Not exact matches
The Nassau County - based Skelos, who works for Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a major Long Island law firm that represents
dozens of powerful businesses before state agencies, voluntarily revealed last year that he was paid as much as $ 250,000 in private
legal fees in 2009, when he was Senate minority
leader.
This year — which follows a two - decade stretch that has seen
dozens of elected officials leave office due to ethical or
legal scandal — there appears to be a marked shift and legislative
leaders are finding themselves at odds with government reform organizations who view the convention more favorably, even those who sat out the vote in 1997.
Dozens of New York politicians have faced
legal or ethics charges since 2000, including John Sampson, who replaced Smith as the Senate's Democratic
leader and who is currently on trial in Brooklyn federal court for alleged obstruction of justice.
Mr. Furlong is a lawyer, former
legal journalist, thought
leader and consultant, with more than a
dozen years» experience leading three top Canadian
legal periodicals.