Sentences with phrase «one's conviction on corruption charges»

So did two other donors singled out in the de Blasio referral: The New York State Nurses Association had never given to the Nassau Democrats before, and 32BJ SEIU had contributed only $ 10,550 over the prior decade, but the two gave a combined $ 204,000 between Skelos» conviction on corruption charges in December and the special election called to replace him.

Former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco will be able to collect a $ 36,000 a year pension despite his recent conviction on corruption charges.

Joe Percoco, the disgraced former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will be able to cash in once again on his time in government and collect his pension — despite three felony convictions on corruption charges.

(Silver lost his seat after his November conviction on corruption charges)

Followup: Sheldon Silver's Second Conviction on Corruption Charges The Lo - Down: News from the Lower East Side

ALBANY — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once among the state's most powerful elected officials, had his federal conviction on corruption charges vacated by an appellate court on Thursday.

The former assembly speaker, whose conviction on corruption charges was overturned by an appellate court, has long been able to get numbers to work in his favor.

He was later ousted from his Assembly seat after a felony conviction on corruption charges.

Disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will remain free until at least Oct. 27 as he seeks bail pending appeal of his November 2015 conviction on corruption charges.

Skelos surrendered his seat in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

Republican former Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam are due in court this morning to be sentenced following their December convictions on corruption charges.

Navalny has been barred from standing in the election due to a conviction on corruption charges, and because of his outstanding criminal record by Russian law this means he can not run for president.

While Kaminsky has campaign heavily on anti-corruption and ethics in the wake of Skelos's conviction on corruption charges, Republicans have pointed to the negative consequences of a Democratic Senate in Albany.

Kaminsky is running in the special election this month to replace Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

The race is a closely watched special election to replace Skelos, who was removed from office in December following a conviction on corruption charges.

Skelos was removed from office in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

The commercial then switches tone, knocking McGrath, a first - time candidate, as «an insider from the Skelos machine» — referring to Republican former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who stepped down in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

The push from Senate Republicans comes after Democrats successfully flipped the district on Long Island once held by former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted in December following his conviction on corruption charges.

The district has been vacant since last month when Skelos, the former majority leader, was removed from office following his conviction on corruption charges.

Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay over $ 334,000 in restitution after his conviction on corruption charges.

After 39 years in office, however, Silver fell far and fast following a conviction on corruption charges in 2015, when a jury found him guilty of colluding with both a physician and real estate interests to rake in millions from referral fees to his law firm in return for political favors.

The appellate ruling is part of a multipronged court battle between Tinari forces and dissidents who say the party is still under the control of ex-Conservative chairman Edward Walsh, who is in federal prison after his conviction on corruption charges.

A former corruption prosecutor has claimed victory in the race to fill the vacant seat of former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who was was ousted by a conviction on corruption charges — but his opponent says it's too close to call.

Former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $ 800,000 in restitution and fines Thursday after his conviction on corruption charges.

A month after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction on corruption charges, Assembly Republicans on Tuesday tried a parliamentary maneuver to weaken Albany's rules that assure absolute control by the Democratic majority party over legislation.

Silver's 2015 conviction on corruption charges was overturned last month by a federal appeals court, which remanded the case back to a lower court for retrial.

«Today, we are a state that is transformed and once again the progressive capital of the world,» Cuomo continued, failing to mention the convictions on corruption charges of the former leaders of the «progressive» capital's Legislature, the state's bottom - of - the - barrel rating as a place to do business, and the state's massive population losses — more than 500,000 people since he took office.

Where does Shelly Mayer stand on Joe Percoco's conviction on corruption charges?

The seat was held by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver until last year, when he was ousted following his conviction on corruption charges.

Case - in - point, former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, whose use of Jared Abbruzzese's airplane drew the interest of the (now defunct) state Lobbying Commission and touched off the federal probe that ended in Bruno's conviction on corruption charges.

For a state capitol that began the legislative session shellshocked by the convictions on corruption charges of two of its most powerful leaders, Sheldon Silver and Dean G. Skelos, the most significant action was perhaps the pension - forfeiture measure, which had fizzled last year.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday following his conviction on corruption charges.

LOWER MANHATTAN — Prosecutors want disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to spend at least 14 years in prison — more than any jail term given to other convicted New York state legislators — for his conviction on corruption charges, according to papers filed in federal court Wednesday.

A New York federal judge ruled Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son can stay free on bail while appealing their convictions on corruption charges, saying jury instructions in their trial could be flawed in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Kaminsky formally launched his bid today for the district that was vacated by ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos last month following his conviction on corruption charges.

That's the same amount of time former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing after his Nov. 30 conviction on corruption charges.

An appeals court vacated his 2015 conviction on corruption charges after the high court ruling.

ALBANY — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once among the state's most powerful elected officials, has had his conviction on corruption charges overturned by an appellate court.

Tollisen was appointed supervisor in 2013 after former Supervisor Melinda Wormuth resigned amid federal and state investigations that resulted in her conviction on corruption charges, including bribery and grand larceny.