Sentences with phrase «on public corruption charges»

Though New York has seen the fall of Assembly and Senate leaders, rank - and - file legislators and state - agency commissioners, experts on state political history said they couldn't recall a top adviser to the governor — with the access and influence of Percoco — convicted on public corruption charges in the past 80 years or more.

Before being indicted on public corruption charges in May 2015, Skelos advanced $ 100,000 from his campaign to the Senate GOP to help Republicans keep the majority in their legislative body.

What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against nine people in September 2016.

Former Massachusetts treasurer Timothy Cahill has been indicted on public corruption charges related to advertisements promoting the state lottery that ran during his unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2010.

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, 70, was arrested on public corruption charges and accused of using his position to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.

What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office says that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision is irrelevant to the case of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was convicted on public corruption charges last year, and that he should not remain free while appealing.

A political operative who wore a wire to help the feds bust Assemblyman Eric Stevenson on public corruption charges admitted he turned off the device at least once to receive oral sex from a prostitute.

FBI officals confim that former Senate Minority Leader John Sampson is un custody after turning himself into federal officials earlier this morning on public corruption charges.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver faces a new trial on public corruption charges, after his earlier conviction was overturned on appeal.

The decision, which overturned the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, has led to speculation in New York that convicting anyone on public corruption charges would become virtually impossible in all but the most explicit cases of favor - trading.

New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested Thursday on public corruption charges and accused of using his position as one of the most powerful men in Albany to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.

DeFrancisco — a 23 - year Senate veteran praised by Democrats and Republicans alike for intelligence and toughness but seen by some as disengaged — decided to seek Skelos» job after it became clear Friday that Skelos and his son, Adam, faced arrest as soon as Monday on public corruption charges after a long investigation by US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Mr. Silver, the once powerful Assembly speaker in New York, is being retried on public corruption charges, after an early conviction was overturned.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested last month on public corruption charges and is accused of using his position to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.

The Hawkins - Jones ticket was nominated in Troy NY the day after former local State Senator and Majority Leader Joe Bruno won his federal retrial on public corruption charges despite clear evidence that he receive tens of thousands of dollars monthly for no - show jobs.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Sen. John Flanagan of Long Island outmaneuvered Sen. John DeFrancisco of Syracuse today to become the New York Senate's next leader, one week after the arrest of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on public corruption charges.

Silver, a Democrat, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after his conviction on public corruption charges in late 2015.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of former Connecticut Governor John Rowland on public corruption charges.

Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, displays a chart Monday explaining details of an indictment of NYPD officers and others on public corruption charges.

Three years after an apology to a crowd of churchgoers served as the launching pad for his improbable political comeback following seven years in prison on public corruption charges, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim plans to formally enter the race for governor Wednesday.

Romano said state lawmakers should pass a bill preventing those convicted on public corruption charges from regaining office.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is also awaiting sentencing on public corruption charges, has $ 246,608 left in his campaign account after spending $ 1.5 million from it in the past six months.

Joseph Percoco, formerly one of the governor's most loyal advisers, was named in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges.

Maragos says his reforms would strip the money out of politics and provide independent oversight of county contracts at a time when a number of elected officials in Nassau have been indicted on public corruption charges.

District 28 City Council District 28, covering Richmond Hill, Rochdale, South Ozone, and Jamaica sections of Queens, is without a Council member after Democrat Ruben Wills was recently convicted on public corruption charges.

Covello's term ended in December — the same month Skelos and his son were convicted on public corruption charges — and he was serving in a holdover capacity.

Silver was arrested on January 22 on public corruption charges.