Sentences with phrase «one's corruption conviction»

Look for lots of talk about agenda setting and wiping the slate clean from a difficult 2015 that was marked by high profile corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders.

With two recent federal corruption convictions, each saw an opportunity to grab more.

That's because of his past public corruption convictions.

Both men face stiff prison terms after corruption convictions, but remain free pending appeals.

Both former leaders of the legislature are awaiting prison sentences on corruption convictions involving their outside income.

In that 2012 report, states were ranked by the total federal corruption convictions between the years 1976 through 2010.

The unprecedented corruption convictions create a unique historical moment, a moment that should lead to sweeping changes.

«Supreme Court overturns corruption conviction of former Va. governor McDonnell», Washington Post, June 27, 2016, Accessed Sept. 2, 2016

Skelos is facing prison for corruption convictions.

Both the former Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader were ousted in the last year following corruption convictions that rocked the Capitol.

A bevy of high - profile supporters are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the public corruption conviction against former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell (R), McDonnell's team announced Monday.

(He's siding with the governor in rejecting good government advocates» calls for a special session to pass more ethics reform, saying that despite recent corruption convictions of former senators, it's impossible to «legislative morality»).

Bharara — who already has won corruption convictions against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos since Cuomo disbanded the Moreland Commission on corruption at the state Capitol — also declined to say if investigators had interviewed the governor as part of the continuing probe.

Waving his fists in the air, Ganim, whose corruption convictions sent him to prison for seven years, jumped on a table and shouted along with his political staff and loyalists.

With budget negotiations down to the final days before the April 1st deadline, state government watchdogs in Albany say the process has been too opaque — especially after high - profile corruption convictions of the legislature's former leaders.

The GOP conference has 33 members, a narrow majority in the chamber that could shift even before the next election due to any number of factors, ranging from corruption convictions to the health members.

«Even after multiple corruption convictions, Albany continues to resist reforms at every turn,» Kaminsky said.

The ballot was to fill the vacancy created after the felony corruption conviction of Sen. Dean Skelos, a Republican who earlier quit as majority leader.

Republicans last month pointed to a donation from an untraceable LLC to the Nassau County Democratic Committee, which had aided Kaminsky's special election bid to replace ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is being sentenced later this month for his own corruption conviction in December.

The coming retrials of former state legislative leaders Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.

The New York State Assembly and Senate have released budget positions that focus on taxes and spending policies, but very little on ethics reform, even though both former leaders of the legislature face prison sentences over corruption convictions.

Waving his fists in the air, Ganim, whose corruption convictions sent him to prison for seven years, jumped...

Ganim is not participating in the state's public campaign financing system — he is barred because of his felony corruption conviction during his first stint as mayor — so he is able to take maximum donations of $ 3,500.

The results are another reminder of McDonnell's steep fall from grace, even after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction earlier this year.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his adult son, Adam, are to be sentenced on their respective corruption convictions today in Manhattan.

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

Bharara, who has secured corruption convictions against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, will address the New York State Conference of Mayors on Feb. 8.

As former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, gear up for sentencing in their respective public corruption convictions today, the elder Skelos has hired noted appeals lawyer Alexandra Shapiro to help him argue his way out of prison.

«Because we can not conclude that the (instruction) error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, we are obliged to vacate the convictions,» the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote, less than three months after reversing former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's separate corruption conviction on the same grounds.

Many legislators and advocates disagreed with Cuomo's assessment that the new bill required emergency action, saying that super PACs were not an issue in the major corruption convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and other recently disgraced legislators.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed two bills Friday that were on the top of reformers» wish lists to increase transparency at a time when corruption convictions have eroded trust in state government.

Gov. John Rowland leaves with his wife Patricia after appearing in federal appeals court to ask the court to overturn his political corruption conviction in New York in March.

He noted the fallout from the federal corruption convictions last month of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), and said lawmakers up for re-election in November may find it hard to avoid adopting new ethics laws.

HARTFORD — The Chief State's Attorney's office asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate 5 - year - old corruption convictions against former Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez — exposing Perez to a prison sentence if the high court agrees.A Superior...

Less than a month before he is sentenced following his November corruption conviction, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been disbarred, court filings released Tuesday show.

In neighboring Connecticut, federal corruption convictions reached a record low four years following the adoption of public financing.

«Corruption conviction figures have a lot to do with the priorities of the U.S. attorney» in each federal district, Johnston noted.

Sheldon Silver's corruption conviction cost him a ticket to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

A statement released under state Democratic Party Chairman David Paterson's name on Tuesday blasted GOP candidate for governor Rob Astorino and even brought up the 20 - year - old police corruption conviction of his father.

«This office has concluded that, absent any additional proof that may develop, there is insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime,» Bharara said of the governor in January, while wrapping up investigations that produced corruption convictions against Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has begun his appeal to reverse a quid - pro-quo corruption convictions, and his lawyer is citing a unanimous Supreme Court decision that allowed Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to escape ethics charges.

Two veteran Assembly members and an official from the governor's office said they expect a deal will be struck on the popular ethics measure this legislative election year after an unprecedented string of corruption convictions within the last 12 months.

Since being appointed Manhattan US attorney by President Obama in 2009, Bharara has won a string of government corruption convictions, most notably against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The recent overturning of Sheldon Silver's 2015 corruption conviction raises key questions for both the real estate industry and those who police it: Do landlords and developers have clearer guidelines on what counts as corruption, or will heightened scrutiny and a likely retrial only bring more of them into the witness box?

Still, Cuomo said there are differences with the Legislature, too, when asked about negotiating under the legislative leadership of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, both of whom were ousted amid corruption convictions.

«We can't allow corruption convictions to be overturned based on legal technicalities,» Suozzi said.

While Mr. Blake, a veteran of both Obama campaigns, maintained there would be a strict «firewall» between his work at Hilltop and the State Legislature, the appearance of a conflict of interest, coupled with a pair of federal corruption convictions predicated on outside income, proved too great to overcome.