Sentences with phrase «powerful politicians coming»

The race to represent the 24th Congressional District has been marked largely by negative campaign ads, character attacks and a variety of powerful politicians coming to central New York.

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Those complaints have, of course, taken down two of the state's most powerful politicians: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who both resigned their leadership positions after coming under fire.

Sheldon Silver, who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of the state's most powerful and feared politicians as speaker of the New York Assembly, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison in a case that came to symbolize Albany's culture of graft.

The press conference, held in the shadows of a federal courthouse where one of New York's most powerful politicians is being tried on corruption charges, came as other recent developments also shine a bright light on the state's insufficient handling of ethics and corruption.

But when it comes to doing his civic duty by serving on a jury, Heastie, now one of the most powerful politicians in the state, has been less than accountable, according to court records.

News that Gillibrand, the state's most powerful female politician, was offering an endorsement came just as three prominent women's groups — NOW - NYC, Planned Parenthood New York and NARAL Pro-Choice New York — also backed Stringer.

Blending the charm of a real life politician of a powerful country, his league of extraordinary and benevolent citizens, his flawed self reassurance and the joy of a classic JRPG model, comes Citizens of Earth, a personal favourite of mine from this year.

«Nothing good has ever come of situations where powerful interests, be they politicians or the church, have seen the need to censor or to somehow control the scientific process,» he said.