Sentences with phrase «play pension scandal»

Meanwhile former Liberal Party boss Ray Harding was engulfed in a pay - to - play pension scandal involving the state Comptroller's Office.

Disgraced former Comptroller Alan Hevesi was sentenced this morning received the maximum penalty — one to four years in prison — for his role in a massive pay - to - play pension scandal.

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's GOP challenger David Malpass is continuing to pressure her to cut ties with her consulting / polling firm Global Strategy Group following its settlement yesterday with AG Andrew Cuomo in connection with the pay - to - play pension fund scandal.

The two men who oversaw prosecution of the pay - to - play pension fund scandal that resulted in former comptroller Alan Hevesi's jail sentence today both said the penalty should serve as a warning against other public officials seeking favors and gifts while in office.

ALBANY — The state's scandal - plagued pension system, whose «pay - to - play» extortion practices led to several high - profile indictments, has been the target of a sex - related extortion plot involving a member of a Boston - based investment firm.

It is rumored that John Haggerty may share a cell with political rival and former disgraced Comptroller of New York, Alan Hevesi who is serving a one to four years at the Ulster Correctional Facility in upstate Napanoch for a pension fund pay - to - play scandal.

Four years earlier, Faso lost the state comptroller's race by a very slim margin to Democrat Alan Hevesi, who ended up resigning in disgrace thanks to the so - called Chauffeurgate scandal and then serving time behind bars for his role in a massive pay - to - play pension fund scandal exposed by Spitzer's sucessor in the AG's office, Andrew Cuomo.

The special access came amid Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigation into a massive pay - to - play pension fund scandal under DiNapoli's predecessor, Alan Hevesi.

Long before disgraced former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi was charged in October for his role in a pay - to - play scandal involving the state pension fund under his watch, a little - known treasurer of Saratoga County, J. Christopher Callaghan, knew something was up — and it was in plain sight.

Cuomo holds his father and his legacy in a sacrosanct state, making the kicker of the letter a real punch to the solar plexus and will do little to advance either man's relationship (part of this bad blood may stem from way back in 2010, when then - Attorney General Cuomo settled with the lobbying firm Faso worked for as part of a major pay - to - play pension fund scandal).

The appearance was a climax of sorts — though not the end — to an ongoing pay - to - play scandal that has enveloped the pension fund and exposed a seamy system in which gifts and campaign funds were exchanged for vast investments of public money.

DiNapoli has suggested his office should be used as a test - case for public campaign financing at the state level to get out from under the pay - to - play pension fund scandal of his predecessor.

Cuomo declined to endorse DiNapoli after clearing him in the ongoing pension fund pay - to - play scandal, reasoning, according to sources familiar with his thinking, that to follow that decision with a political statement would be «inappropriate.»

The Times is reporting former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who resigned in late 2006 after pleading guilty to a felony charge of misusing state resources in the so - called Chauffeurgate scandal, is poised to plead guilty to yet another felony corruption charge — this time in connection with AG Andrew Cuomo's pay - to - play pension fund probe.

A Democratic insider over the weekend noted the history Cuomo and Faso shared: Namely the part the congressman played in the Cuomo's attorney general investigation into the pay - to - play pension fund scandal of the last decade.

Spitzer was AG when the pay - to - play pension fund scandal that felled ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi was in full swing and did nothing about it.

An outside review of New York's $ 150 billion pension fund for public workers shows it fixed ethical problems that led to a «pay - for - play» scandal.

Cuomo, as attorney general, did eventually give DiNapoli a clean bill of health by clearing him of any wrongdoing in the «pay to play» pension fund scandal that had sent Hevesi to prison, but his unease with the fellow Democrat never went away.

The report comes after a massive pay - to - play pension fund scandal resulted in the imprisonment of several prominent figures, including former Comptroller Alan Hevesi and his longtime political advisor Hank Morris.

While Cuomo cleared Wilson's opponent, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, in the ongoing pay - to - play pension fund scandal, he declined to endorse his fellow Democrat outright.

The memo also inclues a number of heatfelt letters from Hevesi's friends, family and rabbi, including his sons, former Sen. Dan Hevesi and Assemblyman Andy Hevesi, who were both implicated in and / or impacted by their father's pay - to - play pension fund scandal.

It was Soares who started the initial investigations into the former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's pay - to - play pension fund scandal.

The letter refers to TV commercials that have started airing in the district, linking Faso to his lobbying firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips paying a fine as part of a settlement connected to the pay - to - play pension fund scandal.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's GOP challenger Harry Wilson is keeping the heat on his Democratic target in the wake of last week's bombshell revelation by AG Andrew Cuomo that his pay - to - play pension fund scandal has extended into DiNapoli's tenure.

At least two Democrats seeking statewide office this fall will not be heeding calls to dump Global Strategy Group in spite of the firm's involvement in the pay - to - play state pension fund scandal.

Hank Morris has received a sentence of one and one - third to four years in prison for his role in the pay - to - play pension fund scandal, NY1's Grace Rauh reports from the downstate courtroom where the once - powerful political consultant appeared to learn his fate.

Cuomo has declined to endorse DiNapoli — the lone Democratic candidate for the job he inherited in the wake of Alan Hevesi's Chauffeurgate scandal — after saying this spring that a meeting that took place on DiNapoli's watch is part of the AG's ongoing pay - to - play pension fund probe.

Cuomo did expose a massive pay - to - play state pension fund scandal that felled a number of high - profile individuals, including former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi and his long - time political advisor, Hank Morris.

He refers to former Democratic State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who was convicted in a pay - to - play pension - fund scandal.

Paladino accused Cuomo of shirking his duty by failing to crack down on powerhouse Democratic fund - raiser Steve Rattner and former Controller Carl McCall, who were tied to the pay - to - play pension fund scandal.

The little - known placement agents moved into the national spotlight last year when New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo revealed a «pay - to - play» scandal, payments to get pension fund investments, resulting in five guilty pleas so far.