Sentences with phrase «corruption charges against someone»

Campaign contributions and alleged favors to real estate developers have figured in corruption charges against both former leaders of the legislature.

The commission probes corruption charges against the governor and the legislature.

that foretold the unsealing of federal corruption charges against former Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and «a number of other individuals.»

Moses Stern, the shady Rockland developer who wore a wire to help the government bring corruption charges against former state...

The idea for the increase has been met with harsh criticism, especially after the wave of corruption charges against dozens of senators and Assembly members.

Mr. Bharara brought corruption charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last month, forcing the powerful pol to resign the post he had held for 21 years.

Mr. Castro's role as an informer was revealed in April 2013 when Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, announced corruption charges against Mr. Stevenson and said Mr. Castro had resigned his seat and was cooperating with the government.

Nassau's $ 12 million contract with an environmental company at the center of corruption charges against State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, has hit serious roadblocks, interviews and documents show.

«And now, further, the news about the five - count federal indictment on federal corruption charges against Silver will be an enormous distraction and prevent him from credibly leading the Assembly, especially as the budget process kicks into overdrive in this high stakes year for New York's economy and our citizens.»

When Mr. Bharara brought corruption charges against Mr. Silver, he was almost gleeful.

With less than two weeks left in the legislative session, some New York lawmakers are pressing for reform of the state's economic development contracting process in light of a scandal that's led to federal corruption charges against several former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

His son - in - law, Jared Kushner, has hired Abbe Lowell, a longtime Washington lawyer who recently got the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, after a lengthy court fight.

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D - New Jersey, has filed a new motion to dismiss corruption charges against him, finding hope in last week's appellate ruling reversing the bribery conviction of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

It reversed corruption charges against former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife.

The US Justice Department expects to file corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, culminating an investigation that has dogged the senator for two years.

The public corruption charges against Kaloyeros imploded his big dreams for SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and the little science museum may not escape unharmed.

about U. S. Attorney to Announce Federal Corruption Charges Against New York State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson from the Bronx, Four Others

After months of investigating, city and federal prosecutors have decided not to bring corruption charges against Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Mr. Schneiderman, elected to a second term in 2014, has brought previous corruption charges against Albany politicians, including Democrats like former Senator Shirley Huntley.

* State prosecutors pursing bribery and corruption charges against G. Steven Pigeon saw their case improve today when a judge reversed an earlier decision to suppress email evidence that they believe incriminates the once - powerful political operative

Justice Ibrahim Auta, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, assigned the case to Justice Quadri when Justice Ademola went on suspension following corruption charge against him and his wife.

The hedge fund at the center of a scandal involving corruption charges against former Correction Officers Benevolent Association president Norman Seabrook was able to convince a Manhattan judge that it has the cash to repay a $ 30 million loan.

Should the public, like he said in January after Mr. Silver's arrest, «stay tuned» to more corruption charges against elected officials?

Federal officials unsealed corruption charges against four NYPD officers and two businessmen linked to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, popping the lid off an explosive scandal in which top cops allegedly got payoffs and prostitutes to provide help ranging from gun licenses and police escorts to closing a Lincoln Tunnel lane.

The reform proposals follow a drumbeat of recent corruption charges against New York officials.

The case — along with corruption charges against another of Albany's most powerful politicians, State Senate Leader Dean Skelos, has rocked Albany this year.

There he announced the 16th plank in his State of the State agenda — a $ 500 million expansion of the Buffalo Billion economic development program, which is at the center of the federal corruption charges against Cuomo aides and donors.

The development corporations have become more transparent in the face of the filing of corruption charges against Alain Kaloyeros, who directed the two organizations until his indictment last fall.

The first case, to begin Jan. 8, will include alleged corruption charges against Percoco and two Syracuse developers.

Whatever the outcome of Stevenson's case, the accusations alone — which came just days after corruption charges against two other elected officials — seem to have chipped off another chunk of the public's brittle trust of politicians.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan leveled sweeping corruption charges against two former close aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Thursday in a complaint that detailed a spectacle of bid - rigging and bribery in upstate development projects and a Capitol awash in dirty money.

The federal district court house in lower Manhattan, where a jury is deliberating corruption charges against Joe Percoco and three other defendants.

So, you carry your half - baked corruption charge against him to court and lawyers pick it and begin to tear it to shreds.

«We look forward to proving our felony corruption charges against Mr. Maziarz in court next month,» said Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, whose office is prosecuting the case.

The source noted that the delegation would also consider putting pressure on the Federal Government to drop corruption charges against Tompolo.

LOCAL OFFICIALS REACT TO CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST JASMIN, DESMARET AND SAVINO added by dskriloff on April 2, 2013 View all posts by dskriloff →

@PreetBharara announces corruption charges against ex-NY Gov. aide, SUNY official as well as developer and energy co. execs.

We spoke with Council Member Fernando Cabrera about the mayor's race, his endorsement and the impact of recent corruption charges against Bronx politicians.

New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announces corruption charges against Mount Vernon Mayor Thomas during a press conference in Manhattan March 12, 2018.

Federal prosecutors brought corruption charges against top state government insiders and business development executives Thursday, scorching Gov. Andrew Cuomo's hallmark upstate economic initiatives.

The governor will make his decision at the same time a jury is deciding corruption charges against former senate leader Dean Skelos, and just weeks after another jury convicted Sheldon Silver.

As will arguments over his role, or lack thereof, in the Bridgegate scandal and the federal and state corruption charges against members of his inner circle.

In a sign of how common corruption charges against state legislators have become, political observers say the news sent shockwaves through the New York's political establishment, not because of what Silver is charged with, but because of the speaker's stature.

Some projects have led to federal corruption charges against associates of Cuomo.

The work of the Moreland Commission helped Mr. Bharara's office bring corruption charges against Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who recently stepped down as speaker and whose arrest in January refocused attention on the need for better oversight on ethics.

That was one of several proposals put forth by Cuomo last spring in response to a spate of corruption charges against sitting state lawmakers.

Bharara's office recently brought five federal corruption charges against now former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The jury weighing corruption charges against former Gov. Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco said for the second time Monday that it can't come to a unanimous decision.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought the Albany - shaking corruption charges against the Skeloses and against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver earlier this year, sat in the back of the room.