Sentences with phrase «arrested in federal corruption cases»
The bill comes after officials, including Republican County Executive Edward Mangano, who were arrested in federal corruption cases, tapped their campaign funds to pay for their defense, as is allowed by law.
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It's up to lawmakers to pick their leader, Cuomo said, echoing similar statements he made earlier this year when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested in an unrelated federal corruption case.
She said Wednesday that while corruption cases can take months to build, her office remained committed to launching such probes in the wake of Skelos» arrest and last month's arrest of Oyster Bay contractor Harendra Singh on federal bribery charges.
Outside income was also at the heart of the case against Sheldon Silver, the Manhattan Democrat who served as the Assembly speaker for two decades before being arrested on federal corruption charges in January 2015.