Sentences with phrase «powerful leaders in the state»

Silver, 74, has denied wrongdoing and his attorneys said Monday he had not abused his position as one of three of the most powerful leaders in state government for more than two decades.

Mr. Skelos and Mr. Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, were once among the most powerful leaders in the state.

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will tell United States congressional leaders and policymakers this week that commerce and trade are as powerful as «ships and planes» when it comes to exerting influence in the Asia - Pacific, as he seeks to breathe life into the Trans - Pacific Partnership.

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Silver, the once powerful and unquestioned leader of the state Assembly since 1994, was found guilty in November of fraud and extortion, forcing him to surrender his seat in the Assembly in the process.

In Albany, one of the state's most powerful men, Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, is now facing allegations of misconduct himself, accused of forcibly kissing a former legislative staffer.

«Despite the powerful interests working to protect the status quo at the expense of our students» success, this state must become a national leader in student performance.»

The powerful labor union 1199 SEIU endorsed Republican state Senate hopeful Chris McGrath on Friday in the crucial special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in Nassau County.

The U.S. attorney was also asked if he believes that the corruption problem in Albany is getting better as a result of all the cases he has brought in recent years — including the successful prosecution of two men who were once among the state's most powerful political players, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Bronx Democratic Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of a powerful group of renegade Democrats in the state Senate, has been accused by a former staff member, Erica Vladimer, 30, of forcibly kissing her outside an Albany bar in 2015 — a charge he hotly denies.

Public Advocate Letitia James has lined up enough votes in the state Assembly — including its powerful leader, Speaker Carl Heastie — to be named as interim Attorney General, sources told the NY Post.

At the center of the scandal is a powerful state senator Malcolm Smith, a Democrat, who bribed Republican GOP county leaders to grant him a waiver to run as Republican in GOP mayoral primaries.

A year ago, Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) was the Assembly speaker and the second-most - powerful Democrat in the state, while Dean Skelos (R - Nassau) was the Senate majority leader and the most powerful Republican in New York.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R,C,I - Schaghticoke), and Assemblyman Pete Lopez (R,C,I - Schoharie) today called for a «Spirit of «76» revolt by rank and file state legislators to clean up corruption and break the stranglehold on the Capitol that's been exerted by powerful leaders who time after time have prevented common sense reforms from becoming law in New York.

After falling heavily last year on the two most powerful legislators in the state, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, it seemed to pass over Gov. Andrew Cuomo — though the prosecutor is still reportedly peering into potential sweetheart contracts for donors in Bufstate, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, it seemed to pass over Gov. Andrew Cuomo — though the prosecutor is still reportedly peering into potential sweetheart contracts for donors in BufState Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, it seemed to pass over Gov. Andrew Cuomo — though the prosecutor is still reportedly peering into potential sweetheart contracts for donors in Buffalo.

The 67 - year - old father was New York's Senate leader, the state's most powerful Republican, when he was arrested in May on charges he illegally pressured companies to support his 33 - year - old son in return for support on legislation affecting their businesses.

Around the table sat Mr. Cuomo; the leaders of New York's most powerful labor unions; Joseph Crowley, the top - ranked New York Democrat in the House of Representatives; and the two rival Democratic leaders of the State Senate — Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who leads the main group of Democrats, and Jeffrey D. Klein, who leads the breakaway group — among others.

Power is always in flux, but rarely is it this obvious: two of the state's three most powerful men last year are simply off the list this year, replaced by two men who weren't even mentioned in this space a year ago, new Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and new Senate Leader John Flanagan.

Mr. Skelos, a Republican, and Mr. Silver, a Democrat, were at one time two of the state's three most powerful leaders — and in the span of mere weeks, Mr. Bharara secured verdicts that stripped them of their elective office and are likely to send them to prison.

Since then, Bharara has successfully convicted two of the most powerful legislators in Albany, former Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, on corruption charges.

«As a leader of a very powerful conference in the New York state legislature, he has the ability to effectuate change.

The stunning revelation that one of the three most powerful men in Albany is caught up in yet another federal probe comes months after the corruption convictions of the state Assembly and Senate leaders, Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.

The Nassau County - based Skelos, who works for Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a major Long Island law firm that represents dozens of powerful businesses before state agencies, voluntarily revealed last year that he was paid as much as $ 250,000 in private legal fees in 2009, when he was Senate minority leader.

The verdict on just the second day of deliberations capped an extraordinary two - week period in which two of the state's most powerful leaders at the start of 2015 — Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — were forced from office in disgrace at the hands of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Skelos becomes the second of New York's most powerful political leaders in nine days to be sentenced to prison for public corruption crimes, a double - whammy that has cemented the state government's reputation as an organization plagued by corruption and prompted widespread calls for ethics reforms in Albany.

A longtime friend of state Sen. Dean Skelos testified at the former majority leader's corruption trial Thursday that he couldn't fire the powerful politician's son for not showing up to the cushy job he'd arranged because he feared he'd «have a problem in Albany.»

The former state Assembly speaker — who was recently convicted on federal corruption charges involving $ 4 million in kickbacks — was one of the three most powerful men in Albany, along with the governor and Senate majority leader.

Silver, 74, is on trial for the second time in three years on charges that he sold his office as one of the three most powerful politicians in the state — along with the Senate majority leader and governor — in exchange for $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

Despite the fact that continuing — and worsening — war in Syria poses serious security and economic dangers to Europe, its political leaders have been constantly refusing to act on its own, and now even in concert with their most powerful ally, the United States of America.

Skelos also invoked his father — then the Senate majority leader and the most powerful Republican in the state — while warning that Nassau County would pay a political price in Albany for delaying a $ 12 million contract on which he consulted.

As if the trial of one of Albany's powerful «three men in a room» wasn't enough, the trial of another, former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos, recently started.

I thought that if we could help elect a true independent, a genuine reformer, that all of these sacrifices would not have been in vain, but alas the Independence Party has become the Incumbent Dependence Party, a tool for influence peddlers like Tom Connolly to cater to the state's most powerful leaders.»

NEW YORK — Real estate giant Glenwood Management was fined $ 200,000 by a state ethics commission for its role in the federal corruption convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, once two of New York's most powerful politicians.

Just two years ago, we saw the two most powerful state legislative leaders — two of the three men in a room — convicted within mere months of each other for having used their positions of power for personal gain and profiteering.

Once the most powerful Republican leader in the state, Dean Skelos is headed to federal prison.

The state's powerful Black, Hispanic and Asian caucus is condemning legislative leaders for redrawing Congressional districts in a way that amounts to a «slap in the face» to the minority communities across the state.

He reaped his biggest prizes in 2015, when he won convictions of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — previously two of the most powerful men in New York State.

Now in one of state government's most powerful positions, the 47 - year - old Heastie will work alongside Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — the proverbial «three men in a room» — to lead budget negotiations, set committee assignments and direct the flow of legislastate government's most powerful positions, the 47 - year - old Heastie will work alongside Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — the proverbial «three men in a room» — to lead budget negotiations, set committee assignments and direct the flow of legislaState Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — the proverbial «three men in a room» — to lead budget negotiations, set committee assignments and direct the flow of legislation.

The powerful position meant Mr. Silver was one of Albany's «three men in a room» — along with the governor and the senate leader — who set the state budget and hammer out deals behind closed doors.

Two years ago, the then - Senate Majority Leader was one of the most powerful players in state politics with some of the deepest pockets.

«Excuse me, commits a serious crime,» Hynes corrected himself, «goes to prison, comes out, rehabilitates himself, becomes an ordained minister, and someone who is one of the most powerful Democratic leaders in this state, who is a serial thief and extortionist.

Smith served briefly as the powerful state Senate majority leader before getting ousted in a coup in 2009.

The two are considered powerful statewide leaders and along with the Governor of New York control most of the agenda of state business in New York.

Bharara won convictions in federal corruption cases against New York's two most powerful legislative leaders: former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

In another private room, at The Capital Grille on 42nd Street, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Rep. Joe Crowley, state party leaders and about 10 of New York's most powerful union heads spoke for more than an hour about taking back congressional seats held in New York by Republicans as well as taking over the State Senate to sweep its hold of state governmenIn another private room, at The Capital Grille on 42nd Street, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Rep. Joe Crowley, state party leaders and about 10 of New York's most powerful union heads spoke for more than an hour about taking back congressional seats held in New York by Republicans as well as taking over the State Senate to sweep its hold of state governstate party leaders and about 10 of New York's most powerful union heads spoke for more than an hour about taking back congressional seats held in New York by Republicans as well as taking over the State Senate to sweep its hold of state governmenin New York by Republicans as well as taking over the State Senate to sweep its hold of state governState Senate to sweep its hold of state governstate government.

Sheldon Silver is one of the three most powerful officials in state government, along with the governor and Senate majority leader.

Two of the three most powerful leaders in New York State government were convicted of multiple felonies last year and are facing sentencing next month.

Dean G. Skelos, the once powerful Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate who was convicted with his son in December on federal corruption charges, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison.

Amid these struggles, at least one constant seemed to remain in Adam Skelos's life: the support of his father, Dean G. Skelos, the powerful Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate.