Sentences with phrase «of public corruption»

Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of public corruption charges in late 2015.

Silver, who's 73, was sentenced last year to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of public corruption charges.

He won all 130 of his public corruption cases.

Those convicted of public corruption offenses would be permanently barred from holding any elected or civil office, as well as lobbying, contracting, or receiving any funding from the state.

Sexual harassment by an elected official is an uncommon definition of public corruption.

«We have a number of public corruption investigations going on,» he said.

Private companies should not be vehicles of public corruption, but must rather operate in a way that contributes towards and is consistent with the public interest.

One measure that seems particularly close to an agreement is the elimination of taxpayer - funded pensions for officials convicted of public corruption.

A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

Today's verdict finding Sheldon Silver guilty of public corruption on all counts is a scathing indication that Albany insiders have lost touch with reality.

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 corruption.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge to sentence former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to at least 12 years in prison, following his conviction on eight counts of public corruption charges, and asked that Skelos» son, Adam, be sentenced to more than 10 years.

But when asked how they feel about the government in light of the recent series of public corruption scandals, only 26 percent said it's working effectively, compared to 67 percent who said it is becoming more dysfunctional every day.

NEW YORK — Arlo Devlin - Brown, most recently the Chief of the Public Corruption Unit in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and one of its top securities fraud prosecutors, has joined Covington as a partner in its white collar defense and investigations practice resident in the firm's New York office.

Until recently issues of public corruption in Connecticut were mainly left to federal authorities.

«No - show jobs and secret payments are the lifeblood of public corruption.

Statement from Governor Andrew Cuomo on corruption bombshells rocking New York State: «The allegations of public corruption by city and state officials revealed this week are appalling.

In return for disbanding the commission, lawmakers tweaked the bribery statute, created a new class of public corruption offenses, brought an independent enforcer to the state's Board of Elections and established a pilot program, roundly criticized, for public financing of elections.

His stunning arrest capped a secret grand jury probe that began in June 2013, and marked the latest in a string of public corruption cases spearheaded by crusading Bharara.

Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was found guilty of public corruption on Friday.

With a series of public corruption cases roiling the Legislature, Cuomo called for increased penalties for official misconduct and tighter disclosure rules that require greater disclosure of conflicts of interest.

Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, said the sentencing of Mr. Kruger and Mr. Turano «takes us one step closer to closing this sorry chapter in the continuing story of public corruption in New York State and City government.»

Yes, Danes have a stable government, low levels of public corruption, and access to high - quality education and health care.

Andrew Goldstein, chief of the public corruption unit, and his deputy Tatiana Martins were among at least four assistant US attorneys to question de Blasio at the Midtown office of his lawyer, Barry Berke.

The Governor's Moreland Commission wrote in its December 2013 preliminary report that New York is suffering from an «epidemic of public corruption that has infected this State» and «it is clear already from the Commission's ongoing investigations, -LSB-...]

«The allegations of public corruption by City and State officials revealed this week are appalling.

Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.

Honest Services Fraud: Federal Prosecution of Public Corruption at the State and Local Level, Florida Bar Journal (2010)

Democratic Sen. Mike Gianaris of Queens stopped by Capital Tonight on Monday to tout his conference's ethics proposal that includes public financing of political campaigns, restrictions on using campaign dollars for criminal defense and stripping those convicted of public corruption of their pensions through a constitutional amendment.

At least Christie had amassed an impressive record of public corruption convictions as U.S. Attorney in Newark before running for Governor.

In the weeks after Silver's arrest, Bharara held a press conference to tout the charges, gave a speech at New York Law School that mocked the leadership structure Albany, and sat for an interview with MSNBC to discuss his pursuit of public corruption cases.

The Supreme Court's ruling in McDonnell's case set a precedent that could help others accused of public corruption, including Sen. Robert Menendez (D - N.J.), who is awaiting an appeals court ruling in a corruption case; and former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (D), who is aiming to overturn his corruption conviction.

The fact that the FBI is doing «lots of public corruption work» in «lots of state capitals,» he continued, shows ethics issues are not unique to Albany.

He also prosecuted nearly 100 Wall Street business executives for insider trading and other offenses, earning him a nod from the New York Times as «one of the most aggressive and outspoken prosecutors of public corruption on Wall Street.»

Still, the appellate rulings may mark a setback in the legacy of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of Manhattan, who, before his firing by President Donald Trump earlier this year, had aggressively pursued a series of public corruption prosecutions against high - level state government figures in New York.

Dean Skelos» conviction for running a shakedown scheme should be tossed because prosecutors» arguments now conflict with a new interpretation of public corruption law, his lawyer said Thursday.

Currently, a public officer in New York state can accept bribes, steal public funds or engage in numerous other forms of public corruption without the threat of pension forfeiture, even if convicted.

The Democrat convened the 25 - member panel in July after lawmakers left the Capitol without any substantive response to a string of public corruption arrests, and many of the report's recommendations, including changes to the bribery statute, were proposed as gubernatorial bills earlier this year.

Biben is by all measures a tough prosecutor who has gone after some of the Legislature's worst examples of public corruption.

Singas said the 14 - month investigation by her office included «extensive use of court - authorized wiretaps,» and resulted in 220 criminal charges after the discovery of evidence detailing «a shocking and interconnected web of public corruption» at the town's highest levels of government.

She said the first goal is to find ways to restore public trust in JCOPE in an atmosphere of public corruption by elected officials.

«Given the charges of public corruption against Dean Skelos, and the evidence that has been presented, public confidence in him is waning,» LaValle said in a statement.

Rockland County Legislator Ed Day, a Republican, is sponsoring a resolution urging state legislators to move forward with a Senate and Assembly bill that would amend the state constitution to authorize the forfeiture of retirement benefits earned during the term of office of a New York elected official convicted of a public corruption felony.

The former mayor of a small Rockland County village was found guilty Monday of public corruption charges — brought down by the same crooked developer who helped land similar convictions...

Two lead prosecutors handling the case — Thomas McKay and Nicolas Roos — are part of the public corruption unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and prosecute public officials and people engaged in conspiracy or fraud against the government.

But despite the efforts of the Attorney General's Public Integrity Bureau and those of U.S. Attorneys across the State, the cycle of corruption persists, in part due to the negligible impact of marginal reforms previously enacted in the wake of public corruption scandals.