Sentences with phrase «by the corruption convictions»

He won a special election in April for the seat formerly occupied by Dean Skelos, the one - time Republican majority leader who was forced from office by a corruption conviction.

That strange, and temporary, support of Sanders and Trump results from Gov. Cuomo's decision Saturday to call a special election on April 19 — presidential primary day in the state — for the Nassau County state Senate seat left open by the corruption conviction in December of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The speaker also defended his colleagues, saying they shouldn't be tarnished by the corruption convictions in recent years as well as the generally poor image of Albany among voters.

De Blasio, saddled with slumping poll numbers, now faces the prospect of making his case to a potentially vengeful governor and a Legislature shaken by the corruption convictions of two former leaders.

Not exact matches

Navalny has been barred from standing in the election due to a conviction on corruption charges, and because of his outstanding criminal record by Russian law this means he can not run for president.

The corruption conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday was overturned by a federal appeals court, dealing yet another blow to the prosecutors who had sought to crack down on Albany's unseemly way of doing business.

The push from Senate Republicans comes after Democrats successfully flipped the district on Long Island once held by former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

One can certainly point out that after the Skelos and Silver convictions the definition of the law known as «Honest Services Fraud» was greatly narrowed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the corruption case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

Former state Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam saw their federal corruption convictions overturned by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday.

Among those who were being mentioned as a possible replacement was former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption charges that led to the convictions of two former majority party legislative leaders, as well as Cuomo's former closest aide, before Bharara was fired by President Donald Trump.

The corruption conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was overturned Thursday on a technicality by a federal appeals court.

«Although this decision puts on hold the justice that New Yorkers got upon Silver's conviction, we look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence of decades - long corruption by one of the most powerful politicians in New York State history.

Politicians on two New York state ethics committees raked in nearly a quarter of a million dollars from companies controlled by Glenwood Management — the developer at the center of corruption trials that ended in convictions for two of Albany's top power brokers.

In its decision regarding Silver's case, the appeals court ruled in 2017 that the definition of official corruption provided to the jurors differed from the one used by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of the law.

But, government reform groups are in favor of the pay raise, as long as it is accompanied by reforms — including banning or severely restricting outside income (which factored into the corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders), and eliminating extra stipends for committee chairs and leadership posts.

Kim's statement goes on to say, «Although this decision puts on hold the justice that New Yorkers got upon Silver's conviction, we look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence of decades - long corruption by one of the most powerful politicians in New York State history.

Meanwhile, the former top legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly are being retried by federal prosecutors after their corruption convictions were overturned.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

A former corruption prosecutor has claimed victory in the race to fill the vacant seat of former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who was was ousted by a conviction on corruption charges — but his opponent says it's too close to call.

The corruption conviction of the former New York state Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, was overturned Thursday on a technicality by a federal appeals court.

Opponents now make the reasonable argument that if the deal was underpinned by corruption as evidenced by the Percoco conviction, the state must stop the construction and review regulatory decisions in an open manner the steps that allowed the construction to move ahead.

The corruption conviction of the former New York State Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, was overturned on a technicality by a federal appeals court.

ALBANY — The corruption convictions of former state Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos and his son Adam B. Skelos were overturned by a federal appellate court on Tuesday in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that retooled the definition of an «official act» as it relates to public corruption.

Silver's successor, Carl Heastie, said in a statement that he is «deeply saddened» by Silver's conviction, and vowed to «root out corruption.»

«The exhibit as a whole may be interpreted by potential jurors as the Court's celebration of criminal convictions in significant cases, and particularly cases involving allegations of public corruption,» said the letter filed by Daniel Gitner, a lawyer for former energy company executive Peter Kelly, a co-defendant.

Dwight Evans, a Pennsylvania Democrat, will take over the Philadelphia - based seat vacated by Chaka Fattah, who resigned in June following a federal corruption conviction.

Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 2015 corruption conviction has been overturned by a federal appeals court.

On this week's Gazette: Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 2015 corruption conviction has been overturned by a federal appeals court, the city of Albany partners with the Nature Conservancy on a carbon agreement and we speak with a Democrat challenging Republican Congressman Elise Stefanik of New York's 21st District.

Former US Attorney Preet Bharara brought corruption charges that led to the convictions of the two former majority party legislative leaders, as well as Cuomo's former closest aide, before he was fired by President Trump.

A month after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction on corruption charges, Assembly Republicans on Tuesday tried a parliamentary maneuver to weaken Albany's rules that assure absolute control by the Democratic majority party over legislation.

Since being appointed Manhattan US attorney by President Obama in 2009, Bharara has won a string of government corruption convictions, most notably against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

It was prompted by a corruption crime wave that's hit the State Capitol in recent years and resulted in dozens of arrests, indictments, convictions and imprisonments.

Silver's 2015 conviction on corruption charges was overturned last month by a federal appeals court, which remanded the case back to a lower court for retrial.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

Slotnick likened the crooked politicians to former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, whose corruption convictions were vacated by a US Supreme Court ruling that redefined what constitutes «official acts.»

ALBANY — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once among the state's most powerful elected officials, had his federal conviction on corruption charges vacated by an appellate court on Thursday.

«Although this decision puts on hold the justice that New Yorkers got upon Silver's conviction, we look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence of decades - long corruption by one of the most powerful politicians in New York State history,» he said.

The seat was held by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver until last year, when he was ousted following his conviction on corruption charges.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo deferred on Wednesday to prosecutors who have indicating they will continue to pursue a corruption conviction of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver when asked after his conviction was tossed by a federal appeals court.

When Silver's corruption conviction was tossed by a federal appeals court, there was one Albany veteran who knows exactly what the former Assembly speaker is going through: ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

Also at 10 a.m., arguments in the ongoing effort by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's attorneys to overturn his federal corruption conviction will be heard, federal courthouse, Foley Square, Room 1703, Manhattan.

There were also special elections yesterday to fill two state legislative seats left vacant by the federal corruption convictions of their former occupants — ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (lower Manhattan) and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County, Long Island).

Politicians on two New York state ethics committees raked in more than a quarter of a million dollars from companies controlled by Glenwood Management — the developer at the center of corruption trials that ended in convictions for two of Albany's top power brokers.

Look for lots of talk about agenda setting and wiping the slate clean from a difficult 2015 that was marked by high profile corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders.

Experts say the requests by former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, for no jail time resulting from their corruption convictions could run the risk of backfiring by being interpreted as essentially thumbing their noses at the judge and jury.

Democrats are already optimistic about their chances in winning a Senate seat in Nassau County vacated by former Majority Leader Dean Skelos following his corruption conviction.

The requests by Mr. Skelos, 68, a Republican from Long Island who forfeited his Senate seat upon his conviction, and his son, 33, come less than a month before both are to be sentenced on April 13 for their convictions in one of the two most prominent public corruption trials to be held in New York City in decades.

The former assembly speaker, whose conviction on corruption charges was overturned by an appellate court, has long been able to get numbers to work in his favor.

The conviction of Mr. Silver, 72, served as a capstone to a campaign against public corruption by Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, which has led to more than a dozen state lawmakers» being convicted or pleading guilty.

Silver was convicted of using his political influence for political favors; the conviction was tossed last summer, when appellate judges in the 2nd Circuit ruled that the definition of «official acts» had been changed by a previous Supreme Court decision in the public corruption case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.