against the odds.
ALBANY — Federal prosecutors in the corruption case against state Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, on Thursday filed a 164 - page letter detailing the application for a wiretap against the two defendants.
The race to succeed the disgraced Sen. Skelos pitted upstate senators against downstate ones.
The case against State Sen. Dean Skelos, 67, former majority leader, contends that Glenwood funneled a $ 20,000 payment to the senator's son and helped him get work as a consultant at an environmental technology company, a field in which he had no experience.
Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the southern district of Manhattan, brought charges against both Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and State Senator Dean Skelos that prompted their replacement as members of the infamous «three men in a room.»
In a 90 - minute closing argument, Christopher P. Conniff, a defense lawyer, told jurors that the case against State Senator Dean G. Skelos and his son, Adam, amounted to little more than distractions, snippets of conversations taken out of context, and self - serving lies from two central witnesses.
According to an expanded indictment filed Tuesday by federal prosecutors against Adam Skelos and his father, State Senator Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, Adam Skelos allegedly threatened to «smash in» his boss's head.