Sentences with phrase «of a federal corruption probe»

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business -LSB-...]

MANHATTAN — A police inspector who was friends with one of the targets of a federal corruption probe involving the NYPD and City Hall committed suicide Friday afternoon, the department confirmed.

A NYPD union head said he had told an NYPD inspector who died of an apparent self - inflicted gunshot wound in West Babylon on Friday that he was not the focus of a federal corruption probe in the department.

WEST VILLAGE — Mayor Bill de Blasio described a group of high - ranking NYPD officers arrested as part of a federal corruption probe involving two of his donors as «disgusting.»

North Bergen is currently the subject of a federal corruption probe which has so far produced convictions of a Township Administrator, a Parks Commissioner, a purchasing agent for the Municipal Utilities Authority, a city contractor and a former aide to North Bergen's long time mayor, Nicholas Sacco.

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business with.

Jona Rechnitz, the businessman at the center of the federal corruption probe of NYPD cops, has deep financial ties to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — with one of them having sent tens of thousands of dollars the mayor's way, sources and records revealed.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a power plant that is at the center of a federal corruption probe still needs more approvals from the state, even though construction crews are now pouring its foundation.

In 2001 Mayor Giordano was the target of a federal corruption probe into Waterbury municipal contracts, focused mainly on alleged pay - to - play deals between Giordano, Joseph Pontoriero and Worth Construction.

The session begins Tuesday, after the spring break, and this time it's the leader of the Senate who is the focus of a federal corruption probe.

Deputy Inspector James Grant was arrested on Monday as part of a federal corruption probe, sources say.

Cuomo's economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion, were the target of a federal corruption probe that led to the arrest of nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide.

The suits accused the former Brooklyn Democratic Party boss of repeatedly groping and making unwanted come - ons to both woman and also claimed Silver — currently the subject of a federal corruption probe — was an «aider and abettor» of Lopez's alleged serial - perv behavior in Albany for many years.

(One New York real estate developer, who's at the center of a federal corruption probe, managed to give $ 1 million to Cuomo's campaign last cycle by routing donations through 27 limited - liability companies.)

Cash - strapped ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, now at the center of a federal corruption probe, submitted resignation papers when he left the public payroll to run the governor's re-election campaign, but then didn't go through with leaving, making his decision to take private consulting clients problematic upon his return.

Less than two months before Todd Howe emerged as the focus of a federal corruption probe, he was designated as the liaison between Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and a group of Utica officials who were anxious about delayed plans for a new chip fabrication plant, according to news reports.

Espada is also under investigation by the Bronx district attorney regarding whether he lives in his district and is also the target of a federal corruption probe.

Mayor de Blasio will return campaign donations from one of the businessmen at the center of a federal corruption probe that has rocked the top brass of the NYPD.

Ed Pawlowski, the Democratic mayor of Allentown, Pa., was charged on Tuesday as part of a federal corruption probe, according to his lawyer.