Sentences with phrase «convicted politicians of»

«That's why I've voted over 175 against tax increases, passed a plan to strip convicted politicians of their pensions, delivered a $ 4 billion middle class tax cut, and fought for an additional $ 20 million in funding for South Shore schools.

Short of finding cash in the freezer with audio tape of the promised result, it's nearly impossible to convict a politician of bribery.

Bruno got a new trial and was eventually acquitted after a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that mere conflicts of interest weren't enough to convict politicians of depriving the public of «honest services» — prosecutors had to show bribes or kickbacks.

Not exact matches

As allegations continue to rain down on powerful media moguls (like the recently - convicted comedian Bill Cosby), as well as high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstream.

Since then, individual soldiers, politicians, and heads of state (including Charles Taylor of Liberia and Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia) have been tried and convicted by the Court.

For instance, he said voters will get a chance this fall to decide whether to end pensions for politicians who are convicted of a felony.

NEW YORK (AP) A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

The County Committee should withhold support from any politician who has been convicted of a felony due to corruption or malfeasance related to their public or party office.

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

Commonsense reforms were passed, such as a new rule forbidding County Committee from providing support to any politician or candidate who has been convicted of a felony due to corruption or malfeasance related to their public or party office.

«I have convicted more politicians than any other district attorney in this state's history, and I know the difference between a crook and others,» said Hynes of his host.

At the kick off event in New York City, a prominent figure in busting corruption in the legislature announced he's found a back door way to confiscating the pensions of convicted state politicians.

«Last year, the Republican led Senate passed legislation that would allow the voters of this state, who are paying for these pension, to decide if stripping a politician convicted of corruption of their pensions is warranted,» McGrath said.

With the exception of a few brave politicians who stood up to protest against them, very little was said about some of the incredibly harsh punishments being handed down to those convicted of breaking the law during the riots.

Prosecutors also filed a similar response this week in federal court to the bail request of another once - powerful, now convicted, New York politician, Dean Skelos.

At the kick - off event in New York City, a prominent figure in busting corruption in the legislature announced he's found a back door way to confiscate the pensions of convicted state politicians.

Yes, such donations are normally just part of democracy — but politicians give back cash all the time from folks who've been convicted of crimes.

He says he's already filed papers in two of the cases he's prosecuting to require the politicians, if convicted, to forfeit the amount of money they would receive in the future in taxpayer funded retirement benefits.

All New York voters will decide on 3 propositions on the back of the ballot regarding a constitutional convention, if convicted politicians should lose their pensions, and if forest land... Continue reading →

His long list of politicians convicted also includes former state Sen. Carl Kruger, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and City Councilman Larry Seabrook — and he's currently going after his biggest fish yet, deposed Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who lost his title but still retains his seat.

Now that the two leaders of the legislature have been convicted on multiple counts of corruption, government reform groups are looking to the remaining politicians at the Capitol for reform.

With potential campaign finance law violations under scrutiny, one person said, the Cohen investigation was assigned to career prosecutors in the office's elite public corruption unit, which has a track record of convicting politicians on both sides of the aisle.

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.

He became a pop - culture as well as a legal star during his nearly eight years in office — not just by convicting Wall Street fraudsters, international arms dealers, and two of New York state's top - three politicians, but by doing it with a flair for the headline - stoking phrase.

A lawmaker who was one of New York's most powerful politicians has been convicted by a federal jury of charges that he used the power of his office to earn $ 5 million illegally.

A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

Jurors in the corruption trial of former Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam convicted the Long Island pair Friday of bribery, extortion and conspiracy in a sudden, decisive verdict that ended the career of one of New York's and Nassau County's most influential politicians in scandal.

New York, NY (AP / WBEN)- A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

O'Mara said all politicians were hurt by corruption, and other Republicans have noted that Democrats, too, have been convicted and they made none of the changes they are currently promising when they held the majority in 2009 and 2010.

A bill gaining momentum in Albany would deny state pensions to any more public officials convicted of corruption under a practice that now pays out nearly $ 800,000 a year to politicians convicted of crimes.

Almost every month brings news of yet another politician accused, charged, or even convicted of shenanigans of some sort.

Convicted felon and disgraced former Queens politician Hiram Monserrate lost his comeback bid for a seat on the NYC Council as voters in his working class district couldn't look past his history of corruption and domestic abuse, electing Assemblyman Francisco Moya instead.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once considered one of the state's most powerful politicians, was convicted Monday of charges that he traded favors in exchange for $ 5 million and then lied about it.

As New York state Attorney General, he launched investigations into a number of corrupt politicians — including then - state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr., who was convicted and sent to prison.

Sheldon Silver was convicted last week on all seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering that he faced over five weeks of trail in Federal District Court in Lower Mnahattan — becoming the latest New York politician convicted in a corruption scandal tied to real estate interests.

The conviction and hefty sentence — the second highest for a state politician convicted of corruption in the past decade — has capped a stellar run of Albany and New York City corruption cases brought by Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara and federal authorities in Brooklyn.

He says he's already filed papers in two of the cases he's prosecuting to require the politicians, if convicted, to forfeit the amount of money they would receive in the future in tax payer funded retirement benefits.

NEW YORK — A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

Politicians elected after 2011 are already subject to pension forfeiture if they are convicted of serious crimes.

Over the course of the last six years, numerous politicians have been convicted of corruption charges, most notably former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County).

Even if he wanted to transfer some of these funds, it would be fair to assume the political baggage of accepting money from a convict would be so deleterious that few politicians would choose to accept it.

Mr. Silver, a Democrat who represented lower Manhattan for decades and was once one of the most powerful politicians in the state, was convicted in November 2015 of honest - services fraud, extortion and...

That rare opportunity arrives on April 19, the state's presidential Primary Day, which also features special elections to replace two once - mighty politicians who were convicted of corruption last year, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.

Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the New York State Assembly and one of the state's most powerful politicians, was convicted Monday in a federal corruption trial that shone a light on the real estate lobby's dealings in Albany.

He talked about the need for ethics reform, enacting legislation that would take away a politician's pension if they are convicted of a crime and term limits.

NEW YORK (AP)- A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

In 2009, State Sen. Hiram Monserrate was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend, and he became the first politician in almost 100 years to be expelled from the state Senate.

Silver — one of the most powerful politicians in the state before his arrest last year — was convicted of netting more than $ 5 million in kickbacks in business schemes.

Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, once called it «an error in state law» — New York's jailed politicians receiving their government pension after being convicted of corruption.

Of four other politicians who were arrested with Smith and Tabone, one has been convicted, two have pleaded guilty and one is awaiting trial.