Sentences with phrase «new public corruption crimes»

Governor Cuomo proposed a broad set of laws including stricter limits on campaign contributions and party spending on behalf of candidates, public financing of elections to match small contributions from individuals, and new public corruption crimes in an attempt to reduce the culture of corruption in Albany.

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The new center - left government wanted to implement judicial changes that would reduce prison sentences for crimes involving corruption and make it more difficult to charge public officials.

«The New York Times called him the nation's most aggressive and outspoken prosecutor of public corruption and crime on Wall Street.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday proposed legislation that establishes a new class of public corruption crimes and enables prosecutors to better crack down on public corruptiNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday proposed legislation that establishes a new class of public corruption crimes and enables prosecutors to better crack down on public corruptinew class of public corruption crimes and enables prosecutors to better crack down on public corruption.

«We need only look at the trials of former leaders Silver and Skelos to realize that our state has a long way to go to in responding to the crime wave of corruption — let alone the recent State Integrity Report that gave New York a D - minus for public integrity.»

Skelos becomes the second of New York's most powerful political leaders in nine days to be sentenced to prison for public corruption crimes, a double - whammy that has cemented the state government's reputation as an organization plagued by corruption and prompted widespread calls for ethics reforms in Albany.

Reacting to a Supreme Court ruling, two former top New York State legislators convicted of public corruption crimes are urging judges to let them remain free pending appeal.

Michele Hirshman; Partner, Litigation Department, Paul Weiss; former First Deputy Attorney General, Office of the New York State Attorney General; former Assistant United Stated Attorney, Southern District of New York, where she was Chief of the General Crimes and Public Corruption Units.

Cuomo did win ethics legislation in recent years that included new income disclosure laws for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials as well as new crimes for bribery and public corruption.

Although Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, has made Albany corruption a staple of public speeches and news conferences, his prosecutors kept the broader issue out of their opening argument, while Mr. Silver's lawyer touched on it more to suggest that the government had criminalized longstanding political actions that were not crimes.

ALBANY — Governor Cuomo announced legislation that would create a new class of public corruption crimes and enhance the ability of the state's prosecutors to crack down on it.

It would be recalled that both the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) and ICPC have been investigating some former public officers under the administration of Alhaji Ibrahim Shema at the instance of the new government under Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari for abuse of office and corruption.

The proposals outline new crimes for violating the public trust, including bribery of a public servant, corrupting the government and failure to report public corruption.

With former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate leader Dean Skelos scheduled to be sentenced next month for public corruption crimes, and a recent poll showing that nearly 90 percent of New Yorkers believe unethical behavior is a serious problem in state government, Albany's political leaders have an obligation to reach a significant agreement on ethics reform, the good government groups said.

Prior to joining the Attorney General's Office, Ms. Biben served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office for more than 10 years, the last five years as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Rackets Bureau where she investigated and prosecuted organized crime, money laundering, tax evasion, public corruption and other forms of racketeering.

Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos were each convicted of unrelated public corruption crimes.

In a new indictment filed Friday, Eisemann is charged with first - degree corruption of public resources, a crime that could carry a prison sentence of 10 to 20 years prison if he is convicted.

Preet Bharara isn't just the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he's also one of the nation's foremost experts on public corruption, civil rights, white - collar financial crime, drug trafficking, and anti-terrorism.