Sentences with phrase «bribing de»

As part of his deal to testify against Mangano, Singh pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio with campaign contributions in exchange for official favors involving a restaurant, Water's Edge, that he formerly operated in Queens.

Singh pleaded guilty in 2016 to bribing de Blasio, as part of his deal to cooperate in the case against Mangano, Mangano's wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto.

Singh secretly pleaded guilty in 2016 to bribing de Blasio with campaign contributions in exchange for official favors involving his since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Queens.

Singh also testified that he pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio, which was first revealed when a transcript of his secret, 2016 guilty plea was unsealed in January.

Singh pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio with political contributions in exchange for official favors involving his since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Queens.

He has pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio and the defendants in the case.

«Merely because Singh pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio using campaign contributions and Mangano using personal enrichments does not make the cases similar either factually or legally,» Treinis Gatz wrote.

De Blasio bristled at the prospect of being called to the stand during the Mangano corruption trial, where he would grilled about his relationship with Harendra Singh, an ex-restaurant owner who has said in court that he bribed de Blasio with campaign contributions.

Singh, 59, of Syosset, secretly pleaded guilty in October 2016 to federal charges of attempting to bribe de Blasio, according to court documents unsealed last month and a judge's decision filed Friday.

Singh of Syosset pleaded guilty in October 2016 to bribing Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto and attempting to bribe de Blasio, to whom Singh said he directed campaign contributions in exchange for efforts to save the struggling Water's Edge.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe de Blasio, stating that he gave to get favorable treatment on back rent he owed for his restaurant on city - owned land.

Singh has testified he bribed de Blasio with campaign contributions in exchange for help with Water's Edge.

During a closed court appearance in 2016, Singh testified that he bribed de Blasio with tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions so the mayor and other officials would arrange a «favorable» renewal of the lease on his since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Long Island City, Queens.

Restaurant owner Harendra Singh recently testified that he bribed de Blasio with political contributions and was encouraged by the mayor to use illegal «straw donors» to help political cronies — including Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, daughter of charter commission member Una Clarke.

Mangano's lawyers have argued that he's been unfairly targeted, asserting that Singh also bribed de Blasio but the mayor wasn't charged.

Huguette Caland (b. 1931), Bribes de Corps, 1973.

The Centre Pompidou recently acquired three of Caland's works, including a Bribes de Corps from 1973; 23 of Caland's works were shown in the Arsenale at Venice Biennale in 2017.

Not exact matches

Recently former president Fernando de la Rúa was charged with bribing senators in the 2000 election and current president Cristina Kirchner has faced harsh public criticism over rampant corruption as well.

The FBI was listening in as attorney Benjamin Brafman chatted with a cop - bribing Mayor Bill de Blasio donor — later telling a judge it involved potential NYPD corruption, and citing the late mob boss John Gotti as a precedent.

Ricardo Morales, a former top New York City official, sued Mayor Bill de Blasio for more than $ 5 million, saying he was illegally fired for blowing the whistle on alleged City Hall corruption and refusing to help restaurateur Harendra Singh, who admitted to bribing the mayor.

Singh agreed to cooperate against the defendants when pleading guilty to bribing Edward Mangano and Venditto and trying to bribe New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who wasn't charged.

A crooked restaurateur who claims to have bribed Mayor de Blasio boosted his own ego by showering Hizzoner with campaign cash, a defense lawyer told jurors at a Long Island...

The defense claim of selective prosecution stems from recent revelations that Singh, the government's star informant, secretly pleaded guilty in October 2016 to bribing Mangano and Venditto, and also to trying to bribe a New York City elected official with campaign contributions — identified in Azrack's decision as Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Two of de Blasio's campaign donors have pleaded guilty to using contributions as bribes, but the mayor was never charged with anything though he accepted that cash.

Singh is enmeshed in a variety of legal troubles, including criminal charges that he bribed Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and accusations that he improperly sought assistance from the de Blasio administration while operating the restaurant Water's Edge.

A crooked restaurateur who claims to have bribed Mayor de Blasio boosted his own ego by showering Hizzoner with campaign cash, a defense lawyer told jurors at a Long Island corruption trial on Wednesday.

Reichberg was arrested on charges of bribing top NYPD officials for favors, while Rechnitz pleaded guilty last year and cooperated with a federal probe of de Blasio's campaign fund - raising.

«I have no idea if Mayor Bill de Blasio is guilty of anything, but when you think [that] you have the top guy in your pocket because you're bribing him, you have muscle, you have power, you have strength,» Agnifilo told jurors in Central Islip federal court.

The Long Island restaurateur, who has pleaded guilty to bribing Mangano and Venditto, pushed Mayor Bill de Blasio's aides for access.

Singh secretly pleaded guilty in 2016 to bribing those officials, and also said he bribed a city official whose description matches de Blasio.

Singh also claims that he bribed Mayor Bill de Blasio with campaign cash for favors that included a lease extension on Water's Edge, but prosecutors last year declined to charge de Blasio, who has vehemently denied the bribery allegations.

The man he admitted to bribing, Mayor Bill de Blasio, was not prosecuted.

One loud objection over prosecutors» handling of the de Blasio investigation came from lawyers for former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican awaiting trial on charges that he also accepted bribes from Singh.

A campaign donor to de Blasio secretly pleaded guilty in federal court to trying to bribe the mayor to win favorable lease terms for a restaurant he owned on city property, newly unsealed court records show.

And the payment of placement fees to a middleman is not illegal unless prosecutors can prove it is a de facto bribe.

He has also told the feds he attempted to bribe a City Hall official that sources have identified as Ross Offinger, a former fundraiser for NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

A crooked restaurateur testified Monday that he funneled illegal campaign cash to Mayor Bill de Blasio — in addition to bribing him.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won't be forced to testify about claims he accepted bribes of campaign cash from a crooked restaurateur, a defense lawyer said Wednesday.

Although Mayor Bill de Blasio was not charged with accepting a bribe, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York had concluded that Harendra Singh's contributions to the mayor were intended as bribery.

Singh also pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has not been charged.

A major campaign donor secretly pleaded guilty to trying to bribe Mayor de Blasio to get a sweetheart lease deal for his Queens restaurant, court records unsealed Wednesday revealed.

Seabrook was arrested on fraud charges last week, accused of accepting a $ 60,000 bribe — reportedly delivered by Jona Rechnitz, a de Blasio donor at the center of a gift - for - favors scandal in the NYPD — in exchange for investing COBA money into a risky hedge fund.

The decision found that a quid pro quo arrangement must show some kind of direct benefit to the person paying the alleged bribes — or, in de Blasio's case, the legal campaign contributions.

Rechnitz, who is still on the witness stand, has also pled guilty to bribing NYPD and City Hall officials through donations Ross Offinger, a de Blasio campaign fundraiser — resulting in testimony that has sometimes overshadowed the allegations against Seabrook.

Disgraced City Hall donor Harendra Singh testified under oath Monday that he's telling the truth about bribing Mayor de Blasio and making illegal donations on his behalf — but the mayor says he's full of it.

Singh briefly mentioned de Blasio Monday, saying he was among the pols Singh bribed and used straw donors to help.

The prosecutors said that Singh secretly pleaded guilty in October of 2016 to bribing Edward Mangano and Venditto, and attempting to bribe New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Singh admitted in October 2016 to bribing Mangano and Venditto and trying to bribe New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

But de Blasio actually had more to say about Quinn, who was defending member items in an appearance not too far away, than he did about Halloran, whose clumsy scheme to bribe state senator Malcolm Smith onto the Republican line for mayor was also among the government's charges.

«Did you give these contributions as bribes to Bill de Blasio?»