Sentences with phrase «ongoing federal probe»

Several high - profile Democrats had gone down in disgrace, and there were ongoing federal probes into Ms. Stewart - Cousins» immediate predecessors, Senator Malcolm Smith of Queens and Senator John Sampson of Brooklyn, over alleged interference in the bidding process for the contract to operate slot machines at Resorts World Casino.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, facing questions about the ongoing federal probe of contracts associated with his Buffalo Billion economic development project, was reluctant to say much about the progress of the investigation.

State officials acknowledged the ongoing federal probe centers around undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper lobbying involving Percoco, who left state service at the end of last year, and a lobbyist named Todd Howe.

In late April, the de Blasio administration hired two law firms to represent it amid the ongoing federal probe.

«This is a political dispute more than anything,» Cuomo told Charlie Rose, referencing an ongoing federal probe.

The promises of action on campaign finance and ethics come as the public is non-specifically screaming for reform in Albany amid an ongoing federal probe of Cuomo's economic development efforts and the twin convictions of ex-legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.

In a statement given to several news organizations, including CNN, Edwards for the first time acknowledgedthere is an ongoing federal probe but would provide no further details.

You'd think the ongoing federal probe into matters municipal would be enough to keep Mayor Nicholas Sacco and the town's legal beagle busy...

In the background of all of the public events that Cuomo has been holding is the ongoing federal probe of his economic development programs by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

NEW YORK CITY — The head of the city's correction officers» union was arrested Wednesday morning in an ongoing federal probe into the NYPD and City Hall for his part in a yearslong fraud scheme involving wire - tapped phone calls and bribes delivered in expensive Ferragamo bags, federal law enforcement authorities said.

The «LLC loophole» has played a key role in the federal corruption trials of both former leaders of the Legislature, and may be a factor in the ongoing federal probe of the governor's economic development projects.

The development is the latest black eye to the NYPD in the ongoing federal probe that has centered on police brass and two other Brooklyn businessman, Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg, who provided gifts to NYPD brass in exchange for favors.

For much of the campaign, Schneiderman had remained silent, saying he could not comment on an ongoing federal probe.

Two weeks ago, a lawyer for Cuomo announced that a former federal prosecutor would lead the administration's own investigation into the Buffalo Billion and other economic development programs, saying the ongoing federal probe had raised questions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest.»

He's not the only one eyeing the district's top education job, amid an ongoing federal probe.

Horner says the current climate, with the indictment of the former Assembly speaker and ongoing federal probes, is Albany's own «Watergate moment».

Indig — who held a fundraiser for de Blasio in 2013 and, according to The New York Times, is now a focus in the ongoing federal probe into de Blasio's fundraising efforts — forwarded Kaff and Kornitzer's request to the mayor's deputy director of intergovernmental affairs Avi Fink and senior adviser Lincoln Restler.

Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville) said his proposal doesn't stem from an ongoing federal probe of state - backed economic - development projects.

Cuomo has so far paid over $ 100,000 for a criminal defense lawyer to represent him amid an ongoing federal probe about his interactions with and the dissolution of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

(Cuomo has spent $ 100,000 on a criminal defense attorney to represent him in the ongoing federal probe that yielded charges against Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.)

After the letter was sent, Cuomo said he would no longer be able to comment on the Moreland controversy, citing the ongoing federal probe.

An NYPD investigation into Garner's death is pending the conclusion of an ongoing federal probe.

MANHATTAN — Deputy Chief Andrew Capul, the executive officer of the NYPD's Patrol Borough Manhattan North, was placed on administrative duty Wednesday in connection to the ongoing federal probe into corruption at the NYPD and City Hall, the NYPD said.

The audits Daley is referring to are the ongoing federal probe of the Buffalo Billion contracts.

DiNapoli, speaking at a lunch for Italian - American legislators, could not comment on whether he's been in contact with the U.S. Attorney over the ongoing federal probes.

The director of the state Committee on Open Government said in an advisory opinion that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and the state department of Housing and Community Renewal should not hold back from release otherwise public documents based merely on the contention that they might relate to an ongoing federal probe of upstate development deals.

Cuomo's people pointed out his continued favorable ratings above 50 percent, despite a month of bad headlines about the ongoing federal probe.

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ongoing federal probe.

The session is limping to a close, after a year that's seen the resignation of both leaders of the legislature over corruption scandals, and ongoing federal probes.

Both of those entities are caught up in the ongoing federal probe into Cuomo's Buffalo Billion upstate economic development initiative.

Jim Heaney of Investigative Post, whose reporting foreshadowed the ongoing federal probe of developer contracts awarded under the Buffalo Billion program, took to the airwaves over the weekend of offer his take on U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigation.

He used the occasion to assert that Trump's selection of Sessions was bad news for the ongoing federal probe of Officer Daniel Pantaleo, the cop a grand jury refused to indict for killing the black Staten Islander — and who remains in his position.

The state's affordable housing agency says it can not provide copies of time sheets showing the work hours of a former employee because of the ongoing federal probe into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.

The LLC loophole has played a key role in the federal corruption trials of both former leaders of the legislature, and may be a factor in the ongoing federal probe of the governor's economic development projects.

The Attorney General has been silent about the commission, but he says he has a very good reason not to speak, there's an ongoing federal probe.

The Brooklyn businessman's arrest is connected to an ongoing federal probe into high - ranking NYPD officials receiving money and gifts in exchange for favors.

The ongoing federal probe — which focuses on officers accepting gifts from businessmen with ties to de Blasio, as well as how the mayor collects donations from real estate interests — appears to be taking its toll.

The Shomrim was part of an ongoing federal probe involving two businessmen and a number of NYPD supervisors — and in 2016, the FBI investigated what role the supervisors may have played in securing gun licenses for members of Shomrim.

As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, an ongoing federal probe into de Blasio's campaign financing and the NYPD, and a whole lot of other things, apparently influenced how city residents view the mayor.

The session limped to a close, after a year that's seen the resignation of both leaders of the legislature over corruption scandals, and ongoing federal probes.

The attorney general has been silent about the commission, but says he has a very good reason not to speak because there's an ongoing federal probe.

Despite the weakness of his Republican opposition, Cuomo spent a good portion of the campaign season on the back foot, between his disappointing showing in the Democratic primary and a series of self - inflicted controversies, highlighted by an ongoing federal probe into the circumstances in which he managed and disbanded the ostensibly independent Moreland Commission on Public Corruption.

He's not the only one eyeing the district's top education job, amid an ongoing federal probe.