Sentences with phrase «former state assembly»

Former State Assembly House Majority Leader Paul Stam, who represented Apex until 2016, has said his» «dream» is that every public school will someday be a charter school,» according to Bob Geary of The Indy, an independent news outlet that covers the central region of the state.

A former state Assembly member and Republican minority leader, she is committed to talking with stakeholders through education issues before making any recommendations or decisions on the Board of Equalization.

While former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's corruption trial continues this week, former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» gets started.

Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was found guilty of public corruption on Friday.

Former State Assembly Ways & Means Chair Arthur «Jerry» Kremer, in a new book analyzing the potential costs and benefits of a convention, writes that in 100 years, only six amendments have been made through the convention and 200 have resulted from individual constitutional amendments.

In his victory speech, Faso, a former state Assembly Minority Leader, indicated he'll roll up his sleeves when he arrives in the nation's capitol.

Faso, a former state Assembly minority leader who ran against Democrat Eliot Spitzer for governor in 2006, is running on a platform centered on reform to help small businesses, including simplifying the tax code, ending corporate welfare and easing regulatory burdens.

The trial of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver begins Monday in a federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan.

Sheldon Silver, former State Assembly speaker, also has an appeal of his corruption conviction pending based on that decision.

Lawyers overseeing the corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver picked a jury on Monday.

Silver, the former state Assembly speaker found guilty of public corruption charges Monday by a jury, could be heading to prison, too.

Former state Assembly minority leader John Faso of Kinderhook, Delaware County farmer Bob Bishop and Millbrook businessman Andrew Heaney are vying for the Republican nomination.

Last week former State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver successfully had the courts overturn his 2015 corruption conviction, which centered on political donations from companies like Glenwood Management that were traded for political favors.

Also see: Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call Race Ratings map Nelson, the former state Assembly majority leader who also ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor, wasn't guaranteed to run for Congress.

Joseph Borelli is a City Council member, former state Assembly member, Staten Islander, conservative Republican, and outspoken Donald Trump supporter.

They include former State Assembly Member Adam Clayton Powell, State Assembly Member Keith Wright, Suzan Johnson Cook, Mike Gallagher, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, State Assembly Member Guillermo Linares, Clyde Williams and Sam Sloan.

The sentencing came one week after Skelos» Democratic counterpart, former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on corruption charges.

(Sheldon Silver, the former State Assembly speaker, was the most recent New York lawmaker to be convicted of corruption; his trial ended last week, in a courthouse opposite the location of the Skeloses» trial.)

A federal grand jury voted to indict former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today on fraud and extortion charges, the allegations at the center of his arrest last month.

Former state Assembly aides Victoria Burhans and Chloë...

Former state Assembly minority leader John Faso has begun to raise money for a potential race, and Secretary of State Randy Daniels is also mentioned.

Faso, the former state Assembly Minority Leader, has been endorsed by the New York Post, which calls him the far more serious and experienced candidate.

Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson of Kinderhook attended, as well as the three people who will be her GOP running mates for Town Board: Jennifer Whalen, herself a former state Assembly candidate; Chris Carey, a retired Colonie police officer; and Brian Manion, an active North Colonie schools parent and athletic booster.

She also dove right into campaigning against former state Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.

One led to the arrest of former state Assembly candidate Michele Adolphe of Brooklyn, who was charged by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of failing to file campaign financial disclosure statements during her losing Democratic primary to Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte.

Prosecutors at the federal corruption trial of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Thursday displayed an email sent by the witness to a friend.

During their opening statements Tuesday in the criminal corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, prosecutors and Silver's defense attorneys painted sharply different images of the elected official at the center of the case.

Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves Federal Court in lower Manhattan on Nov. 16, 2015.

Bharara, whose office also successfully prosecuted former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on corruption charges, spoke at an evening forum at the College of St. Rose.

Gibson, who dropped his own plans to run for governor, said Molinaro would be a candidate relatively unconnected to the Legislature (Molinaro is a former state Assembly lawmaker, who was elected county executive in 2010).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls into NY1 on Sunday to react to the guilty verdict of former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in his corruption retrial, weigh in on the race to replace New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, discuss his planned trip to Israel.

A little more than a week after powerful former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison, his one - time State Senate counterpart learned today that he'll be doing time, as well.

On Friday, Azrack said while hearing arguments from the attorneys about the wording of instructions on the law that jurors will get, that she had read jury instructions from the corruption trials of Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker convicted for a second time on Friday, and Joseph Percoco, former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

LOWER MANHATTAN — The choice for a Democratic nominee for Sheldon Silver's former State Assembly seat is being called «undemocratic» by some critics.

AMC is the former State Assembly Member for Queens AD 26 (Bayside).

(WBEN) The court ruling that vacates former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction, if upheld, could mean taxpayers will pay likely millions of dollars for his defense in a series of trials.

The sentences were lighter than former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 12 - year sentence on political corruption charges.

Until last year, Weitz & Luxenberg employed former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as an «of counsel» attorney.

[2] After college he worked as an aide to several federal and state lawmakers including former State Assembly members Donald Davidsen and Jim Bacalles, who both represented parts of the district that Palmesano now represents.

The Daily News reported in May that Cuomo's office issued a subpoena to Faso, the former state Assembly minority leader, demanding documents and emails.

DiNapoli is a former state Assembly member from Nassau County.

A prosecutor's rhetoric went so far when he discussed former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver after lodging bribery charges against him that the case should be thrown out, Silver's lawyers said Tuesday.

The corruption trial of Mr. Silver, a Democrat and the former State Assembly speaker, will enter its third week on Monday.

Mr. Silver, the former State Assembly speaker, had his initial conviction overturned last year, but a new jury arrived at the same verdict.

The other trial was of Sheldon Silver, the former State Assembly speaker, who was convicted of corruption charges on Nov. 30.

During their opening statements today in the criminal corruption trial of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, prosecutors and Silver's defense attorneys painted sharply different images of the elected official at the center of the case.

«Mr. Koppell brings a wealth of experience with his background as a strong leader in the New York City Council from District 11 in the Bronx and as a former state Assembly Member.

Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction on fraud, money laundering, and extortion was overturned Thursday.

Lawyers overseeing the corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver picked a jury that includes a retired flight attendant, a retired teacher and a nurse in Mt. Sinai's critical care department.

Once one of the most powerful figures in New York politics, former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's second corruption trial began Monday.