Sentences with phrase «powerful speaker of the assembly»

Perhaps the most prominent opponent to a methadone clinic sought to relocate to Manhattan's financial district in 2011, was Sheldon Silver, then the powerful speaker of the Assembly who represented that neighborhood.

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The founders of a Manhattan law firm that paid Silver millions of dollars testified that they never expected the speaker to leverage his powerful position in the Assembly to refer clients.

Sheldon Silver, the former powerful Democratic speaker of the state Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges less than a year after his first conviction on the same charges was thrown out.

-- SILVER IS GUILTY AGAIN — Wall Street Journal's Corinne Ramey: «Sheldon Silver, former longtime speaker of New York's Assembly and once one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, was convicted Friday of all counts after his retrial on public - corruption charges.

Still, despite the absence of the powerful Assembly speaker, both Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein reported headway in the budget talks.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

Part of Koch's problem is that the powerful State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver didn't sign — it's unclear why Silver would want more Republicans to have a say in how districts are drawn — and beyond that, attempting to shame legislators into doing anything doesn't always work.

Shelly Silver, the powerful Democratic speaker of the state assembly, is the central character in a tale that seems as if it sprung from the imaginations of Kennedy, the great novelist of Albany corruption, and of Jon Stewart.

-- At Sheldon Silver's trial, lobbyist Brian Meara testified that he was worried and concerned after learning that the powerful assembly speaker was receiving a share of legal fees from Glenwood Management.

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.

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.

In a statement, the powerful Assembly speaker said New York's proposal should match what President Obama backed in his State of the Union address this week.

«Mr. Silver was the speaker [of the Assembly] and he was extremely powerful,» Runes told the jury.

Once one of the most powerful figures in New York politics, former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's second corruption trial began Monday.

For two decades, Sheldon Silver was one of the most powerful men in New York politics, his control and demands as speaker of the State Assembly virtually unchallenged.

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.

But Heastie's first priority as speaker is to keep his caucus happy, and if Assembly Democrats want to elevate one of their own, they will, as they did when they made conference favorite Thomas DiNapoli state comptroller over the objections of then - powerful Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Mr. Silver, who was then Assembly speaker and one of the state's most powerful politicians, envisioned not just a subway station in his district but a soaring transit hub, «the Grand Central of Downtown,» complete with an enormous glass dome and mirrors to filter sunlight into underground passageways.

The government's key witness in the corruption retrial of Sheldon Silver used Hebrew code to tell the then - Assembly speaker in 2014 that he had been visited by FBI agents who were poking around the powerful politician's finances, it was revealed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.

As speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Heastie stands alongside Gov. Andrew Cuomo as one of the most powerful Democrats in the state.

James is believed to have the blessing of Cuomo and the powerful speaker of the State Assembly, Carl Heastie.

But previous scandals and convictions have failed to dramatically change the state's political culture, and most of the state's most powerful officials — including Silver's successor as Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said earlier changes had prompted the case against Silver — aren't yet pressing for more reforms.

Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the New York State Assembly and one of the state's most powerful politicians, was convicted Monday in a federal corruption trial that shone a light on the real estate lobby's dealings in Albany.

Sheldon Silver, former longtime speaker of New York's Assembly and once one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, was convicted of all counts after his retrial on public - corruption charges.

Until recently, Jeff Fitzgerald held one of the most powerful positions in Wisconsin government, as speaker of the state Assembly.

A jury has been selected in the trial of Sheldon Silver, the once powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly who faces political corruption charges.

Mr. Skelos, the Republican who led the Senate, and Mr. Silver, speaker of the Democrat - controlled Assembly, were for years two of the three most powerful men in Albany.

A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of Sheldon Silver, once the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, saying the judge's jury instructions were in error in light of a United States Supreme Court decision that has since narrowed the legal definition of corruption.

Until Sheldon Silver's arrest and subsequent resignation as speaker of the New York Assembly, he was considered one of the state's most powerful politicians, controlling how billions of dollars of state funds were doled out.

Sheldon Silver's resignation from his post as speaker of the Assembly, after 21 years as one of state government's three most powerful men (its oft - criticized modus operandi), left a gaping hole in the center of Albany.

Some looked over their shoulders as Mr. Silver, once the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly who now faces political corruption charges, slowly walked up the courtroom aisle to his seat at a long desk that faced Valerie E. Caproni, the presiding judge.

Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York Assembly, exploited his position as one of the most powerful politicians in the state to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, federal authorities said on Thursday as they announced his arrest on a sweeping series of corruption charges.

Prosecutors said Silver, who stepped down from his powerful position as speaker of the Assembly after he was indicted, abused his office to earn nearly $ 4 millon in kickbacks disguised as a legitimate salary.

The union bosses» counter-offensive would normally involve Sheldon Silver — their bought - and - paid for speaker of the New York State Assembly and perhaps the most powerful legislator in Albany — to eviscerate any reforms being pushed by the governor.

Long since deposed from his powerful position as speaker of the New York State Assembly, convicted felon Sheldon Silver was finally disbarred this week by a state appeals court... → Read More: Now Officially Disbarred, Length of Prison Sentence Only Outstanding Question for Convicted Felon Silver