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Less than two weeks later, the mayor learned of a federal corruption investigation into top Police Department officials.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)- A community advocate is calling for Mayor Bill de Blasio's impeachment amid a federal corruption investigation into his fundraising.
In addition to recording conversations with his colleagues in a federal corruption investigation into members of the New York State Assembly, Nelson Castro had a key requirement to avoid prosecution on a past perjury indictment: Tell the truth.
«Every New Yorker needs to know about the federal corruption investigation into Andrew Cuomo that may land him in prison,» Astorino said in a statement.
The two de Blasio donors at the fulcrum of a sprawling federal corruption investigation into the mayor's fund - raising activities and the actions of police commanders took pride in their connections with top NYPD officials.
Three retired police officers and a former Brooklyn prosecutor were charged yesterday in a widening federal corruption investigation into the New York Police Department and its gun - licensing division.
Separate grand juries have reportedly begun hearing evidence related to the state and federal corruption investigations into the de Blasio administration.
Not exact matches
Not in Mexico, where neighbouring state Michoacan has become a battleground, with armed vigilantes battling the Knights Templar drug cartel and a federal investigation into the possible corruption of more than 1,200 local police officers.
The Tigers are one of four programs with an assistant coach indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud, conspiracy and bribery charges stemming from the FBI's investigation into corruption across college basketball.
Kansas and North Carolina State were named in new federal charges filed in the FBI's investigation into corruption in college basketball Tuesday.
The Trojans are one of the four teams to have an assistant coach charged so far in the ongoing federal investigation into college basketball corruption.
The confluence of events that resulted in the Pac 12 producing only one squad with a résumé worthy of avoiding Dayton involves a sprawling federal investigation into corruption across the sport, a shoplifting incident in China that drew in President Trump, missed opportunities in non-conference play and a talent - stuffed preseason title contender's inability to reach its ceiling.
The NYT tells the story of the 2011 bootlegging case that turned out to be the tip of a criminal scheme that within three years would be used as evidence in an unimaginably larger case, a federal corruption investigation that would ultimately reach deep into New York City's highest offices of power.
But when Walker learned last year of a federal investigation into potential corruption in Nassau County government, including circumstances surrounding the payment, he spoke to the contractor several times «in an attempt to convince the contractor to conceal the existence of the $ 5,000 payment from the grand jury,» according to authorities.
Such contracts to politically connected companies have been at the center of both the federal corruption conviction of former state Sen. Dean Skelos and a federal investigation into Mangano's chief deputy, Rob Walker.
In recent years, the sheriff's office was involved in a federal investigation into political corruption in Suffolk that led to the conviction of Edward Walsh, the former corrections lieutenant under the outgoing sheriff, Vincent DeMarco.
The voting wrapped up a session clouded by federal investigations into corruption and the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) to federal prison on bribery and extortion charges.
Although state and federal investigations into de Blasio's fundraising practices closed without anyone being charged, allegations have resurfaced again in the last two weeks as Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in an ongoing political corruption trial, testified he was in weekly communication with the mayor and was promised favors in exchange for money.
And after the column appeared, federal corruption investigations moved further into Governor Rowland's administration.
After a rocky summer, de Blasio's poll numbers had begun to rise, though he now faces questions about federal investigations into police corruption, his fundraising practices, and elevated lead levels in the blood of NYCHA residents.
The legislature's most powerful Democrat is the target of a federal investigation into Albany corruption.
Sources said the sultry «high - end» lady of the evening who goes by the name of «Candi» was hired by Jona Rechnitz, the wealthy real estate mogul who has secretly pleaded guilty to bribing NYPD officials and is cooperating with federal investigations into police corruption and some of the mayor's fundraising activities.
State Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), Long Island's highest - ranking legislator and majority leader of the Senate, is the focus of a federal investigation into allegations of corruption.
The Capitol is beset by federal investigations into corruption and bribery involving at least five lawmakers, one of whom wore an FBI wire to try to ensnare fellow legislators.
The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York have been investigating Mr. Skelos and his son, Adam, as part of a wider probe into allegations of corruption in Albany.
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.
Former staffers to the late Gov. Mario Cuomo are outraged and disheartened by federal and state investigations into alleged political corruption by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration that have cast a harsh light on them.
A federal investigation into corruption in Suffolk County law enforcement has expanded, as the Justice Department examines at least a half - dozen cases to determine whether political considerations influenced decisions made by the local district attorney's office.
The Nassau district attorney's investigation is separate and not coordinated with a continuing federal investigation into corruption in Oyster Bay, the sources said.
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.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to be questioned Friday by federal prosecutors in connection with a corruption investigation into fundraising on his behalf, according to a person familiar with the matter.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A federal investigation was under way Tuesday into possible corruption in the NYPD.
The reported investigation is the latest in a federal corruption probe into the mayor's campaign fundraising practices.
Records unsealed Wednesday named nine individuals recorded by Huntley in 2012 as part of a federal investigation into political corruption.
A federal investigation into corruption in Suffolk County, N.Y., law enforcement has expanded, as the Justice Department examines at least a half - dozen cases to determine whether political considerations influenced decisions made by the Suffolk district attorney's office, according to two people in law enforcement and three who have been questioned by the Justice Department.
Why does it take the Nassau County District Attorney's Office — responding to a federal investigation into political corruption — to uncover the gross deficiencies in how the county awards contracts?
And they are outraged and disheartened by federal and state investigations into alleged political corruption that have cast a harsh light on some of «the Cuomo alumni,» as they're known.
The Manganos - Venditto case is the latest to go to trial as the result of recent investigations into political corruption on Long Island by Eastern District federal prosecutors, the FBI and IRS.
«There has been a dark cloud hovering over government for several years now as a result of federal investigations into abuse of power and corruption,» said the county executive, in an indirect reference to the corruption convictions of former Suffolk police Chief James Burke and former Suffolk Conservative Party chairman Edward Walsh.
The federal investigation into corruption at the New York Police Department — which tied up JSR Capital's Jona Rechnitz — is actually part of...
The Manganos - Venditto case is the latest to go to trial as the result of recent investigations into political corruption on Long Island by Eastern District federal prosecutors.
Adams, 52, a Democratic state senator who is running for Brooklyn borough president this fall, was recorded on a wire worn by disgraced state Sen. Shirley Huntley as part of a federal investigation into political corruption, according to records unsealed Wednesday.
The deal and the extent of Mr. Cohen's role in it are the subjects of a wide - ranging federal corruption investigation that is, in part, looking into his efforts to protect Mr. Trump's presidential prospects in 2016.
The federal investigation was launched by crusading Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara, who began with a corruption probe into two shady de Blasio allies and then expanded it into other business owners and a political race in Westchester.
American Hustle - December 13 The federal investigation into the political corruption known as Abscam from the»70s gets its movie.
The most high - profile have been investigations into bribery and corruption by the Serious Fraud Office, US Department of Justice and Brazil's Ministério Público Federal, resulting in deferred prosecution agreements announced in early 2017 and penalties totalling # 671m.