Sentences with phrase «former state»

The 74 - year - old former state senator who secretly recorded seven elected officials last summer was sentenced to serve one year and a day in prison for a mail - fraud conviction.

Included in the conversation were current and former state superintendents, district and regional superintendents, and state and federal officials.

Our securities enforcement attorneys, whom include former state and federal prosecutors and regulators, understand that most clients have ongoing relationships with their regulators.

His corruption trial was the first of three scheduled for this year that involve former state officials and developers who just so happen to have been major contributors to the governor's campaigns.

One former state school leader pointed out — with great concern — that the information from state achievement exams is often presented to parents in a way that makes little to no sense.

As former assistant state's attorneys, former state prosecutors and a former chief state's attorney, we know how to build comprehensive criminal defense strategies.

Amendment 12 would impose a six - year lobbying ban on former state elected officials.

Former state officers and employees are broadly prohibited from lobbying, or seeking contracts from their former agencies for two years after they leave state service.

We've had former state teachers of the year and local motivational speakers inspire teachers and help focus on our mission to help all students succeed.

The development is on former state prison property, and it still includes one of the old prison buildings.

How are former state standards alike or different from the expectations of the new standards?

Both partners are former state criminal prosecutors and head a firm of seven lawyers who have dedicated their practice to the defense of individuals charged with criminal offenses.

Three committees that reported some activity in 2015 belong to former state senators who have died.

The federal government refused to grant immunity to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who has threatened to take the Fifth Amendment if called to testify at the political corruption trial of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Defense attorneys for former state Sen. Malcolm Smith presented the Queens politician as a well - intentioned victim of F.B.I. entrapment, as cross-examination of the key witness began in Smith's federal corruption trial in White Plains.

Bharara spearheaded the convictions of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges last year.

The SMART Commission was supposed to be led by former state comptroller Carl McCall, but he resigned from the nascent effort at the end of May.

Teachout, one of several congressional candidates endorsed by Bernie Sanders, is locked in a tossup race in New York's 19th District against former state assemblyman John Faso.

The race between Democratic former state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and GOP Rep. Joe Heck to replace retiring Minority Leader Harry Reid is rated a Tossup by The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call.

Some of the big news in state politics last week was the sentencing of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is seeking payment of $ 330,000 from former State Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez after he failed to pay a fine from a sexual harassment scandal that doomed his political career.

Democrat Annette Taddeo has won Tuesday's state Senate District 40 special election, narrowly defeating Republican former state Rep. Jose Felix Diaz in the hotly contested and expensive race that was closely watched by both state and national parties.

From the industry side, Mitch Pally, chief executive officer of the Long Island Builders Institute was one of the event's movers and shakers, as well as former state Democratic Party Chair Judith Hope of East Hampton and Suffolk Democratic leader Rich Schaffer.

Democrats vying for the nod include former State Department adviser Bobby McKenzie and wealthy urologist Anil Kumar.

The new subsidies include $ 16.5 million from a criticized $ 400 million fund created by former State Sen. Minority Leader Dean Skelos, who resigned from his post after he was arrested for a bribery and kickback scheme, Politico reported.

Meeting in Columbia, members of the state Democratic Party executive committee voted by a 38 - 7 margin to reject a protest from former state lawmaker Vic Rawl, the establishment - backed candidate who unexpectedly lost last Tuesday's primary to Greene.

This bill would overturn Arizona's decade - old contraceptive equity law, drafted by Republican former state Representative Linda Binder and signed by Republican and Catholic former Governor Jan Hull.

«There are people that are hoping that a candidate captivates them more than Jon does,» said former state party chairman David Kramer.

Rebecca Otto (D) was seeking re-election to the office and faced a well - funded primary challenge from former state legislator Matt Entenza (D).

The 14 - member host committee includes former state Republican chairman Herb Shepardson of West Hartford and state Sen. Kevin Witkos of Canton.

An attorney for former state Senator George Maziarz said Friday he was filing two motions for dismissal in Albany County Court.

Democrats are looking to capture seats they previously held in the Hudson Valley and retain the seat of State Senator Todd Kaminsky — who defeated a Republican in a special election in April to replace disgraced former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — and to possibly capitalize on other GOP scandals in Nassau County.

Glenwood Management, the real estate development firm at the center of the federal corruption cases against former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is the state's most generous political donor and a robust utilizer of the LLC loophole.

The policy group Save Our States, headed by former state GOP comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, reports that charters in public school buildings cost more than $ 3,000 less per student less than regular public schools.

CEO Bill Allen, 70, testified Thursday in the federal corruption trial of former state House Speaker Pete Kott.

Bennett has remained a staunch supporter of Common Core and traveled heavily with former state Education Commissioner John King during the height of protests against Common Core.

«It's certainly troubling if any school, in anticipation of voucher legislation being passed, artificially raised its tuition in order to maximize the taxpayer money coming to the school under the voucher program,» said former state Supreme Court Justice Robert Orr, who now represents the N.C. School Boards Association in the school voucher litigation.

That included Cuomo - appointed party chair Rachel Gold, as well as former state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk — who says a women's party shouldn't be de facto run by a man — and a pair of GOP clerks.

Wednesday, Liz Benjamin sat down with former state Insurance Superintendent superintendent Eric Dinallo to get an update on his campaign.

or, «I helped create a new chapter in the bankruptcy code for states, with a modification to ERISA that allows for lowering of pension and healthcare benefits paid to former state employees for states under financial stress.»

But I would encourage him to move forward with this,» said Former State Senator Ted O'Brien.

* Former President Bill Clinton headlines a rally for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Las Vegas tonight, hours after former state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R) announced her mammoth third - quarter haul.

He still faces a tough matchup in the fall, though, with former state police superintendent Brendan Doherty (R), despite Cicllline's heavily Democratic district.

Upstate residents are still more familiar with former state Sen. Terry Gipson of the Hudson Valley, who has already announced he'll challenge Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, who's still considering running.

The Erie Times - News reports today that «Fraud sends Joyce to prison; Former state judge maintains innocence.»

Lawyer and former State Trooper John Elmore says a lot depends on parents.

The attorney general's probe, which is being overseen by former state Chief Judge Judith Kaye, is also examining whether Paterson committed perjury over Yankees World Series tickets.

Controversy over the county's contracting procedures system erupted last year when former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in federal court with influencing the county to award a $ 12 million contract to a company that employed his son.

(In addition to Law, the board included former state budget director Paul Francis, Davis Polk and Wardwell attorney Dennis Glazer, former New York City comptroller Bill Thompson and Hofstra University president Stuart Rabinowitz.)

The Skelos verdict came about two weeks after former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was found guilty on seven counts of corruption in his own federal trial.