Sentences with phrase «federal corruption probe»

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has retained a prominent criminal defense lawyer to help him cooperate with state and federal corruption probes into City Hall and his fundraising.

Late yesterday, former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife were charged in federal corruption probe, the WaPo reported: Former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were charged Tuesday with illegally accepting gifts,... Read

Looming over everything is the ongoing federal corruption probe by US Attorney Preet Bharara.

According to the NY Post, Banks was the target of an ongoing federal corruption probe when he walked away from his job as one of the most powerful men on the force.

De Blasio emphasized that neither he nor anyone from his campaign has «heard from any federal agency» and «there's been no outreach of any kind» about the widening federal corruption probe of the NYPD that has now reached to de Blasio's fundraising activities.

NEW YORK CITY — The NYPD was rocked by a long - running federal corruption probe that has reached into the highest levels of the department and City Hall before state and federal prosecutors announced they would not be bringing any charges.

FOIA request seeking U.S. Department of Justice records from the «pay to play» Federal corruption probe against the de Blasio administration specifically related to the BQX.

The bond deals were announced by the Cuomo administration amid a sprawling federal corruption probe of Albany lawmakers» relationships with political donors in the real estate industry.

It obviously was illegal, it was wrong and they got caught,» the mayor said of the three officers arrested as part of a wide - ranging federal corruption probe.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday that he has retained a prominent criminal defense lawyer to help him cooperate with state and federal corruption probes surrounding City Hall and his 2013 campaign.

UPPER EAST SIDE — A new commanding officer is taking the reins of the 19th Precinct, following his disgraced predecessor Deputy Inspector James Grant, who was stripped of his gun and badge as a result of an on - going federal corruption probe.

New York Rep. Gregory Meeks has been subpoenaed as part of a growing federal corruption probe that includes some of the most powerful Democratic politicians in Queens.

But the seemingly minor tweak suggested by Jacob — which garnered no public opposition among the ethics watchdog's staff or commissioners — could have real implications in future federal corruption probes.

Now, The Post can reveal that Banks was the target of an ongoing federal corruption probe when he walked away from his job as one of the most powerful men on the force.

An ongoing federal corruption probe that has ensnared a former Gov. Andrew Cuomo aide, state agencies and businesses, has also scrutinized the regional construction giant that is building the $ 1.3 billion Montreign Resort Casino at Adelaar.

Another high - ranking police official has been transferred as part of a widening federal corruption probe that has rocked the NYPD, officials said Wednesday.

MANHATTAN — A police inspector who was friends with one of the targets of a federal corruption probe involving the NYPD and City Hall committed suicide Friday afternoon, the department confirmed.

A lawyer enmeshed in a federal corruption probe targeting state Sen. Carl Kruger said yesterday he is guilty of lying to FBI agents about a pay - to - play bribe.

Lipsky turned himself in to authorities March 10 in connection with a federal corruption probe alleging that he indirectly injected lobbying fees totaling $ 252,000 into an account accessible by Sen. Carl Kruger (D - Brooklyn) in hopes of encouraging him to take official actions to benefit Lipsky's clients.

Abramowitz is a power player in New York politics; he recently served as a criminal defense attorney for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a federal corruption probe launched by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Abramowitz served as Cuomo's lawyer in 2015 as the governor fended off a federal corruption probe, and Abramowitz has given $ 17,000 to Cuomo during his political career, according to state campaign finance records.

Abramoff and several associates have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud in an influence - peddling scandal and are cooperating with a federal corruption probe that has reached into the U.S. Congress.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Sunday refused to take reporters» questions about the ongoing federal corruption probe that led to a high - ranking cop's suicide last week.

North Bergen is currently the subject of a federal corruption probe which has so far produced convictions of a Township Administrator, a Parks Commissioner, a purchasing agent for the Municipal Utilities Authority, a city contractor and a former aide to North Bergen's long time mayor, Nicholas Sacco.

The session begins Tuesday, after the spring break, and this time it's the leader of the Senate who is the focus of a federal corruption probe.

Jason Conwall, a spokesman for Empire State Development, said ESD inherited the Soraa deal from SUNY Polytechnic Institute following a federal corruption probe that caused significant delays.

HIGH BRIDGE — Mayor Bill de Blasio distanced himself Sunday from two businessmen embroiled in a federal corruption probe of the NYPD that has expanded to his campaign fundraising practices, saying that he doesn't know the men that well and that his campaign is returning donations from both.

ALBANY - Senate Republicans Tuesday pledged full support for Majority Leader Dean Skelos before and after their first closed - door conference since he was identified in news reports involving a federal corruption probe.

He got dragged into the federal corruption probe when he was caught on a wire offering a bribe to Nelson Castro, a Bronx assemblyman who had agreed to cooperate with the government to get out of a perjury charge.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A federal corruption probe into NYPD officials has been expanded to investigate the fundraising activities of Mayor Bill de Blasio, sources said Friday.

WEST VILLAGE — Mayor Bill de Blasio described a group of high - ranking NYPD officers arrested as part of a federal corruption probe involving two of his donors as «disgusting.»

Cuomo's economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion, were the target of a federal corruption probe that led to the arrest of nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide.

Fargo, a close friend and colleague of NYPD Inspector Michael Ameri, remained on modified duty this weekend as a federal corruption probe moved toward likely indictments in a police scandal.

A source tells the NY Post's Fred Dicker that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued a «blunt» and «direct» warning to Cuomo's independent investigator, Bart Schwartz, not to interfere with the federal corruption probe involving the Buffalo Billion project, related state contracts and two longtime friends of the governor.

(One New York real estate developer, who's at the center of a federal corruption probe, managed to give $ 1 million to Cuomo's campaign last cycle by routing donations through 27 limited - liability companies.)

A NYPD union head said he had told an NYPD inspector who died of an apparent self - inflicted gunshot wound in West Babylon on Friday that he was not the focus of a federal corruption probe in the department.

Cash - strapped ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, now at the center of a federal corruption probe, submitted resignation papers when he left the public payroll to run the governor's re-election campaign, but then didn't go through with leaving, making his decision to take private consulting clients problematic upon his return.

Jona Rechnitz, the businessman at the center of the federal corruption probe of NYPD cops, has deep financial ties to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — with one of them having sent tens of thousands of dollars the mayor's way, sources and records revealed.

Less than two months before Todd Howe emerged as the focus of a federal corruption probe, he was designated as the liaison between Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and a group of Utica officials who were anxious about delayed plans for a new chip fabrication plant, according to news reports.

US Attorney Preet Bharara has warned Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «independent» investigator not to interfere with the federal corruption probe involving the Buffalo Billion project, related state contracts and two longtime friends of the governor, The Post has learned.

Tighe is referring to three men involved in a federal corruption probe that were named in a complaint from Bharara's office in September.

Bruno served as majority leader between 1995 and 2008, when he stepped down amid a federal corruption probe.

MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his attorney said they planned to «continue to fight,» after Mangano was slammed with charges in a federal corruption probe.

Deputy Inspector James Grant was arrested on Monday as part of a federal corruption probe, sources say.

Espada is also under investigation by the Bronx district attorney regarding whether he lives in his district and is also the target of a federal corruption probe.

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than answer questions about his upcoming meeting with US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than...

Mayor de Blasio will return campaign donations from one of the businessmen at the center of a federal corruption probe that has rocked the top brass of the NYPD.

The businessman is embroiled in a federal corruption probe that has rocked the top brass of the NYPD