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Buffalo trial attorney Terry Connors spoke with WBFO live Friday morning to provide insight into the corruption case against New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the legal process ahead.

A Buffalo attorney is shedding some light on the federal corruption case against New York's top Republican.

Bharara won convictions in federal corruption cases against New York's two most powerful legislative leaders: former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

He won convictions in public corruption cases against New York State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and State Senator Dean Skelos, and also brought insider trading charges against Bernie Madoff.

Not exact matches

A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City in the federal corruption case against two Percoco, Alain Kaloyeros, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and five other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..

Allegations of plagiarism from nearly three decades ago are once again dogging a central figure in the federal government's corruption case against Alain Kaloyeros, the physics professor credited with creating the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute.

The attorney for Cor executive Joseph Gerardi said he is unable to reconcile the mixed verdict rendered in the New York corruption case against a top Cuomo aide and two Syracuse businessmen.

A jury is still deliberating in the corruption case against former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

NEW YORK (AP)- A jury is still deliberating in the corruption case against former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon SilvNEW YORK (AP)- A jury is still deliberating in the corruption case against former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon SilvNew York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who is leading the corruption cases against lawmakers caught taking bribes earlier this year, was the first speaker.

(U.S. attorney Preet Bharara told The Buffalo News that he has seen evidence of corruption across New York state, and his current probes could lead to cases to against upstate lawmakers.

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

The case — along with the conviction of former Senate leader Dean Skelos, who is to be sentenced May 12 — was a capstone of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against Albany corruption, and prosecutors asked for more than 14 years in prison — the highest federal sentence ever for a New York legislator.

«He understands how abuse of power undermines our democracy and has made it a top priority to uphold the integrity of our government by removing bad actors, bringing corruption cases against 40 New York public officials,» she wrote of Schneiderman.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he met with federal authorities about a corruption case against a former top aide.

The newly disclosed documents stem from a separate case against Mr. Singh in the Eastern District of New York, where prosecutors there had charged him in September 2015 in a political corruption case in Nassau County.

NEW YORK CITY — The judge in the New York corruption case has dismissed an extortion charge against former top governor's aide Joseph Percoco ahead of the jury's deliberatioNEW YORK CITY — The judge in the New York corruption case has dismissed an extortion charge against former top governor's aide Joseph Percoco ahead of the jury's deliberatioNew York corruption case has dismissed an extortion charge against former top governor's aide Joseph Percoco ahead of the jury's deliberations.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ahead of his Republican challengers when it comes to fundraising and name - recognition in the governor's race, but the GOP is trying to leverage an ongoing corruption case against a former Cuomo aide as a point of attack.

A key prosecution witness in a federal corruption case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified Wednesday to his own yearslong criminal résumé that included fraud, embezzlement and lawsuits involving friends, family, his lawyers, a gym, a tutor and even a dog walker.

But Schneiderman's office noted top lawyers from the attorney general's integrity bureau were in court Thursday in a corruption case against a Democratic New York City Council member and has a felony corruption case pending against G. Steven Pigeon, the former Erie County Democratic Party chairman.

A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City in the federal corruption case against two former top state officials and six other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..

As the top federal prosecutor in New York, it was Bharara who brought the case against the once powerful Democrat, and the verdict may have cemented his reputation as a crusading corruption fighter.

The case against Mr. Skelos and his son grew out of a broader inquiry into political corruption by the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, that has already changed the face of the state capital.