Cuomo had proposed a number of changes in January to react to a wave of corruption that led to the convictions of the two
former leader of the legislature on felony corruption charges.
Back in January, Governor Cuomo proposed a number of changes in response to a wave of corruption that led to the convictions of the two
former leaders of the legislature on felony corruption charges.
Bharara also successfully prosecuted
both former leaders of the legislature on corruption charges.
Not exact matches
The second
of the state
legislature's two
former leaders has now been convicted
on multiple corruption charges after a jury lost no time in finding
former Senate
Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty
on all eight counts.
Also, both
former leaders of the
legislature will be sentenced in the next few days
on multiple felony convictions.
State Senate Republicans in the Elections Committee cast a vote
on closing a campaign finance loophole, which has played a role in recent corruption trials
of the
former leaders of the
legislature.
Both
former leaders of the
legislature are awaiting prison sentences
on corruption convictions involving their outside income.
In this case, however, the
legislature on Dec. 4 simply approved selling it to John Graziano Jr., a
former Republican minority
leader of the
legislature who is now president
of a lobbying firm.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the same federal prosecutor who brought down the
leaders of the
legislature, has been investigating, and
on Friday evening Governor Cuomo revealed that subpoenas had been issued to a
former top member
of his staff, and a lobbyist who used to work for the governor when Cuomo was at the federal Department
of Housing and Urban Development.
The second
of the New York State
legislature's two
former leaders has now been convicted
on multiple corruption charges, after a jury wasted no time finding
former Senate
Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty
on all eight counts Friday.
The New York State Assembly and Senate have released budget positions that focus
on taxes and spending policies, but very little
on ethics reform, even though both
former leaders of the
legislature face prison sentences over corruption convictions.
Ethics reform is being discussed, but in a year where both
former leaders of the
legislature have been sentenced to prison, and there's
on going state and federal investigations
of the governor's economic development programs, it's unclear what will ultimately be agreed upon.
Former NYS Senate Majority
Leader Dean Skelos, left, is expelled from the
legislature after being convicted
of federal charges
on Friday.
Government reformers say with a burgeoning scandal involving potential violations
of campaign limits in Democratic Senate races in 2014, and the scheduled sentencing
of the two
former leaders of the
legislature in early May, it's time to focus
on ethics fixes.
The second
of the New York State
legislature's two
former leaders has now been convicted
on multiple corruption charges, after a jury lost no time in finding
former Senate
Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty
on all eight counts.
--------------------------------------- State lawmakers have been chosen to work
on Conference Committees to negotiate the differences in the budgets from both houses
of the
legislature, Local Assemblyman Pete Lopez said that after
former leaders Silver & Skelos were convicted
of corruption, that lawmakers would tighten up ethics governing their own behaviors, but they've proposed very little:
Silver's
former counterpart in the
legislature,
former Senate
Leader Dean Skelos, is also
on trial
on federal corruption charges, accused
of using his influence to gain no - show jobs for his son.