Sentences with phrase «profile corruption»

For each of the first seven months of this year, a new high - profile corruption case goes to trial.

Look for lots of talk about agenda setting and wiping the slate clean from a difficult 2015 that was marked by high profile corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders.

The legislative session this year has been unprecedented in the high - profile corruption arrests.

It is expected that there will be seven high - profile corruption cases going to trial in each of the first seven months of the year.

According to a recent Wall Street Journal story, the trial in question was one of the highest profile corruption trials in Ohio's history, and involved Jimmy Dimora, the former Cuyahoga County, Ohio Commissioner who has now been convicted of racketeering, bribery, conspiracy, tax charges, and other crimes.

The high - profile corruption scandals of Skelos and Silver have put unlikely state legislative races in play this year.

Our lawyers have been involved in many of the most high profile corruption cases of recent years including Rolls Royce, Unaoil, Johnson & Johnson and Innospec.

One defense lawyer, Stephen Coffey, even mocked Howe's claim that he had a revelatory moment about telling the truth to prosecutors in 2016 as they were in the midst of their high - profile corruption investigation that has unearthed insights about Albany and state government.

The poll comes in the wake of a stretch of high - profile corruption charges — including those facing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — 55 percent of voters say all state elected officials should be voted out of office so new representatives can start with a clean slate.

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Partners for Electoral Reform, Centre for Democracy and Development, Zero Corruption Coalition, and 14 other CSOs, said Nigeria had recorded so many unresolved cases of high - profile corruption allegations under the current government.

Biben played a key role in several of Cuomo's high profile corruption prosecutions, including the case against Senator Pedro Espada Jr..

He did, however, lament the fact that a number of high - profile corruption inquiries — including those surrounding former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, former Speaker Sheldon Silver and allegations of Buffalo Billions bid - fixing — didn't become public until after last November's election.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Legal analysts agree it's one of the most high - profile corruption trials in New York in decades.

Oye also said the NJC's secretary, who doubles as the secretary to the committee, Mr. Gambo Saleh, had been directed to write the Chief Judges of various courts, who had yet to comply with the directive of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, that they send the list of high profile corruption cases being heard by their courts.

Since then, four ethics packages have been approved in Albany, but the high - profile corruption arrests continue.

«At a time when New York government is in crisis thanks to a series of high - profile corruption scandals, the Board has opted to perpetuate its deeply flawed rule that enables frequent and harmful circumvention of the law,» said Elizabeth S. Saylor, a partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP.

Yet the world changed, eLearning market competition increased and corporations wanted more for less and as a result of high profile corruption, governments dictated transparency.

People familiar with the Russian judicial system say high - profile corruption cases are rarely fabricated, but that the law is applied selectively, and that prosecutions can be influenced by outside factors.

Ahead of July's presidential election, public anger at government is running high thanks to high - profile corruption cases, drug gangs, and sluggish growth.

While he said he's disappointed, the assemblyman quickly pointed to a silver lining from Silver's high - profile corruption case.

With budget negotiations down to the final days before the April 1st deadline, state government watchdogs in Albany say the process has been too opaque — especially after high - profile corruption convictions of the legislature's former leaders.

But the issue has gained particular prominence recently because LLC donations were intertwined with three high - profile corruption cases.

Despite a spate of high - profile corruption arrests — most recently with former Speaker Sheldon Silver being charged with accepting bribes and kickbacks — Cuomo said state government is running efficiently, pointing to four on - time budgets in a row during his first term.

Albany has been the subject of many headlines in recent weeks, with its past leaders in the midst of high - profile corruption trials.

The subpoena to SUNY Polytechnic directed the institution to respond to a senior criminal investigator who has worked on some of Mr. Bharara's highest - profile corruption cases, including the pending case against Mr. Silver, the former Assembly speaker.

Ganim, 55, is a former five - term mayor who is best known for a high - profile corruption trial that generated major headlines and sent him to prison.

The prosecutor, who has won high - profile corruption convictions, is said to be looking into the Buffalo billion economic development program.

While many of his proposals had been previewed over the past 10 days, the governor used the speech to announce a slew of ethics reform proposals, which seek to address issues at the heart of the two high - profile corruption convictions that ended the long careers of former Senate leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, noted that there are five high - profile corruption trials scheduled for the first half of 2018, including former Republican state Sen. George Maziarz and former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.

The guilty verdict is another conviction for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York who has led a number of high - profile corruption cases of state lawmakers and public officials.

Expect the spate of high - profile corruption convictions to shape Albany's agenda in the new year — whether they want it to or not.

But Bharara became famous in political circles for himself by kicking off high - profile corruption cases, convicting Albany elected officials such as Queens State Senator Malcolm Smith and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson in bribery scandals.

He added: «We think the monthly, high - profile corruption cases will drive the message home to the public.»

Mr. Cuomo has suggested that a full Democratic majority could help him pass stalled ethics reform, though appetite for such legislation has proved wan in recent years, despite several high - profile corruption scandals.

Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez (N.J.) flew so often on his wealthy doctor friend's private jet that the pilot stocked the plane with his favorite brand of bottled water, according to testimony from the senator's high - profile corruption trial on Wednesday.

And a series of high - profile corruption trials, including two involving former members of and people connected to his administration, begins this month and could run through June.

«The amnesty bill seeks to foreclose investigations of high - profile corruption cases, and thus negates both Nigerians» right to know the truth about what happened to their commonwealth, and their right to justice and accountability.»

«Every month there will be a high - profile corruption case starting in New York and all these new things can happen.»

We understand that the public demand for pension forfeiture is driven by the high - profile corruption convictions as people like former Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, whose combined pensions are more than $ 175,000 a year.

Heastie also continually referred to things that «tripped up» his fellow legislators - apparent references to the rash of high - profile corruption cases Albany has seen over the last decade.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A federal grand jury this week filed a revised indictment in the high - profile corruption case against two Syracuse business executives and others, in part to amend the allegations that the two Cor Development executives lied to authorities.

In the wake of a number of high - profile corruption cases, Sugarman's independent office was created in 2014 to bolster election law enforcement in New York.

On Tuesday, Senator Skelos introduced himself to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the man responsible for the high - profile corruption cases against Sheldon Silver, who was convicted last month, and Skelos.

In this season of high - profile corruption cases, few phrases have dominated discourse in the State Capitol like ethics reform.

After a spate of high - profile corruption arrests in recent months, Republican - controlled Oyster Bay and Hempstead towns and Democratic - controlled North Hempstead all passed ethics code overhauls.

The catalyst to these calls has been two recent high - profile corruption cases that snared -LSB-...]

The catalyst to these calls has been two recent high - profile corruption cases that snared New York City politicians.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who has initiated two high - profile corruption cases of late, talks about what it will take to clean up state politics, including a more vigilant press.

Lifton acknowledged that the Legislature in recent years has been dogged by high - profile corruption convictions, but said the majority of lawmakers in both parties work hard for their constituents.