Sentences with phrase «payment to one's son»

The treatment system project was making monthly payments to his son.

In exchange for payments to his son, Dean Skelos voted in favor of the Rent Act of 2011 which extended the controversial 421 - a tax abatement, according to the documents.

The complaint, by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, alleges Skelos used his influence in Albany to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to his son Adam from a real estate developer and a related environmental company.

The complaint, by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, alleges Skelos used his influence in Albany to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to his son from a real estate developer and a related environmental company.

He's accused of using his influence in Albany to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to his son Adam from a real estate developer and a related environmental company.

At one point, it is charged, Skelos threatened to block the contract unless payments to his son were increased to $ 10,000 a month.

Dean Skelos is charged with prodding several people, including Bonomo, into making payments to his son in exchange for government favors.

Conservative party MP Derek Conway has argued his parliamentary payments to his sons were legitimate, adding: «I am not a crook.»

According to the criminal complaint, the charges stem from a scheme where Skelos, 67, abused his «official position by extorting money from others» by receiving payments to his son Adam Skelos, 32, from companies to whom he promised to use his elected office to benefit.

ESD last year tried to direct $ 15 million from the «transformative investment fund,» a $ 400 million pot created in the 2015 - 16 budget by former Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, who left office after he was convicted of several federal felonies for trading official actions for payments to his son.

At one point, it is charged that Sen. Skelos threatened to block the contract unless payments to his son were increased to $ 10,000 a month.

DEAN SKELOS repeatedly used this power to pressure companies with business before New York State to make payments to his son, ADAM SKELOS, who substantially depended on these companies for his income.

As Glenwood was lobbying Skelos about rent laws, Skelos pressured an executive at the firm, identified by sources as senior vice president Charles Dorego, to arrange a $ 20,000 payment to his son Adam that prosecutors say was disguised as a commission for title work which he did not perform.

The Skelos case also featured a cameo by Glenwood; the company's chief lobbyist, Charles Dorego, testified that Dean Skelos used his political clout to pressure Glenwood into funneling tens of thousands of dollars in payments to his son.

Authorities said Dean Skelos has used his position as a carrot since at least 2010, taking official actions in return for payments to his son.

Prosecutors say Skelos traded official favors for payments to his son, Adam, from a developer, which appears to be Glenwood Management, and AbTech, an environmental consulting firm that says it is cooperating with prosecutors.

But the situation is volatile, and the details of the indictment aren't pretty — including a claim that Skelos pressed for payments to his son's company outside a wake for a slain Nassau County cop.

Dean Skelos helped Glenwood on tax and rent - control legislation in Albany in exchange for payments to his son, prosecutors said.

In exchange for the payments to his son from the real estate firm and environmental firm, Dean Skelos introduced legislation to extend the controversial 421 - a program which provides tax abatements to developers and voted for legislation that allows landlords to increase rent on rent stabilized apartments.

Skelos, of Nassau County, lost his seat automatically when jurors found he traded official favors for jobs and payments to his son, Adam, who was also convicted of his role in the scheme.