Sentences with phrase «over corruption charges»

That's the on going ethics scandals that's led both leaders of the legislature to resign their posts this session over corruption charges.

As lawmakers awaited the bills to be printed, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who's been on the job for only a short time, after former leader Dean Skelos resigned over the corruption charges, seems relieved to have it all behind him.

Now that the state Senate has stabilized, after weeks of turmoil over corruption charges, legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are looking at what they can reasonably finish with just five weeks left in the session.

The acquittal of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman over corruption charges has had no noticeable effect on the list's support.

Former New York State Senator Dean Skelos of Long Island was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison and a $ 500,000 fine over corruption charges, while serving as majority leader.

Once a source of national leaders of both political parties, New York state has descended into a bizarre, riveting spectacle of corruption and political debasement, with its governor facing calls to resign as well as new charges of accepting illicit perks and lying under oath, the dean of its congressional delegation giving up his gavel over corruption charges and another House member announcing he won't run again amid allegations of sexual harassment.

But Sen. Mike Gianaris of New York City says he thinks it's a mistake to end the session without acting on ethics reform — in a year where both leaders of the legislature have resigned over corruption charges.

Now that the State Senate has stabilized, after weeks of turmoil over corruption charges, legislative leaders and Governor Cuomo are looking at what they can reasonably finish with just five weeks left in the session.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been steering clear of public events at the state Capitol recently, after a second major party legislative leader, the head of the Senate was forced to resign over corruption charges.

In 2007 the Comptroller of the state was forced to resign over corruption charges.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been steering clear of public events at the State Capitol recently, after a second major party legislative leader, the head of the Senate, was forced to resign over corruption charges.

Governor Cuomo has been steering clear of public events at the State Capitol recently, after a second major party legislative leader, the head of the Senate was forced to resign over corruption charges.

Carl Heastie says he knew he would be under scrutiny when he became speaker after his predecessor, Sheldon Silver, resigned over corruption charges.