The convictions of both former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on
multiple federal corruption charges led many legislators and advocates to assume that this year would see significant action on government ethics reform.
Both recent legislative leaders, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, were sentenced on
multiple federal corruption charges.
On the first day of session since both former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos were convicted on
multiple federal corruption charges, good government groups unveiled a
Not exact matches
Cuomo said he wants to include major reforms in his State of the State agenda after
federal juries lost no time finding former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son guilty of
multiple corruption charges late in 2015.
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was arrested last week on
federal corruption charges, is expected to step down from his leadership position later today, according to
multiple reports.
Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who endured for decades as one of the most powerful figures in state government, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in
federal prison after being convicted in November on
multiple corruption charges.
Silver, 74, faces
multiple federal charges in an alleged public
corruption scheme.
Now, a little more than a year later, both legislative leaders have been arrested and
charged with
multiple counts of
federal corruption.
An out - of - town judge is scheduled to unseal an indictment Thursday in a Mineola courtroom that sources said details
charges against
multiple parties, including former Town Supervisor John Venditto, a Republican who also has been
charged in a separate
federal corruption indictment.
Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son will be sentenced in the same
federal court room on May 12, also for conviction on
multiple corruption charges.
Mangano is fighting
multiple federal charges of bribery and
corruption.