Sentences with phrase «as special prosecutor in cases»

Jeffries presented Cuomo with an award marking Cuomo's Executive Order 147, which appointed the attorney general as a special prosecutor in all cases of police killing unarmed civilians.

Cuomo's feud with de Blasio appears to be helping insulate him from backlash he has faced from police unions for signing an executive order giving the Attorney General the ability to act as special prosecutor in cases where police kill unarmed civilians.

The organization, of which Schneiderman had been a member before his resignation, has had a prickly relationship with Cuomo over the governor's 2015 executive order that gave Schneiderman the authority to intervene as a special prosecutor in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

Senators rejected that proposal, so Cuomo appointed the state's Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor in the cases.

District attorneys around New York are still trying to clarify a recent executive order from Cuomo that appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

The base - tending started earlier this month, as Cuomo trumpeted an executive order designating Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor in cases where civilians die at the hands of police.

That order appoints Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor in cases where a police officer kills an unarmed civilian, or there's question of whether the person was armed.

The order appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

In addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.

Schneiderman and his former office are both being investigate by Singas, appointed on Tuesday as the special prosecutor in the case by Cuomo.

Staten Island District Attorney has been appointed as a special prosecutor in the case and the State's Joint Commission On Public Ethics is expected to begin its probe on Tuesday.

Not exact matches

The decision in this case was taken by Mr Rene Barclay, a senior and very experienced prosecutor, in consultation with Sue Hemming, the Head of Special Crime Division and in consultation with me as DPP.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who acted as the special prosecutor in Sen. Kevin Parker's assault case, released a statement in the wake of the Brooklyn Democrat's conviction on two misdemeanor charges, saying he respects the jury's decision despite the fact that it did not deliver a felony guilty verdict.

The measures include long - sought bills such as raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and enhancing grand jury transparency as well as enshrining a special prosecutor for cases in which civilians die in encounters with police.

In an odd twist, Sharpe may have done Parker a favor by running against him this fall, as his candidacy has caused two special prosecutors to be appointed in the senator's assault case, pushing the whole mess still further off into the futurIn an odd twist, Sharpe may have done Parker a favor by running against him this fall, as his candidacy has caused two special prosecutors to be appointed in the senator's assault case, pushing the whole mess still further off into the futurin the senator's assault case, pushing the whole mess still further off into the future.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

As the special prosecutor, she will outweigh Vance's possible role in the case.

The bankers, surely: a government - appointed special prosecutor has named more than 200 people as official suspects in a case that appears bound to result in criminal charges.

Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, blasted a request to appoint a special prosecutor in Eric Garner - like cases as «unworkable,» continuing his unusually outspoken defense of district attorneys and how they handle police brutality cases.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, who served as special prosecutor for the case, wrote in a statement released on Wednesday morning that his investigation did not find Lopez's alleged harassment of two female staff members rose to the level of a criminal offense.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced he would accede to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request to be named special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer kills a civilian — even as the governor noted that he took the step with reluctance, and that the appointment would last just one year.

In the months following, Cuomo signed an executive order appointing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor to oversee cases of police - involved civilian deaths.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year signed an order that required the AG's office take over as special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer shoots and kills an unarmed civilian.

Cuomo took on Raise the Age as part of a slate of criminal justice reforms in 2015, which included the establishment of a special prosecutor for cases in which police kill an unarmed civilian.

Thy include changes to the criminal justice laws, including raising the age from 16 to 18 to treat teenagers as adults in the court and prison system, and appointing a special prosecutor in police cases where an unarmed civilian is killed.

It also came as Schneiderman opens his first case under the new special prosecutor powers in the death of Raynette Turner, who died in Mount Vernon police custody last month.

A Rensselaer County judge has appointed Albany County District Attorney David Soares as special prosecutor in the criminal case against former Troy police union president Aaron Collington, after two other prosecutors recused themselves from the matter.

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As the special prosecutor, she will outweigh Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's possible role in the case.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will serve as a special prosecutor investigating cases of police killings in New York State.

The governor says he will use his executive powers to remove 16 - and 17 - year olds from adult prisons, and appoint the attorney general for a one year term as a special prosecutor in police cases where a civilian is killed.

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A day after activists and the families of civilians killed by police demonstrated outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Midtown office, they joined him at John Jay College as he signed an executive order making Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases statewide in which an officer is responsible for a civilian's death — making New York the first state to create such a role to oversee the controversial issue of police - involved homicides.

Sgt. Steve Desjourdy was not in court as an out - of - town Crown prosecutor provided one of his lawyers with two thick white binders of disclosure collected during the Special Investigations Unit review of Bonds case.

Holmes is a former Cook County, Illinois, judge and prosecutor, and is currently serving as a special prosecutor for Cook County in a case accusing three police officers of a cover - up in the fatal shooting of 17 - year - old Laquan McDonald.

Additionally, John's experience and track record led to his appointment as a special prosecutor in multiple high - profile homicide, public corruption and organized - crime cases.

Mr. Attisani served as a special prosecutor in the Suffolk County (City of Boston) District Attorney's Office, where he tried 19 cases to verdict.