Sentences with phrase «despite federal corruption»

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos will receive a nearly $ 96 thousand dollar a year pension despite his federal corruption conviction that forced him from office last year.

Mangano is making moves to run for re-election next year despite federal corruption investigations that have tarnished his administration and his popularity.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano is making moves to run for re-election next year despite federal corruption investigations that have plagued his Republican administration.

Despite his federal corruption charges, Smith has defiantly declared his run along with attorneys Munir Avery and Clyde Vanel, but there's still talk of one more candidate entering the race.

Not exact matches

Grandeau says despite the rampant corruption, all of the cases against lawmakers in recent years have stemmed from federal prosecutions, not state ethics authorities.

Despite the delays and prolonged negotiation, Mr. Cuomo hailed the deal as an extraordinary breakthrough in a legislative session that saw the previous leaders of both the Assembly and State Senate step down from their posts amid federal corruption charges, and Mr. Heastie and Mr. Flanagan rise to succeed them.

The previous year, lawmakers headed for the exits despite a session that saw former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver convicted on federal corruption charges (Both have since been overturned on appeal.)

Bratton refused to take off - topic questions during a press conference after an active - shooter drill today, despite the growing anxiety over a federal investigation into police corruption that's already led to a suicide just days earlier.

And, as we knew it would be, ethics reform is missing from the final product, despite the fact that this is the first budget since both former legislative leaders — ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — were convicted on federal corruption charges.

Some of the issues Adelakun raised were the appointment of security chiefs from mainly one ethnic group, killings and kidnapping by Boko Haram despite the Federal Government's claim that the sect had been technically defeated; and the fight against corruption.

Despite a guilty verdict in his federal corruption trial, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today stuck with his long - standing mantra: he will be vindicated.

The Hawkins - Jones ticket was nominated in Troy NY the day after former local State Senator and Majority Leader Joe Bruno won his federal retrial on public corruption charges despite clear evidence that he receive tens of thousands of dollars monthly for no - show jobs.

Kinderhook, NY... October 28, 2016 — Zephyr Teachout, the liberal New York City professor who moved Upstate this year to run for Congress, is standing with Hillary Clinton, the candidate she had previously denounced for her «four big corruption problems,» despite the Federal Bureau of Investigation reopening its criminal probe into Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A defiant Dean Skelos on Tuesday said he has no plans to step aside as state Senate majority leader, despite the half dozen federal corruption charges he faces.

Despite serving prison time on federal corruption charges and getting booted from office, former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate is trying to get back into politics.

The announcement comes after many weeks of silence from the Legislature and Gov. Cuomo on ethics reform despite the fact that the leaders of both legislative houses were indicted and convicted on multiple federal counts of corruption last year.

The announcement followed a week of escalating pressure on Senator Skelos, who sought to stay on as the chamber's leader despite his arrest last week on federal corruption charges.

Kaloyeros is set to go on trial in federal court in Manhattan next month, and prosecutors are expected to paint a picture of corruption despite Kaloyeros maintaining his innocence.

Former Democratic representatives Corrine Brown (Fla.) and Chaka Fattah (Pa.) are still receiving taxpayer - funded federal pensions despite being convicted and sentenced to prison on corruption charges.

Grandeau says that, despite the rampant corruption, all of the cases against lawmakers in recent years have stemmed from federal prosecutions, not state ethics authorities.