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

Silver, 73, the state's most powerful Democrat, was convicted in 2015 of accepting $ 4 million in kickbacks and bribes while speaker making him one of the three most powerful officials in Albany.

Silver enjoyed a reputation as one of the two most powerful officials in New York government and he was never reluctant to use his influence to punish detractors or anyone who asked too many questions.

Vestager, arguably the most powerful official in the EU due to her individual power to rule on competition cases across the 28 - nation bloc, makes no secret of her reliance on others at times to provide the evidence that can justify her inquiries.

Asked for comment, Cuomo's campaign spokesman Austin Shafran responded with a photograph of DeFrancisco swearing in Pedro Espada Jr., once the third-most powerful official in the state, who was imprisoned after being convicted of stealing from a nonprofit.

As the most powerful official in the state by far, he can apply significant pressure on the IDC to partner with Democrats or dissolve altogether.

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«The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 spawned thousands of powerful crime gangs — collectively known as the Russian mafia — and some of these groups, officials warn, are establishing bases among emigre communities in the United States, particularly in South Brooklyn.»

A reform committee led by Xi called on the Foreign Ministry to «forge a politically resolute, professionally exquisite, strictly disciplined foreign affairs corps,» and in October, Xi appointed China's top diplomat to the country's powerful Politburo, making him the first former Foreign Ministry official in 20 years to reach that level.

Described by observers as the most powerful Chinese official in decades, Xi last year was recognized as only the fourth person to earn the designation of «core» leader.

In particular, a White House official told Axios that Trump would call to end «the special - interest loopholes that have only benefited the wealthy and powerful few» so the president could pay for tax cuts.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-- Some of the pills taken from Prince's estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs that actually contained fentanyl — a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin, an official close to the investigation said.

In Afghanistan and Iraq, however, the explanation more often lies in the company's relationships with powerful government officialIn Afghanistan and Iraq, however, the explanation more often lies in the company's relationships with powerful government officialin the company's relationships with powerful government officials.

The couple, however, charged that Glaxo officials «knew that Shi had powerful, unidentified allies within the Communist Party elite in Shanghai and that it was, therefore, extremely dangerous to investigate her.»

When Hurricane Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.

Yet some of the most powerful officials crafting Trump's economic policies have deep roots in the global, corporate realm.

Second - term Wildrose MLA Rob Anderson, who will also serve as Official Opposition Finance Critic, could be a powerful force in this important role.

«Christendom» not only did not decline from this time, but with its famous doctrine of cuius regio, eius religio, its underlying logic received powerful, official sanction, and it has continued on in the fragmented territorial or «state churches» of the emergent European nation - states.

Ethnic particularism, in the official form of admissions procedures and ethnic studies programs and the unofficial form of students» seating choices in the cafeteria and the library, is a powerful force in American...

I think the most powerful arguments against unrestricted legal abortion are made by Feminists for Life, which organized in 1972 when the National Organization for Women would not reconsider its official position on abortion.

Though the letter, which seems to acknowledge the powerful impact of the Malala's activism, is somewhat unheard of from a Taliban commander, U.N. officials say the group still poses a threat to girls seeking education in the country.

First of all, he was a powerful public official in Ethiopia, overseeing the entire treasury.

Whilst we wait for official confirmation of the expected duration of injury, I'm sure all Gunners will be thankful for him putting his body on the line, in front of Kante's powerful force.

In case you are wondering what that's about, it is a direct response to powerful food lobbies that have influenced official dietary recommendations for decades.

According to an official statement from the White House, this is an effort to «lift up adoption as a positive and powerful force in the lives of millions of Americans and children around the globe.

How powerful must the meat industry be to cause three state governors and a federal official to rearrange their schedules just to participate in this dog and pony show?

Silver, the ex-Assembly speaker and formerly one of the most powerful elected officials in New York, was convicted in November of fraud and extortion charges.

Mel Miller, 78, was once one of Albany's most powerful elected officials — a member of the storied «three men in a room» who made all the state's big decisions behind closed doors.

«The tension that exists that if people are giving big money to a powerful elected official, what do they expect in return?

Governors and other statewide elected officials can have a powerful effect on turnout in presidential elections.

In her first major appearance since Wednesday's vote crowning her the second - most - powerful elected official in the city, the progressive firebrand told Mr. Sharpton's National Action Network in Harlem that this year's election victories signaled a sea change in New York that the mainstream media resisteIn her first major appearance since Wednesday's vote crowning her the second - most - powerful elected official in the city, the progressive firebrand told Mr. Sharpton's National Action Network in Harlem that this year's election victories signaled a sea change in New York that the mainstream media resistein the city, the progressive firebrand told Mr. Sharpton's National Action Network in Harlem that this year's election victories signaled a sea change in New York that the mainstream media resistein Harlem that this year's election victories signaled a sea change in New York that the mainstream media resistein New York that the mainstream media resisted.

He's one of the most powerful individuals in the city right now, but Mayor Bloomberg is looking to expand his influence when he leaves office, saying that whatever constrictions he has as an elected official will be removed when 2014 rolls around.

The news is significant, not only as it temporarily exonerates Silver — once one of the state's most powerful elected officials — though he can be retried, and the acting U.S. attorney has indicated he will, in fact, seek to take another legal crack at the former Manhattan Democratic lawmaker.

The power of Mukerjee's telling of this man - made famine that killed — following Amartya Sen's analysis of famine mortality — around 3 million people, lies in the formidable marshalling of a wide range of data, from cabinet meeting records and papers of powerful politicians and officials to interviews in Bengal villages with survivors of the famine and militant rebels against the Raj.

Our strategy was to project inevitability and invincibility to scare off potential challengers (if we hadn't, our next mayor very well may have been Anthony Weiner) and dissuade a host of powerful interests (unions, Democratic Party officials, Democratic donors) that there was no point in trying to beat us.

Now, the conference again has near - unilateral power to replace Schneiderman, whose alleged abuse of women was exposed in an explosive report published in The New Yorker in which four women alleged that the state's most powerful law enforcement official had slapped, choked and spit on them.

He remains a powerful representative of Wall Street — which is something of an industry non grata in this election cycle but has long held sway over New York's elected officials, especially Mr. Schumer, to whom Mr. Dimon has donated plenty.

The Momentum chief will go head - to - head with Unite official and fellow Labour national executive committee member Jennie Formby in what is likely to be a bitter race to succeed Iain McNicol in the powerful role.

A less powerful official like Assemblyman Alicia Hyndman charged only $ 100 per person at her fundraiser in March.

Our city has long struggled on the federal terrain — urban issues just aren't sexy to Republican congressmen from the Ozarks — but with Mr. Schumer as one of the most powerful elected officials in the country, we're bound to do a little bit better.

The powerful Assembly Democrats are behind closed doors Tuesday morning, discussing specifics of a Cuomo education plan that some apparently heard about only late Monday, despite that a Cuomo administration official, speaking on background, told reporters that the deal has been in place for days and denied that there were messaging discrepancies coming from the executive and the Legislature.

FG Provides Relief to IDPs in Dikwa President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a very powerful delegation of NEMA officials to the ancient town of Dikwa where some Internally Displaced people (IDP's) are presently taking refuge in temporary camps to provide them relief materials.

The five - count complaint on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, and extortion outlines two schemes Mr. Silver used to leverage his official position as the powerful Democratic leader of the Assembly to rake in cash, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing private clients.

He became immersed in the political life of New York's sleepy capital city, acting more like a small - state governor than one of the most powerful elected officials in the nation.

But he still oversees the state's $ 184.5 billion public pension system (the third - largest in the nation) and has teamed up with Mr. Schneiderman to take down corrupt elected officials and powerful nonprofit heads.

First was the cold - blooded murder of Gloria Okon, an international drug courier, that was working for powerful government officials and men and women in high places and that was about to spill the beans when General Muhammadu Buhari was in power in 1985.

The father and son are accused of using Dean Skelos» influence as one of the three most powerful elected officials in the state — alongside the Assembly speaker and governor — to pressure companies into giving Adam jobs for which he either wasn't qualified or just didn't do.

Indeed, she notes that it was in October that year [right before the November elections] that the country's second most powerful military official arrived in Washington, and in full military uniform presented a letter of invitation to Clinton.

Insiders say Silver learned a lot from being nearly ousted 15 years ago, even as he gained a reputation for being a powerful official with centralized power in the chamber.

Clinton also paid tribute to Warren in Time magazine recently, saying: «She never hesitates to hold powerful people's feet to the fire: bankers, lobbyists, senior government officials and, yes, even presidential aspirants.»

After his boss's election in 2010, David joined the administration as its principal adviser on civil rights; after Cuomo's second win, in 2014, David ascended to his current official posting as Cuomo's chief in - house lawyer — arguably the third most powerful position in Albany.