Sentences with phrase «on federal corruption charges»

Both were convicted on federal corruption charges last year.

They ruled their respective branches of state government and convictions on federal corruption charges came just days apart.

The move marks the latest in of Silver's swift fall from power since he was arrested last week on the federal corruption charges.

Silver, of course, was forced from office after his conviction last year on federal corruption charges.

This is the second time he will be tried on federal corruption charges.

He had resigned from that office a decade earlier in 2003 after being convicted on federal corruption charges for steering city contracts in exchange for private gifts.

Silver was forced from office after being convicted on federal corruption charges late last year.

He later served prison time on federal corruption charges.

Silver, convicted on federal corruption charges late last year, was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week.

Both were arrested the following year on federal corruption charges and convicted in separate trials.

After Skelos was arrested on federal corruption charges in early 2015, Martins initially said he should keep his leadership post.

Mr. Skelos's decision on Monday came after his counterpart atop the State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, was forced to give up his post as speaker after his own arrest on federal corruption charges in January.

Mangano, who was indicted on federal corruption charges in October for his dealings with a Bethpage restaurateur, has yet to indicate if he will run for a third term.

The tensions come just weeks before several former Cuomo associates, including former key economic development officials, go on trial on federal corruption charges for alleged offenses including bribery and bid - rigging.

The retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges continues in Manhattan.

«And now, further, the news about the five - count federal indictment on federal corruption charges against Silver will be an enormous distraction and prevent him from credibly leading the Assembly, especially as the budget process kicks into overdrive in this high stakes year for New York's economy and our citizens.»

Silver's resignation following his arrest last month on federal corruption charges took effect one minute before midnight on Monday.

The jury is deliberating in the retrial on federal corruption charges of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York State Assembly, was arrested on federal corruption charges on Thursday for alleged payments he received from a real estate law firm.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful men in New York politics over the last two decades, was arrested Thursday on federal corruption charges alleging he steered real estate legislation and funneled state medical research funds in return for $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks.

THE BRONX — Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was found guilty on federal corruption charges Monday, after being caught in an undercover bribery investigation sting last spring.

Norman Seabrook, the powerful and politically connected head of the NYC Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, was arrested today on federal corruption charges — including taking a $ 60,000 payoff delivered in a designer bag.

The Democrats, meanwhile, are trying to tie GOP candidate Chris McGrath to Skelos, whose seat became vacant after he was convicted in December on federal corruption charges.

Skelos is set to be sentenced on federal corruption charges on May 12.

The arrest of New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges earlier this year, and his subsequent resignation as speaker, sent shock waves through Albany — and apparently U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was just getting started.

In a wide - ranging taping of the Congressional Corner on Tuesday, New York Republican representative Chris Gibson of the 19th district told WAMC's Alan Chartock that Dean Skelos, the New York State Senate Majority Leader arrested on federal corruption charges Monday, should step aside.

You simply can't see it,» Judge Gary Sharpe told ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno before sentencing him to two years in prison on federal corruption charges.)

In Oyster Bay, Democrats running for supervisor, town board and clerk had hoped to capitalize on the October 2016 indictment of longtime GOP supervisor John Venditto on federal corruption charges.

Bharara spearheaded the convictions of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges last year.

The association, which has dubbed the Jan. 13 event a «state of the region report,» denied that the change had anything to do with Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's arrest in October on federal corruption charges.

Jury selection begins this morning in the re-trial on federal corruption charges of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's re-trial on federal corruption charges starts in Manhattan today.

He was appointed to the seat last December by Blagojevich, who was later impeached, removed from office and arrested on federal corruption charges alleging that he tried to sell Obama's seat to the highest bidder.

UPDATED, 5:00 p.m., May 3: Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday, after his conviction on federal corruption charges related to his dealings with several prominent real estate figures.

The fight for the Brooklyn Senate seat held by Carl Kruger until his guilty plea on federal corruption charges will undoubtedly be the most closely watched of these five contests It's expected to pit Democratic NYC Councilman Lew Fidler against Republican attorney David Storobin.

This Espada in the same boat as another former Senate majority leader, Republican Joe Bruno, who was recently reindicted on federal corruption charges after his initial conviction on two counts of felony mail fraud was vacated following the US Supreme Court's ruling that changed the so - called theft of honest services law.

SKELOS WATCH: The fallout from Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» arrest on federal corruption charges continues, with Skelos facing increased pressure to step down from his leadership post.

The U.S. Justice Department announced it intends to retry Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, two months after a jury deadlocked on federal corruption charges against him.

Curran, a former Nassau County legislator, ran on a promise to reform the county's ethics policies following the indictment of former County Executive Edward Mangano on federal corruption charges.

Previous Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin remains in jail on federal corruption charges stemming from the «Corridor of Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures in prison.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The arrest of a powerful New York lawmaker on federal corruption charges threw one of America's most powerful statehouses into disarray, destabilizing the state's Senate while complicating an already contentious legislative agenda.

Just two weeks ago, former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side, was found guilty on federal corruption charges too, definitively turning the state's powerful «three men in a room» into a new arrangement in which Governor Andrew Cuomo is just sitting there by himself.

Cuomo also faces potential embarrassment in the upcoming trials of several of his former associates, including his former top aide, on federal corruption charges including bribery and bid rigging.

The former state Assembly speaker — who was recently convicted on federal corruption charges involving $ 4 million in kickbacks — was one of the three most powerful men in Albany, along with the governor and Senate majority leader.

Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno will pocket just over $ 55,000 of the $ 2.42 million he's set to be reimbursed by the state after his acquittal last spring on federal corruption charges, according to his attorneys.

FBI agents arrested Blagojevich on Tuesday on federal corruption charges related in part to the selection of Obama's successor as a U.S. senator.

The poll was released the same day former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was being arraigned on federal corruption charges; Silver's arrest has prompted a new round of ethics debate in Albany.

The push for the reforms followed yet another arrest of a top - level state lawmaker, when Sheldon Silver was arrested in February on federal corruption charges.

Skelos and his son Adam Skelos were arrested this morning on federal corruption charges.

A reader could not help but noting the irony of this statement from state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs in response to former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's conviction on federal corruption charges back in May 2010: