Sentences with phrase «federal corruption charges»

Both were convicted on federal corruption charges last year.

Silver was forced from office after being convicted of federal corruption charges.

It's become increasingly unlikely Silver will be able to maintain his role as speaker while he fights federal corruption charges.

He had resigned from that office a decade earlier in 2003 after being convicted on federal corruption charges for steering city contracts in exchange for private gifts.

Silver was forced from office after being convicted on federal corruption charges late last year.

Both were convicted on multiple federal corruption charges that in part focused on their abuse of income they earned outside of their state elected positions.

They ruled their respective branches of state government and convictions on federal corruption charges came just days apart.

Some of the contracts associated with the projects have been the target of federal corruption charges.

Silver, convicted on federal corruption charges late last year, was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week.

NY Post reporter Carl Campanile writes in Saturday's paper that «Former state Sen. Malcolm Smith — who faces federal corruption charges in a trial that starts Monday — blew tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a self - promotional newsletter marking... Continue reading →

Embattled Sen. Carl Kruger's once prolific fundraising came to an abrupt halt after he was slapped with federal corruption charges in early March, according to the Brooklyn Democrat's July 15 filing with the state Board of Elections.

While roughly three dozen people rallied in support of Silver after federal corruption charges against him were announced on Thursday, the less senior members who have been stifled under the current system have grown increasingly restive.

Dean Skelos, who served for seven years as the majority leader of the state Senate before his arrest on federal corruption charges earlier this year, was convicted on eight counts of using his office to secure lucrative employment opportunities for his son, Adam.

Former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was convicted of federal corruption charges relating in part to the awarding of a Nassau County contract.

In a wide - ranging taping of the Congressional Corner on Tuesday, New York Republican representative Chris Gibson of the 19th district told WAMC's Alan Chartock that Dean Skelos, the New York State Senate Majority Leader arrested on federal corruption charges Monday, should step aside.

De Blasio praised Silver in spite of federal corruption charges filed against the state lawmaker.

Brian Davis's plea to federal corruption charges Tuesday comes as no surprise.

Former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith was convicted of federal corruption charges including bribery, wire fraud and extortion, related to his scheme to pay off NYC GOP leaders in exchange for letting him run for mayor on their ballot line in 2013.

One of those was veteran Sen. Efrain Gonzalez, who had been facing his own federal corruption charges for more than two years when Espada defeated him in a 2008 primary.

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.

Silver will not be resigning his seat in the Assembly as he he battles federal corruption charges.

Then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver drove the effort in 2007 to replace Democratic Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who was forced from office by federal corruption charges.

After the report drew the interest of Moreland Commission staff in their investigation of legislative corruption that was later picked up by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, both former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Majority Leader Dean Skelos were indicted on federal corruption charges brought by Bharara's office.

First, it was the special election to fill Skelos's seat, who was ousted from office when he was found guilty of federal corruption charges stemming for helping his son's business interests.

Yesterday, defense attorneys for Republican operative Vincent Tabone, who is facing federal corruption charges alongside former state Sen. Malcolm Smith, presented their final witness in the two - week trial: Queens GOP Chairman Robert Beltrani.

He was appointed to the seat last December by Blagojevich, who was later impeached, removed from office and arrested on federal corruption charges alleging that he tried to sell Obama's seat to the highest bidder.

The Brooklyn assemblyman, a Democrat and self - identified Black Panther, is contemplating a bid to replace former State Senator John Sampson, who was forced from office following a conviction on federal corruption charges last week.

He is scheduled to plead guilty as part of a deal with the Albany U.S. attorney to two felony federal corruption charges on May 7, a source told the Daily News.

The retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges continues in Manhattan.

Just two weeks ago, former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side, was found guilty on federal corruption charges too, definitively turning the state's powerful «three men in a room» into a new arrangement in which Governor Andrew Cuomo is just sitting there by himself.

Venditto — who already is facing separate federal corruption charges — surrendered to prosecutors just before 7 a.m..

On Tuesday, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested on federal corruption charges involving an alleged pay - for - play scheme to award Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder - among other accusations.

ALBANY — State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam will be arrested on federal corruption charges as early as next week, both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported late Friday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Three Buffalo - based developers face federal corruption charges connected to the Buffalo Billion project, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan announced Thursday morning.

Lincoln Restler, an outspoken Brooklyn Democrat who narrowly defeated a party - backed candidate for district leader last fall and has been throwing verbal reform bombs ever since, is the first to call for scandal - scarred Sen. Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. to step down after being slapped with federal corruption charges yesterday.

Silver's resignation following his arrest last month on federal corruption charges took effect one minute before midnight on Monday.

A reader could not help but noting the irony of this statement from state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs in response to former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's conviction on federal corruption charges back in May 2010:

Sheldon Silver, the former powerful Democratic speaker of the state Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges less than a year after his first conviction on the same charges was thrown out.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's re-trial on federal corruption charges starts in Manhattan today.

She also happens to be a close personal friend of former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who used to work for CMA until his never - ending battle against federal corruption charges caused him to resign.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Preet Bharara may be gone as U.S. Attorney, but his role as a crusading prosecutor figures prominently in the effort by two Syracuse - area businessmen to get federal corruption charges dismissed.

The former lawmaker, who was indicted on a new set of federal corruption charges following the outcome of a rather complex Supreme Court ruling on his theft of honest services charges, said he was «just following the legal process.»

The New York Young Republicans» take on Kruger's guilty plea to federal corruption charges appears below.

The committee has dropped Lipsky like a hot potato — as have most of his big - name clients — since he was slapped with federal corruption charges along with Sen. Carl Kruger, Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. and others.

Skelos recently was hit with federal corruption charges accusing him of using his office to enrich his son.

A Brooklyn assemblywoman facing federal corruption charges resigned her seat on Monday, according to a letter provided to the Times Union by her attorney.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The arrest of a powerful New York lawmaker on federal corruption charges threw one of America's most powerful statehouses into disarray, destabilizing the state's Senate while complicating an already contentious legislative agenda.