Sentences with phrase «indictments against state»

A federal judge said he won't dismiss the bribery indictments against state Sen. Malcolm Smith and two co-defendants, and will decide today if the case will be delayed or will end in a mistrial.

A federal judge on Monday said he won't dismiss the bribery indictments against state Sen. Malcolm Smith and two co-defendants, and will decide Tuesday if the case will be delayed or will end in a mistrial.

After a new wave of indictments against state lawmakers in the spring, Cuomo tried to convince the legislature to adopt public financing of campaigns, the closing of loopholes for large donors, and better policing of the laws.

Why isn't there an indictment against State Senator George Winner (attorney George Winner)?

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The Manafort / Gates indictment was unsealed Monday morning, and it contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.

The indictment of President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's former business associate Rick Gates includes a count of «conspiracy against the United States.»

In a tweet hours after the indictments were issued, Trump acknowledged that Russia did indeed wage a years - long operation against the United States.

An indictment filed by Mueller's office says Flynn «falsely stated» on December 29 that he did not ask Kislyak «to refrain from escalating the situation in response to sanctions that the United States had imposed against Russia that same day,» and that Flynn did not recall Kislyak «subsequently telling him that Russia had chosen to moderate its response to those sanctions as a result of his request.»

Update: United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch will hold a press conference at 11 am to announce the unsealing of an indictment in a criminal case against a New York State elected official.

«In light of the on - going criminal proceeding by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York against Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, we have no comment on the superseding indictment and continue to cooperate with this ongoing investigation.»

An indictment scheduled to be unsealed today by Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. will contain a long - expected charge against Queens GOP operative John Haggerty in connection with $ 750,000 worth of Mayor Bloomberg's cash he received through the state Independence Party, multiple sources

The case will be a test for the Democratic governor, but also for federal prosecutors in New York, where former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara brought a parade of indictments against people in state politics.

This DEC action comes on the heels of a recent New York State appellate court decision that reinstated criminal indictments against another concrete company, Quality Concrete, also located on Newtown Creek.

Yet, in the most bizarre of the spate of federal official corruption indictments against Mangano, former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, the charges against Walker seem to relegate him to the junior varsity.

The Grahama decision comes amid heightened concerns over the policing in the United State, the interactions between police and minorities and whether local elected district attorneys are able to pursue indictments against police officers in such incidents.

The email evidence is considered key to the State Attorney General's case against the former Erie County Democratic chairman, and it was used to help obtain a 2016 indictment against Pigeon and others on corruption charges.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

ALBANY — The federal indictment handed up Thursday against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, alleges Adam Skelos earned $ 100,000 in payments and health benefits from a no - show job at a medical malpractice insurance firm that was simultaneously lobbying the state.

The statewide probe led to indictments against eight men, and again shook the foundation of political ethics in the state: Among those indicted were Joseph Percoco, who'd been close to both Andrew Cuomo and his father; Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, former president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and a key economic adviser; and several top officials from LPCiminelli, a Buffalo contractor involved with millions in business as part of the state initiative.

ALBANY — With an indictment looming against two former top officials in his administration and his call for a special session to deal with ethics reform seemingly falling on deaf ears, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced unilateral changes to the state's spending practices.

Governor Andrew Cuomo today endorsed State Senate challenger Dell Smitherman against incumbent senator John Sampson of Brooklyn, who is facing federal indictment on a variety of charges.

The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Federal District Court in Manhattan on an eight - count indictment that includes bribery and extortion charges is scheduled to begin today — just as the unrelated corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly, enters its third week.

State budget proposals by Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature contain up to $ 2.6 billion in unitemized spending — the type of money that led to a corruption indictment against former...

State Police and Smith built a case that has resulted in felony indictments against the county's Democratic elections commissioner, Edward McDonough, and Democratic Troy Councilman Michael LoPorto.

The indictment against Ortt was brought in late March, at a time when the Senate, Assembly and Cuomo were in active negotiations over a state budget.

Bharara this year also won indictments against Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, the leaders of the State Assembly and Senate.

Of course, if Vance concludes a crime was committed and seeks an indictment against de Blasio, Sugarman could go down as the state bureaucrat who brought down a mayor.

Citing an expanded indictment against the former state senator and his son, The New York Times revealed on Wednesday that Adam Skelos, 32, allegedly threatened to «smash in» his boss» head and hurled insults at him at the malpractice insurance company where he worked.

While some might disagree with his assertion — particularly about the state government, with Albany being known as a hotbed of corruption and political indictments — Mr. de Blasio cited entities like the city and state comptrollers and the city's Campaign Finance Board, Conflicts of Interest Board, and Department of Investigation as strong protections against corruption.

the indictment against Senator Shirley Huntley comes after a joint investigation by State Attorney General... Continue reading →

Just last month, Schneiderman also obtained felony election law indictments against former Republican State Sen. George D. Maziarz and his successor, Sen. Robert G. Ortt of North Tonawanda.

Lynch last week dismissed the indictment in the corruption case that state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman brought against state Sen. Rob Ortt, a North Tonawanda Republican who was elected to the seat Maziarz gave up when he decided against a re-election bid in 2014.

According to an expanded indictment filed Tuesday by federal prosecutors against Adam Skelos and his father, State Senator Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, Adam Skelos allegedly threatened to «smash in» his boss's head.

The indictments formalize the complaint that Schneiderman's staff lodged against the trio in April, and it is now expected they will be arraigned in the next week or two before the State Supreme Court justice from Madison County assigned to the trial, Donald F. Cerio Jr..

Support for charges against Pantaleo was especially strong among Black adults, with 85 % stating that the grand jury was wrong not to bring an indictment and 86 % expressing support for federal civil rights charges, according to the New York Times / Siena College poll.

We try to figure it all out... Hosts Andrew and Zachary also discuss «Operation Tangled Web,» a series of indictments led by the United States Attorney General's office against individuals who sell mod chips for video game systems.

Venable, an African American, moved to dismiss the indictment against him on the grounds that the U.S. Attorney's Office allegedly selected him for prosecution under a federal - state law enforcement initiative known as Project Exile, because of his race.

In a scathing indictment of the over-reaching effects of ERISA preemption, Judge William Young of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts implored Congress to amend ERISA's civil enforcement provision to allow recovery against utilization review providers and insurers.