Sentences with phrase «corruption trials of»

As NY1's Josh Robin explained in a powerful report yesterday, Glenwood was at the center of the corruption trials of both Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, two men who at the start of 2015 were running the legislature and are now both busy trying to figure out how to make legal appeals that will keep them out of prison.

On Friday, Azrack said while hearing arguments from the attorneys about the wording of instructions on the law that jurors will get, that she had read jury instructions from the corruption trials of Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker convicted for a second time on Friday, and Joseph Percoco, former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

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).

State ethics watchdog JCOPE slapped $ 270,000 in fines on two firms that figured prominently in the corruption trials of disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The federal corruption trials of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver continue in Manhattan.

The upcoming federal corruption trials of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, the former speaker, and Sen. Dean Skelos, the former majority leader, will focus attention on the crisis of corruption in the state capital.

The federal corruption trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos continue in Manhattan.

A real - estate executive who received immunity to become a witness in the federal corruption trials of both of the state's former legislative leaders — Glenwood Management VP and counsel Charles Dorego — is also the top «bundler» for NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer.

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.

New York State Senate Republicans on the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole that has played a role in recent corruption trials of former legislative leaders, but doing so might have doomed the measure for the 2016 session.

Cox said conditions are even better for the GOP this time around because of the looming corruption trials of former Cuomo associates and the belief that the two Democrats who will appear on the top of the ballot are seeking higher office.

At the center of the corruption trials of both former leaders loomed the LLC loophole.

In the case of the $ 99,118 in donations Diaz received, the money was tied to a comparatively small outfit, MJM Construction — not exactly as bold - faced a firm as those that made eye - brow - raising cameos in corruption trials of former elected officials like Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

Corruption Trials and Two Reform Reports Make the Case for Action Now In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the -LSB-...]

State Senate Republicans in the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole, which has played a role in recent corruption trials of the former leaders of the legislature.

«This continual parade of corruption trials of New York's public officials has become a national embarrassment,» Schorr said.

Many Croat fans were unimpressed when he sensationally retracted his original testimony at the corruption trial of one - time Dinamo Zagreb chief Zdravko Mamic.

ZAGREB: Real Madrid's Luka Modric was charged Friday with giving false testimony at the corruption trial of Dinamo Zagreb's powerful former chief Zdravko Mamic, prosecutors said.

Croatian prosecutors charged the Real Madrid midfielder last week with giving false evidence during the multi-million-euro corruption trial of former Dinamo Zagreb boss Zdravko Mamic in Croatia.

The proposal comes as the corruption trial of former gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco gets underway this week.

It took jurors less than 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the eight - week corruption trial of ex-NYC Councilman Dan Halloran that was marked by delays, a mistrial for a co-defendant — state Sen. Malcolm Smith — and several juror dismissals for personal reasons.

Still, Republicans hope Cuomo is unexpectedly vulnerable this year given the $ 1 billion tax and fee increases in the budget as well as the ongoing corruption trial of his former top aide, Joe Percoco.

As the corruption trial of his former close aide and confidant Joe Percoco played out in New York City, Gov. Andrew Cuomo stuck to a largely similar script when asked about the details of the testimony.

Government prosecutors and attorneys for a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo are sparring over access to evidence in the corruption trial of Joe Percoco.

DeFrancisco, meanwhile, kept the focus on the corruption trial of Joe Percoco, the former close aide to the governor who is accused of fraud and bribery.

The federal government refused to grant immunity to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who has threatened to take the Fifth Amendment if called to testify at the political corruption trial of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has kept a relatively low media profile — at least with Albany reporters — during the federal corruption trial of his former top aide, Joe Percoco, but that has neither stopped nor reduced coverage of the proceedings, and there's more to come.

Today's testimony at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, has been canceled due to the illness of a defense lawyer whose questioning last week led to the arrest of the prosecution's star witness, Todd Howe.

Also at 9:30 a.m., the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano continues, Courtroom 920, Judge Azrack; Federal Courthouse, Central Islip, Long Island.

The federal judge presiding over the corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife Linda, and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto has denied all defense motions challenging the case against them.

Jury deliberations in the federal corruption trial of Joe Percoco continue in a Manhattan courthouse today.

The question of who is picking up Joe Percoco's legal tab is of particular interest because of his close relationship with Cuomo, whose name has surfaced repeatedly in the federal corruption trial of his former top aide.

The jury in the corruption trial of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo top aide Joseph Percoco announced for the second time that it was deadlocked, dimming the prospects once again for a verdict in the trial.

Jury deliberations in the corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco appeared to have run aground on their fourth day, as three jurors issued notes asking to be excused from the case, with one expressing concern about the storm expected to slam the New York City metro area; and another saying that she has sick children.

DeFrancisco spokesman Bill O'Reilly took note of the corruption trial of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former aide Joe Percoco, whose fate is now in the hands of a jury.

A judge set a date for the start of jury selection in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife, Linda, and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

The prosecution could rest its case as early as tomorrow morning in the federal political corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, now in its 10th week.

Jurors in the corruption trial of Joseph Percoco and three co-defendants went home for the weekend without reaching a verdict.

COIB's announcement of the fines, and Stringer's scrutiny of Department of Correction spending, comes the same day that a jury is reportedly deadlocked in the corruption trial of former correction union president Norman Seabrook, who is accused of making a deal with a hedge fund to pocket $ 60,000 in exchange for agreeing to steer union money into the fund, which has since been revealed as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in recent memory.

Here's the latest from the federal corruption trial of former Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver.

Dec. 5, 2017: A federal judge delays for two months the corruption trial of the Manganos and Venditto because Venditto's attorneys said they needed more time to prepare to fight the additional securities fraud charges.

As if to illustrate the findings of the State Integrity Investigation, the federal corruption trial of former state Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., continued this week, with Judge Frederic Block excoriating Espada's attorney for using questionable courtroom tactics, and with Espada characterized during trial as a «puppet master» for his alleged embezzlement of funds from the Soundview Healthcare Network.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh on Thursday finished his testimony in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, after 13 days on the stand and as the prosecution challenged two crucial sets of evidence submitted by defense attorneys.

Closing arguments have begun in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

Jurors on Friday finished their first day of deliberations in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto without reaching a verdict.

His indictment comes more than two years after he confirmed while testifying in the corruption trial of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that federal prosecutors were probing his role in county contracts that went to political campaign contributors.

The upcoming corruption trial of a former top Cuomo adviser threatens to dim the Democrat's presidential chances.

«While Andrew Cuomo is steeped in a massive corruption trial of his pay - to - play administration, the New York Republican Party is putting forth candidates with the experience and vision to fix our state,» Cox said in a statement.

Speaking at a press conference outside the office of the CFB Malliotakis referenced the recent testimony of Jona Rechnitz in the federal corruption trial of Norman Seabrook on his political contributions to de Blasio and, according to Rechnitz, the mayor's responsiveness to his requests in exchange for those contributions.