Sentences with phrase «once powerful lawmaker»

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The news is significant, not only as it temporarily exonerates Silver — once one of the state's most powerful elected officials — though he can be retried, and the acting U.S. attorney has indicated he will, in fact, seek to take another legal crack at the former Manhattan Democratic lawmaker.

-- SILVER IS GUILTY AGAIN — Wall Street Journal's Corinne Ramey: «Sheldon Silver, former longtime speaker of New York's Assembly and once one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, was convicted Friday of all counts after his retrial on public - corruption charges.

Democratic lawmakers are calling once again for a Florida slavery memorial after a previous attempt died at the hands of a powerful Republican committee chairman.

Nevertheless, he is the latest in a line of once powerful state lawmakers to be felled by corruption charges.

But it's not clear just when the once - powerful disgraced former lawmaker will begin serving time if he is sentenced to prison as expected.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The speaker of the New York City Council issued a sharp rebuke of a once - powerful state lawmaker who is seeking to become her colleague.

Sheldon Silver, former longtime speaker of New York's Assembly and once one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, was convicted of all counts after his retrial on public - corruption charges.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Former state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos today were found guilty by a federal jury in Manhattan on eight counts charging the once - powerful lawmaker used his political influence to force businesses to hire the son.

Once again, New York is shaken by allegations that a powerful lawmaker might have used his influence to enrich himself.