Sentences with phrase «named special prosecutor»

In January, the attorney general named a special prosecutor to lead the investigation into whether criminal charges should be filed in the water crisis.

«Governor Cuomo has named a special prosecutor to look at this.

The case is one of the first Schneiderman's office has examined since Gov. Andrew Cuomo named him special prosecutor earlier this month, granting him the power to investigate and if necessary prosecute police officers involved in the death of an unarmed civilian.

Cardone was named special prosecutor after Niagara County District Attorney Caroline A. Wojtaszek, a former colleague of Ronald Winter, recused herself.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced he would accede to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request to be named special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer kills a civilian — even as the governor noted that he took the step with reluctance, and that the appointment would last just one year.

He was joined at a news conference by Gov. Cuomo, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, who's also been named special prosecutor in the Schneiderman investigation, and Timothy Sini, the Suffolk County district attorney, who is assisting Singas in her role as special prosecutor, as appointed by the governor.

But in a statement that night after Cuomo named her the special prosecutor, she said she «will not accept any appointment nor seek election to the office of the New York State Attorney General.»

They say the governor promised them he would issue an executive order to name a special prosecutor to investigate the deaths of their relatives, but only if the legislature does not approve Cuomo's plan to create an independent monitor to look at such incidents.

The answer is to review legislators» outside income, reform campaign finance and LLCs and name a special prosecutor who handles procurements and conflicts.

A second source said Cuomo was so close to Pigeon that in 2010, Gov. David Paterson refused to allow then - Attorney General Cuomo to name a special prosecutor to investigate election - related corruption charges being made against Pigeon — because he felt Cuomo «couldn't be trusted to authorize a fair probe.»

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In a filing Wednesday, federal prosecutors reiterated that they would prefer not to have a special master, but offered three names of their own to fill the position if necessary.

And in other news, the New York ultra-orthodox Jewish community has been enjoying their own version of a huge child - abuse scandal with over 85 cases of child abuse and also enjoying special treatment by the prosecutor's office in refusing to release the names of the convicted criminals in those cases!

The religious right in Florida called for a special prosecutor to be named.

Democrats should refuse to vote on President Donald Trump's pick for the next FBI director unless a special prosecutor is named to take over the investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Cohen have each proposed to Wood the names of possible candidates to serve as a «special master» to assist in the review of materials seized last week from him by the FBI.

Fresh off a win in its multi-year legal battle with a special prosecutor, the Working Families Party is attracting some big - name support for its 17th annual gala, which will be held in June.

The bankers, surely: a government - appointed special prosecutor has named more than 200 people as official suspects in a case that appears bound to result in criminal charges.

Cuomo named Charles Hynes as a special prosecutor to investigate the Howard Beach case.

If any of the women do want to proceed with a criminal complaint, it would be handled by the special prosecutor that Gov. Andrew Cuomo named on Tuesday.

(CNN)- The New Jersey General Assembly, which is investigating the George Washington Bridge controversy, on Wednesday named the same prosecutor that went after former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as its own special counsel for a committee that will lead the bridge probe.

«The Attorney General is by a letter dated to me Thursday 11th January 2018 addressed to me exercised her power of nomination and submitted to me for my acceptance the name of the proposed special prosecutor.

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Wednesday naming Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor to oversee cases of police - involved civilian deaths.

Mr. Cuomo's operation pointed to his track record for the black community, including increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and issuing an executive order naming the state attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related civilian deaths.

Governor Cuomo has named Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas as the special prosecutor to investigate allegations that former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman physically abused 4 women.

The Staten Island legislator backed by the party — Councilwoman Debi Rose — was named an un-indicted co-conspirator in an 18 - page criminal complaint that special prosecutor said defrauded the city's taxpayer - funded Campaign Finance Board.

Cuomo also confirmed that he was creating a new special prosecutor, who he will name, with jurisdiction over downstate transportation projects — including facilities run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Under the agreement, Schneiderman will investigate such cases over the next year while the Legislature works on a bill that would have a special prosecutor named.

Garner's mother and others asked Cuomo to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate similar cases but he initially proposed that an independent police monitor be named.

With pressure mounting from families whose loved ones have died at the hands of a police officer, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday that he was preparing to issue an executive order naming the state attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related civilian deaths.

Her name was not on lists of potential special masters submitted by prosecutors and lawyers for Cohen.

Cuomo's office pointed to other criminal justice reforms he's enacted, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and naming the attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related deaths, arguing he's long cared about the issue.

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