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.
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.
Not exact matches
And he'll be running at a time
when the Skelos conviction, and ongoing
federal and local
probes of Nassau County officials, have made public
corruption a leading issue in the Senate district.
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.
Bruno served as majority leader between 1995 and 2008,
when he stepped down amid a
federal corruption probe.
Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a
federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers
when choosing companies to do business -LSB-...]
Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a
federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers
when choosing companies to do business with.