Sentences with phrase «corruption trials involving»

Potential pitfalls for the governor, Wilson said, include a worsening state deficit, upcoming political corruption trials involving some of his close associates, mass transit problems, and a «failing» upstate economy.

If more is done by Cuomo and the Legislature this session, it may overlap with at least six public corruption trials involving former New York politicians, according to a calendar put on display at the state Capitol by good government groups the day after the governor's speech.

Next year will also feature two federal corruption trials involving some of Cuomo's top allies: Alain Kaloyeros, the former president of State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, and Joe Percoco, who managed Cuomo's past two campaigns and has been likened to a brother.

And he, too, highlights the string of corruption trials involving former Cuomo associates, saying the Capitol has a «culture of corruption.»

The Silver retrial is the second of four corruption trials involving state government to take place this year.

But state Republican Chairman Ed Cox said the race will be a referendum on Cuomo, and said persistent problems with the New York City subways, uneven economic recovery in upstate areas and ongoing corruption trials involving Cuomo's close confidants are all working in the GOP's favor.

Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Menendez, who just survived a federal corruption trial involving allegations he took bribes from Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgin, is among the least wealthy members of the Senate.

The plan is at the center of an upcoming corruption trial involving a former Cuomo administration official and a Buffalo construction contractor.

DeFrancisco, 71, immediately emphasized what he sees as the governor's vulnerabilities: several economic development projects in upstate New York that have sputtered, chronic delays in the New York City subway system and a corruption trial involving the 60 - year - old governor's close confidant Joe Percoco — the first of six trials this year involving state figures.

A corruption trial involving his onetime closest political aide begins Monday, casting a shadow over Cuomo's ambitions and his ongoing role as a general in the Democratic war against the GOP tax overhaul, H.R. 1 (115).

The blistering attack on de Blasio's integrity came less than two weeks after former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco was found guilty of corruption charges — and ahead of the corruption trial involving Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» economic - development program.

The announcement came Monday, the same day a federal corruption trial involving former Cuomo confidante and longtime aide Joseph Percoco began.

Howe is the prosecution's star witness in a bribery and corruption trial involving one of his closest former associates and three former clients.

NEW YORK CITY — Prosecutors and defense lawyers Tuesday laid out a road map for the cases they will present in the state corruption trial involving two Syracuse developers.

Twelve jurors were selected today in the long - awaited New York state corruption trial involving two Syracuse developers, an energy company executive and a former top aide in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

Howe was a central figure in recent corruption trial involving Joe Percoco.

Not exact matches

The first trial involving a charge under the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act was concluded this past summer, and resulted in a conviction.

Pray that Zimmerman's acquittal will lead to his broken and contrite heart - he is not «free» or safe anywhere he goes; pray that God will use this trial and acquittal and all involved in it, including the inflammatory media, to open our eyes to every level of corruption in our land.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, likely to serve as the federal government's key cooperating witness in a wide - ranging corruption trial this fall involving past associates of Cuomo, «has obtained employment and a residence in the District of Idaho,» his attorneys told a judge.

ALBANY — State government is bracing for a parade of corruption trials in 2018, with five cases involving powerful players going before juries at the same time that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and all 213 legislative seats are up for election.

Several corruption trials are set for 2018 after a scandal involving nine of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former associates who worked on his administration's economic development projects.

In 2018, New Yorkers will witness five corruption trials, two involving officials linked to the governor and two retrials — Sheldon Silver in April and Dean Skelos in June — implicating the capital's most senior legislative offices.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continued to fight corruption charges, most notably in the trial involving the Holyland real estate development project in which Olmert faced charges that he accepted bribes from businessmen and stakeholders.

Several corruption trials are set for 2018 after a scandal involving nine of Governor Cuomo's former associates who worked on his administration's economic development projects.

Several former close associates go on trial later this year on bribery and bid - rigging charges in connection with a corruption scandal involving the governor's signature economic development projects.

Senator Smith, involved in a major corruption trial, is ostensibly running for re-election, but hasn't raised any money.

He took questions from Mirabile on the third day of the trial examining an alleged corruption scheme that prosecutors say involved Mangano, his wife, Linda, and Venditto accepting a «stream of benefits» in exchange for county contracts and town - linked loans to Singh.

Senate officials and Ruskin have said Skelos, whose corruption trial begins Nov. 16, never got involved with any of the firm's lobbying efforts for clients, saying there was a «total wall» between the two.

The Soraa facility where NexGen is planning to relocate was built by Cor Development of Fayetteville, one of the companies tied up in the ongoing federal political corruption trial in Manhattan involving former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, likely to serve as the federal government's key cooperating witness in a wide - ranging corruption trial this fall involving past associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo, «has obtained employment and a residence in the District of Idaho,» his attorneys told a judge on June 15.

A top Nassau County official who is under investigation for possible conflicts of interest involving county contracts testified Friday at the corruption trial of former senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in connection to a stormwater treatment contract within the county.

Cuomo also proposed closing a campaign finance loophole involving limited liability companies, that factored heavily in the corruption trials.

Catsimatidis said the heavy focus was on how to use the upcoming federal corruption trials of former Cuomo aides and associates, including one set to begin next week involving long - time close aide and friend Joseph Percoco, against the governor.

Jurors at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo saw photos on Tuesday of the governor palling around with a co-defendant charged in a «pay - to - play» bribery scheme involving a state - funded revitalization project upstate.

The first corruption trial, likely to begin later this month, involves former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and three business executives, and will focus on alleged bribes paid to Percoco in exchange for government favors.

Another corruption trial scheduled to begin this year involves Alain Kaloyeros, who was president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and is accused of rigging bids for projects part of the «Buffalo Billion,» one of Cuomo's top economic development programs.

«All those mentioned in the ongoing corruption trial are, therefore, on their own and the party was not involved financially or in anyway with the office of the national security adviser, ONSA, or any organ of the federal government in the last regime.

The scandal involving Percoco — and which featured a trial in which a who's who of Cuomo administration current and former officials testifying or mentioned in evidence by prosecutors — is the most serious to tag someone so close to Cuomo, who rode into office in 2011 pledging to end Albany's notorious reputation as a hotbed of corruption.

The others are the case involving alleged election law violations by former Newfane Republican Sen. George Maziarz in March; the re-trials in April and May of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the Buffalo Billion corruption case trial set for June; and, on Long Island, the corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano in March.

«I didn't want to be involved,» Meara testified at Silver's corruption trial in Manhattan federal court.

Adding to Flanagan's woes, the source said, is the fact that the city's real - estate industry, long a major contributor to the Senate GOP, has become skittish about contributing to the business - friendly lawmakers in the wake of revelations involving Glenwood Management, the powerful real - estate firm owned by Leonard Litwin, at the corruption trials of both Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan).

And a series of high - profile corruption trials, including two involving former members of and people connected to his administration, begins this month and could run through June.

Nine people have pleaded guilty or been indicted in connection with alleged bid rigging and other corruption charges involving some of Governor Cuomo's economic development programs, and they face trial later this year.

The trial involved allegations of corruption that were rare even by the standards of Albany, which has seen its share of such trials.

And there are the 2018 trials: the corruption re-trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the pay - to - play trial in June involving Buffalo Billion and other Cuomo administration economic development programs in upstate, and the recently concluded trial in which Joseph Percoco, a longtime confidante of Cuomo, was found guilty in a scheme of trading bribes for state action for those business executives giving him money.

A federal judge on Tuesday split the upcoming upstate development political corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and seven others in two, and said the case involving Cuomo lieutenant Joseph Percoco will begin in January.

Several former close associates go on trial later this year on bribery and bid rigging charges, in connection with a corruption scandal involving the governor's signature economic development projects.

The subject matters involved in these trials included many complex «white collar» matters, including criminal violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, environmental fraud, health care fraud, obstruction of justice, computer - related crimes, fraud in government subsidy programs, and public corruption.

According to a recent Wall Street Journal story, the trial in question was one of the highest profile corruption trials in Ohio's history, and involved Jimmy Dimora, the former Cuyahoga County, Ohio Commissioner who has now been convicted of racketeering, bribery, conspiracy, tax charges, and other crimes.