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A Brooklyn assemblywoman facing federal corruption charges resigned her seat on Monday, according to a letter provided to the Times Union by her attorney.
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The 64 - year - old Leibell, of Putnam County, resigned his seat in December just before he was indicted under federal felony corruption charges.
Fidler is running in the March 20 special election for the seat vacated by former Sen. Carl Kruger, who was forced to resign when he pleaded guilty last month to felony federal corruption charges.
Silver will not be resigning his seat in the Assembly as he he battles federal corruption charges.
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a Uniondale law firm that employed state Sen. Dean Skelos, who resigned as majority leader this year after he was charged in a federal corruption case, also received three outside counsel contracts within the range just below the approval threshold: for $ 24,000, $ 24,900 and $ 25,000.
SUNY Poly's seemingly precarious financial state — particularly since former president Alain Kaloyeros resigned in October after state and federal corruption charges were filed against him related to his oversight of bidding processes at two of the school's affiliated nonprofits — has been widely reported, but the internal documents offer a rare glimpse at how the crisis has been perceived and deliberated internally.
SUNY Poly's seemingly precarious financial state — particularly since former president Alain Kaloyeros resigned in October after state and federal corruption charges were filed against him related to his oversight of bidding processes at two of the school's affiliated nonprofits — has been
In the wake of the arrest of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges this morning, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the 2014 GOP gubernatorial candidate, issued a statement expressing «confidence» that the Long Island lawmaker «will do the right thing and promptly resign his leadership position.»
Ex-assemblyman Eric Stevenson was forced to resign after being convicted of corruption charges in federal court earlier this year.
Martins noted that he had instantly called for Republican County Executive Edward Mangano to resign last year upon Mangano being charged in a federal corruption case, yet Curran still has not.
He resigned as speaker Feb. 2, 2015, after being arraigned Jan. 22 on corruption charges in federal court in Manhattan.
That's because Republican Dean Skelos of Long Island resigned as leader of the state senate on Monday after being brought up on federal corruption charges.
He succeeded Sheldon Silver, who resigned his post after being arrested on federal corruption charges.
State Sen. John DeFrancisco is Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and was involved in the leadership battle in the Senate when former leader Dean Skelos resigned as Majority Leader after being arrested on federal corruption charges.
ALBANY — Senate Republicans are now «nearly unanimous» in believing Majority Leader Dean Skelos must resign his leadership post as he faces federal corruption charges, according to two leading Republicans close to the situation.
The DN reports that he will plead guilty to federal corruption charges and resign from office.
Mr. Silver, who resigned on Monday as speaker after being arrested on federal corruption charges in January, was accused of essentially facilitating the harassment by not acting forcefully to prevent Mr. Lopez's behavior as leader of the Assembly, which was also named as a defendant in one of the lawsuits.
The Manhattan Democrat resigned at 11:59 p.m. Monday following his arrest on federal corruption charges.
Saladino was appointed on Jan. 31 to fill out the remainder of former Supervisor John Venditto's term after he resigned to focus on his legal defense of federal corruption charges.
Nassau County Republicans who are on the ballot this Election Day are calling on County Executive Ed Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto to immediately resign following their indictments on federal corruption charges.
The special election to replace Mr. Kruger took shape when the former state senator pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges and resigned.
Flanagan took control of the Senate majority this spring after former Leader Dean Skelos was forced to resign the leadership post due to federal corruption charges.
Joe Bruno, who resigned in 2008 and spent close to 10 years in an ultimately successful battle against federal corruption charges, was the last upstate majority leader.
Lawmakers called on Silver to resign or step aside following his arrest last Thursday on federal corruption and fraud charges.
Flanagan was elected Senate majority leader in May when former leader Dean Skelos resigned due to his arrest on federal corruption charges.
The Manhattan Democrat was forced to resign the powerful post he's held for more than two decades after his members told him this past Monday they've lost faith in his ability to lead following his arrest on five federal corruption charges.
Kaloyeros, who was charged Sept. 22 with federal and state corruption charges, resigned as president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute earlier this month, opening the way for him to return to his faculty job at SUNY Poly as soon as possible.
Since 2007, Spitzer and then - Comptroller Alan Hevesi resigned in disgrace, former Gov. David Paterson paid a fine to settle an ethics charge, former Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno was convicted of federal corruption charges, former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. was accused in corruption charges and several other lawmakers have been charged and investigated in state and federal investigations in an unprecedented string of cases.
Resigned as Temporary President and Majority Leader on May 11, 2015, due to federal corruption charges.
That's when he resigned after being found guilty on 16 charges of federal corruption.
Silver, who has represented the Lower East Side and Downtown for decades, is not resigning from his post, but plans to step back from his speaker responsibilities temporarily, instead delegating them to a group of senior members in the wake of federal corruption charges.
Skelos, 67, resigned from his position in May after being hit with federal corruption charges for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from developers — namely Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management — in exchange for political favors.
New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced in February, shortly after taking over for Sheldon Silver, who resigned after being hit with federal corruption charges, that he was going to hire someone to clean the place up.
Flanagan was elected majority leader earlier in the month when former leader Dean Skelos resigned after being arrested on federal corruption charges.
ALBANY — State Senator John Bonacic, a Republican from the Hudson Valley, became the first member of his conference to call on Majority Leader Dean Skelos to resign from his leadership post, following Skelos» arrest on federal corruption charges on Monday.
Empire State Development took over control of Fort Schuyler's projects last year after SUNY Poly's president, Alain Kaloyeros, resigned after being arrested on state and federal corruption charges.
Heastie has been speaker for about six months, winning the leadership post after longtime Speaker Sheldon Silver was forced to resign after being charged by the federal government with corruption.
Mr. Silver, a fellow Orthodox Jew, resigned his post after he was arrested — and later indicted — on federal corruption charges.
ALBANY — A growing number of Assembly Democrats is calling for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to resign his leadership position on Monday as he faces federal corruption charges.
Albany, N.Y. — Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing federal and state corruption charges in alleged bid - rigging schemes, has reportedly resigned as president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
He was forced to resign the powerful leadership post he's held for more than two decades after his members informed him Monday they've lost faith in his ability to lead following his arrest last week on five federal corruption charges.
New York Assemblyman William Scarborough will resign and plead guilty to federal corruption charges.
Earlier this month, De Blasio also lost an experienced ally in the Assembly, when Sheldon Silver resigned his speakership following his arrest on federal corruption charges.
Carl Kruger / Pedro Espada — Disgraced state Senator Carl Kruger resigned from office and tearfully pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, while his «amigo» former state Senator Pedro Espada lost his bid to keep his Soundview Healthcare Network in the state's Medicaid program.
Carl Kruger, the once - powerful New York State senator from Brooklyn who resigned his office in disgrace and pleaded guilty to corruption charges in December, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday by a federal judge in Manhattan.
ALBANY — State Sen. Dean Skelos, who is clinging to his position as the chamber's majority leader as he fights federal corruption charges, is threatening to resign his seat if he is forced from his leadership post, according to published reports.
Democrats made the decision after spending more than six hours behind closed doors Tuesday — a day after telling Silver he'd have to resign or face removal after he was arrested on federal corruption charges.
He replaced Sheldon Silver, who resigned as speaker after being arrested on federal corruption charges.
Current Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was arrested last week on federal corruption charges, is slated to either resign or be ousted by the conference on Monday, leaving majority leader Joe Morelle of Rochester as interim speaker until Feb. 10, when the conference will gather to elect a permanent speaker.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano was hit with federal corruption charges, raising calls for him to resign.