Sentences with phrase «corruption cases over the years»

ALBANY — The state Capitol has gotten accustomed to unusual defenses in corruption cases over the years.

Not exact matches

Lawyers for the defendants deny the charges and have been seeking to toss the case on a number of grounds over the past year, including court decisions in unrelated public corruption cases.

It is a building where corruption cases have been so routine over the last 12 years that people seem to have well - rehearsed talking points for a day like Tuesday.

«Unfortunately, there have been a number of public corruption cases over the past several years.

In a Tuesday meeting with the Times Union's editorial board, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman made his case for another four - year term and briefly discussed the controversy over the Moreland Commission on public corruption.

A day after a federal judge set a trial date for the Buffalo Billion corruption case, Republicans took to the floor of the Assembly to raise concerns about the failure to approve transparency and oversight procedures over billions of dollars spent each year on economic development.

Indeed, it's been an open secret in some circles at the State Capitol that Empire State Development and SUNY Polytechnic — and, more precisely Zemsky and Alain E. Kaloyeros, who was relieved of his executive duties at SUNY Poly last month after he and eight others were charged in the federal corruption case — had little love for each other over at least the last year or so.