Sentences with phrase «felled by a corruption»

Silver's downfall last year was followed by an unprecedented moment in state politics in which his counter part, Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, was also later felled by a corruption scandal involving securing business for his son through official actions.

Eliot Spitzer, coming off a historic landslide victory, demanded the legislature not replace Hevesi, who had been felled by a corruption scandal, with a legislator but instead allow an independent panel to screen candidates.

Consider the fact that Feldman, a Democrat, referred to two Republican ex-senators felled by corruption scandals — Vincent Leibell and Guy Velella — «pretty likable» and «very well liked,» respectively, and you get the feeling of just how low Kruger is on the Albany popularity pole.

Nevertheless, he is the latest in a line of once powerful state lawmakers to be felled by corruption charges.

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That's in addition to a 500,000 - square - foot warehouse that opened in the fall in Louisville, Ky.; the launch of a mobile site; and the simultaneous debut of the biennial Super Nasty print magazine and the brand's first in - house collection, Weird Science, featuring color palettes inspired by computer cables and prints based on data - corruption visuals.

I like you hate the corruption of what should be believe systems that benefit mankind mostly by organized religion in this «fallen» world.I think that Islam could well bring about a very destructive third world war.

And India was historically a socialist state under the governance of the INC, but it became too bureaucratic and fell to the corruption that was left over from the rule of the British East India Company, so India was then reformed by a BJP government into a more capitalist economy.

Considering the fact that the Troopergate scandal, ignited by a scathing report from then - AG Cuomo, sparked the last public debate over the AG's public corruption powers, it's likely a plea to Spitzer's office to further strengthen Cuomo would have falled on deaf ears — to say the least.

In Albany on Monday, some state lawmakers were disappointed to see Bharara leave, worried some of this more prominent and ongoing corruption cases may fall by the wayside.

Brazilian democratic institutions — corroded by corruption, self - interests, pork - barrel politics and political polarisation — are frail and may eventually fall apart, like a house of cards.

The new Premier has also been tainted by the corruption scandals which felled Beijing's former favourite candidate, consisting of claims of illegal extensions to houses among other allegations of sleaze.

«In all the serious researches on the best known administration of justice systems, it is evident that at various points in their histories, the institutions were challenged by falling standards, corruption, and abuse of office.

It provides for disclosure of outside income by lawmakers, creates a true independent monitor to investigate corruption, and spells out tough, new rules that lobbyists must follow,» said Cuomo, who campaigned on a platform last fall that called for sweeping ethics reform.

Indeed, Silver's ability to manage the various interests and conflicts while also proving to be an effective advocate in the budget talks within the conference helped him stay speaker for 21 years, felled only by a corruption scandal.

Since last fall, when federal and state corruption charges were brought against former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros — who is alleged to have steered lucrative development contracts awarded by two opaque, SUNY - affiliated nonprofits to certain preferred companies — the university's use of nonprofit affiliates has come under increasing scrutiny.

Brodsky added that he thinks a number of the larger corruption cases were prosecuted by the federal authorities simply because they fell under federal jurisdiction.

Nowhere is that effort more lacking than in the realm of reform, a decades - long need in New York exacerbated by the embarrassing fall from power of two of the three men in the room with Cuomo only a few years ago and now magnified by the conviction of a one - time gubernatorial buddy in a blistering corruption trial.

That explains why Curran has been consistently trying to tie Martins to the man whose seat both candidates are trying to win, retiring Republican County Executive Ed Mangano, who opted not to seek re-election as he fights federal corruption charges; as well as former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, another Long Island Republican felled by a federal corruption case, (though his conviction was overturned due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision).

And now, those politicians are eager to distance themselves after Seabrook became the best - connected figure to fall in a sweeping corruption investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Last fall, 10 people were arrested and charged with corruption while working on upstate economic development projects initiated and promoted by Cuomo.

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.

Delayed from October due to the lawmaker's cancer treatment, the sentencing fell as former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's federal corruption case was being considered by a jury, and the trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — who worked with Libous to plot the June 2009 coup that derailed the Senate for five weeks — continued.

Even established democracies, when weakened by corruption and poor governance, are falling into dependency, he argues.

Directed by the insanely prolific Hong Kong action veteran Wong Jing, Chasing the Dragon (China, 2017) is the filmmaker's crime epic, a historical drama that charts the rise and fall of two notorious gangsters who thrived in the rampant corruption enabled by Britain's colonial rule of Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Foreign Affairs: the crime epic Chasing the Dragon (China, 2017, not rated, with subtitles) charts the rise and fall of two notorious gangsters (played by Chinese superstars Donnie Yen and Andy Lau) who thrived in the rampant corruption of Britain's colonial rule of Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Hammer will bulk up and shave his head to star with Eric Bana in By Virtue Fall, a «gritty drama» about an ATF agent (Hammer) who gets framed for corruption and serves time into a maximum security prison.

A zoologist by trade, Gazaryan was studying bats in the unique forests of Krasnodar region when he discovered that their numbers were falling due to habitat loss from development and government corruption:

While the broad trend in Brazil was bad news for its forests, there were moments of elation for environmentalists, including the creation of the 12,000 - square - kilometer (4,630 - square - mile) Turubaxi - Téa Indigenous Territory in Amazonas state; some of Temer's most environmentally damaging proposals failed to advance; infrastructure expansion in Brazil and neighboring countries got bogged down by corruption scandals and basic economics; indigenous communities won a series of legal victories and settlements against the state, and the headline deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon fell 16 percent versus last year.