Sentences with phrase «convicted on corruption»

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted on corruption charges on Monday for taking $ 4 million in referral fees from law firms in exchange for favors.

He voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would allow legislators and other officials convicted on corruption charges to be stripped of their pensions.

-- After ex-Queens Councilman Ruben Wills was booted from office when he was convicted on corruption charges, county party favorite Adrienne Adams jumped into the race to replace him.

Then they were convicted on corruption charges.

Nixon referenced Joseph Percoco, who she called Cuomo's «right - hand man» and who was convicted on corruption charges last week.

Flanagan quickly shot down Cuomo's efforts in a statement, rejecting the LLC loophole as a reform issue and insisting reform efforts should focus exclusively on reforms related to activities of Mayor Bill de Blasio, despite the fact that his predecessor, Skelos, was convicted on corruption charges that involved the influence of real estate groups that have flooded legislators» campaign coffers with donations through the loophole.

Dean Skelos, left, the former Republican majority leader of the State Senate, and his son Adam were convicted on corruption charges in December 2015.

But Paladino doesn't think that Nixon's potential grassroots support is enough to offset Cuomo's advantages: «Her chances are between slim and none,» he said before adding that his prediction might change if former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, recently convicted on corruption charges, unloads on his former boss to prosecutors.

If finalized by a constitutional amendment, any public official convicted on corruption charges would be prohibited from collecting a pension earned during public service.

At the time, the only individuals ahead of him were fallen Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and disgraced State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, both stripped of their positions and convicted on corruption charges thanks to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

She then drew a distinction between Cuomo and de Blasio, noting that aides to the governor have been either convicted on corruption charges or about to stand trial.

Looking to keep the Republican «Long Island Nine» intact, the Nassau County GOP picked attorney Chris McGrath to replace former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was convicted on corruption charges and forced to abdicate his seat in December.

Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos were both convicted on corruption charges in December.

The new poll follows a month in which former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos were sentenced to federal prison after they were convicted on corruption charges in separate cases last year.

The office has also filed two separate discovery requests that see to locate benefits paid to former City Councilman Hiram Monserrate and former Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi, both convicted on corruption charges as well.

Heastie was chosen to become Speaker of the Assembly after long time Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested & convicted on corruption charges.

One is a public - corruption squad that helped investigate Eliot Spitzer, the former governor, as well as two Queens assemblymen, Anthony S. Seminerio and Bryan McLaughlin, who were convicted on corruption charges in recent years.

Yet the special elections on Long Island and in Lower Manhattan offer voters a chance to do the unprecedented: to replace, in the space of one day, two former members of New York State's ruling triumvirate, both of whom are scheduled to be sentenced in the coming weeks after being convicted on corruption charges.

Percoco was convicted on corruption charges at a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom dealmaking.

A top aide to ex-New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver who went to work at Kushner Companies after her boss got convicted on corruption charges in 2015 is no longer with the real estate firm.

In January he added that he was hesitating because he didn't know how many more state lawmakers would be convicted on corruption charges and forced out of office.

A source close to Flanagan (R - Suffolk) said the deal would involve Cuomo agreeing to do «little if anything» to help Senate Democrats, now just one vote shy of a majority, win the upcoming April 19 special election to replace former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau), who was ousted in December after being convicted on corruption charges.

Though the names of both Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, also convicted on corruption charges, appear on the federal Bureau of Prisons website, neither is in custody.

McGrath this month was picked by Nassau County Republicans to fill the vacant Senate seat held by former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was convicted on corruption alongside his son Adam in December.

Less than 200 people vote on behalf of Democrats in the assembly district — a district Silver represented for nearly 40 years before he was convicted on corruption charges last November.

Silver represented Lower Manhattan for nearly 40 years before he was convicted on corruption charges in November.

Former Senate Leader Joseph Bruno, a Republican, was convicted on corruption charges in 2009 — only to see the conviction vacated after the Supreme Court deemed the law used to convict him too vague.

Cuomo's office responded to Cox's attacks by questioning Wildstein's credibility, attacking him for marrying former President Richard Nixon's daughter and linking him to Dean Skelos, the former Republican State Senate majority leader convicted on corruption charges last year.

When Bloomberg pushed the idea, it was killed by then - Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver, who has since been convicted on corruption charges.

The conference plans to back measures that would strip public employees convicted on corruption charges of their pensions, as well as new regulations for the use of campaign funds.

«Themed as a traveling sideshow, 15 state - level elected officials (including 4 Senate Democrats, 4 Senate Republicans, 6 Assembly Democrats, and 1 State Comptroller) who have been convicted on corruption - related charges in the past decade will be presented as life - sized cartoonish caricatures,» the press release states.

In March, Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was convicted on corruption charges.

Blagojevich, who was convicted on corruption charges related to attempting to sell President Obama's Senate seat, is «not questioning that what he did was an official act,» Goodman said.

Cancel herself praised Silver, who was convicted on corruption charges last year, as a «hero» who «did wonderful things in our district.»

A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom

Interestingly, Liberty Title Agency once employed Adam Skelos, who along with his father, Dean Skelos, the ex-Senate Majority Leader, was recently convicted on corruption charges.

Percoco was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom deal - making.

McDonnell had been convicted on corruption charges for secretly accepting more than $ 175,000 in gifts and loans from a local businessman who was trying to garner political favors.

Even by Albany standards, it was a new low: its two longtime legislative leaders convicted on corruption charges just days apart late last year.

Dean Skelos, another former top New York legislator convicted on corruption charges, is also asking to stay out of prison on bail while he appeals, based on the same Supreme Court ruling as Silver.

The lack of a cap on income earned outside the Legislature has contributed to several corruption scandals, including one that ensnared the former State Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Democrat who was convicted on corruption charges last November.

The special elections on Tuesday for the seats formerly held by Dean G. Skelos and Sheldon Silver, the two state legislative leaders who were forced to depart Albany after being convicted on corruption charges last year, were supposed to be a test of how long a shadow corruption could cast on a race.

A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom dealmaking.

A McGrath victory would restore the outright majority the GOP had before Skelos was convicted on corruption charges and forced to step down late last year.

He was originally convicted on corruption charges in 2009, but was ultimately acquitted on all charges last spring.

If you want to do a revolution and shoot the king, you better kill him,» said Miller, who was convicted on corruption charges in 1991.

But just as the date was being determined, Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted on corruption charges.

Martins called the criticism «hypocritical,» charging that Lavine backed former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was convicted on corruption charges last year, while Curran failed to publicly criticize ex-Nassau Legis.

Hawkins is an advocate for campaign finance reform and said the recent trial of Joe Percoco, a former aide to Cuomo and a longtime friend who was convicted on corruption charges earlier this month, displays issues apparent in the state's campaign finance structure.

Tthe special elections on Long Island and in Lower Manhattan offer voters a chance to do the unprecedented: to replace, in the space of one day, two former members of New York State's ruling triumvirate, both of whom are scheduled to be sentenced in the coming weeks after being convicted on corruption charges.