Sentences with phrase «by the corruption trial»

Many of the measures, however, were inspired by the corruption trial and conviction of former gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco.

As New Yorkers become increasingly battle - scarred by corruption trials, they're siding with the pro-reform movement.

Any possible campaign that Dean Skelos might have planned to run for governor has now been put on hold by the corruption trial.

But he argued Menendez was weakened by the corruption trial and that the race would be competitive.

Not exact matches

It took jurors less than 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the eight - week corruption trial of ex-NYC Councilman Dan Halloran that was marked by delays, a mistrial for a co-defendant — state Sen. Malcolm Smith — and several juror dismissals for personal reasons.

By comparison, former state Sen. George Maziarz, whose name also appeared in the Moreland Report and whose corruption trial is scheduled to start next month, reported more than $ 60,000 paid to attorneys during the most recent filing period.

The jury in the Joe Percoco federal corruption trial resumes its work today, after appearing to focus much of its attention last Friday on the low - show job given to Percoco's wife, Lisa, by a Maryland - based energy company, Competitive Power Ventures, which is behind a controversial new power plant in Orange County.

Assemblyman Eric Stevenson thought he was required by law to testify at his corruption trial, but since he is not, he won't.

And that trial will be followed shortly by former Republican Senator George Maziarz's corruption trial and the retrial of Deno Skelos and son.

The former Lower East Side assemblyman is undergoing a second trial after the first guilty verdict on corruption charges was nullified by an appeals court.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh on Thursday finished his testimony in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, after 13 days on the stand and as the prosecution challenged two crucial sets of evidence submitted by defense attorneys.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Dozens of politicians, business leaders, union officials and others could be mentioned during the upcoming corruption trial of a high - ranking New York official, two Syracuse developers and another business executive, according to a list released by the court Friday.

Zemsky, a Buffalo businessman who is $ 1 a year by the state for his work, told reporters outside the hearing that he does not expect the ongoing corruption trials to affect the work of his agency.

Nearly six weeks after the corruption trial began, jurors Thursday afternoon were dispatched by U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni to begin deliberations into whether Percoco, a longtime confidante of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, used his top government post to enrich himself via bribes paid by two companies with business before the state.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes while surrounded by a cloud of corruption owing to the arrest of his aide Edward Ambrosino.

Sugarman's unit was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014 following a series of corruption trials, and also the premature closure of Cuomo's Moreland Commisssion to Investigate Public Ccorruption trials, and also the premature closure of Cuomo's Moreland Commisssion to Investigate Public CorruptionCorruption.

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.

Singh, on the stand for the 11th day in Edward Mangano's federal corruption trial, made the admission under questioning by Linda Mangano's defense attorney, John Carman, who presented as evidence several email exchanges between his client and Singh employees.

-LSB-...] County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes while surrounded by a cloud of corruption owing to the arrest of his aide Edward Ambrosino.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.

Opening arguments began this week in the federal corruption trial of Pedro Espada, Jr., and his son Pedro Gautier Espada, who are accused of using the Soundview Healthcare Network as «their own taxpayer - funded piggy bank» by funneling more than $ 500,000 from the organization and spending it on cars, spa treatments, and other personal luxuries.

Zemsky, a Buffalo businessman who is paid one dollar a year by the state for his work, told reporters outside the hearing that he does not expect the ongoing corruption trials to affect the work of his agency.

The Soraa facility where NexGen is planning to relocate was built by Cor Development of Fayetteville, one of the companies tied up in the ongoing federal political corruption trial in Manhattan involving former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco.

The case, now being deliberated by a jury, is one of the first major public corruption trials in New York since a landmark 2016 Supreme Court ruling significantly narrowed the definition of what actually constitutes public corruption.

PRNigeria gathered that the Federal Government was infuriated by the action of Magu in engaging Keyamo as a private counsel to prosecute the CCT boss in purported corruption charge because, the same Keyamo is the counsel to Rasheed Taiwo Owolabi who is standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and who made the allegation in the course of his trial on criminal offence.

«Of course, much of what Cuomo has been talking about over the last several weeks has been overshadowed by the ongoing coverage of the Federal corruption trial in Manhattan, in which the Governor has been featured prominently.»

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.

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Assemblywoman Amy Paulin took the stand Tuesday as the prosecution's first witness in the corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, where her description of Albany's inner workings was pointedly contested by Silver's defense lawyer, Steven Molo, in a series of heated exchanges.

His corruption trial and the continuing corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) have revived calls by good - government groups and some legislators to deny or restrict pensions for convicted politicians.

At Joseph Percoco's corruption trial, Linda Lacewell speaks of the governor's reaction when he learned how Percoco had been paid by a lobbyist for work with private clients.

CORRECTION: Restaurateur Harendra Singh secured a $ 1.5 million line of credit in 2010 with an opinion letter from then - Oyster Bay Deputy Town Attorney Frederick Mei and legal documents drawn up by Rivkin Radler LLP of Uniondale, according to testimony in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto.

Ex-State Senate leader Skelos and his son found guilty at corruption trial Former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were convicted on all counts Friday for shaking down more than $ 300,000 in payoffs by trading on -LSB-...]

Audio recordings released by the US Attorney's office at the corruption trial of Senator Dean Skelos aim to show that the Senate Leader and his son colluded to use Skelo's official position to help his son get employment.

In case you missed this steamy tale from the corruption trial of CM Larry Seabrook as told by the NY Post, I reprinted it below.

The Federal Government failed on Tuesday to produce former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for trial in relation to corruption charges brought against him by the government.

Mayor Bill de Blasio held a short press conference this afternoon to defend himself against allegations made by a witness in the Norman Seabrook corruption trial.

Aides had to rearrange a central New York swing by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 on the spot after right - hand man Joe Percoco issued a profanity - laced last minute order to visit the Syracuse developer now accused of bribing him, according to testimony at his corruption trial Tuesday.

In testimony during Silver's corruption trial in lower Manhattan, prosecutors produced a document from January 2004, requesting a $ 250,000 grant for a mesothelioma research center out of Columbia University run by Dr. Robert Taub.

A federal judge said he may declare a mistrial in state Sen. Malcolm Smith ongoing federal corruption trial because some 9,000 texts and phone conversations recorded by the FBI were not shared with defense attorneys during discovery.

The measure, backed by Queens Democratic Sen. Michael Gianaris, was inspired by former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's successful effort to have his legal fees repaid by the state after he was found not guilty following a federal corruption trial.

The trial of the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) on alleged corruption charges was again adjourned by the failure of the Federal Government to produce him in Court for trial.

Instead, Ryan filed an ethics complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics pointing to testimony in a Yonkers corruption trial from disbarred attorney Anthony Mangone that alleged Libous had arranged for his son to receive a job at a law firm paid for by $ 50,000 from a lobbying organization.

With former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's corruption trial starting today, followed by the start of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» trial on Nov. 16, the entire culture of Albany will be in the spotlight.

A top - level state Senate staffer, Welquis «Ray» Lopez, left the Skelos corruption trial courtroom after being accused of coaching a witness on the stand and warned by the judge that he would be expelled.

If you're looking for a guide to the upcoming federal corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and businessmen Peter Galbraith Kelly, Jr., Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, look no further than the jury questionnaire recently agreed to by prosecutors and the defense.

The minority conference is eyeing the seat currently held by former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is on trial this month on corruption charges alongside his son Adam.

A federal judge rejected attempts by four of the Buffalo Billion defendants to move next year's corruption trial to Buffalo, keeping the high - profile case in lower Manhattan instead.

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.

Skelos was so furious at Cuomo's adoption of anti-fracking rules last Dec. 17 that kept Adam from cashing in that the two discussed a possible run for governor by the senator to «kick» Cuomo's behind, according to a wiretap played at their federal corruption trial.