Sentences with phrase «prominent corruption trials»
He was convicted on Nov. 30, 2015, of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering, in one of the two most prominent corruption trials in New York City in years.
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Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The corruption trials for prominent upstate developers and the former SUNY Polytechnic president related to major economic development efforts will also begin next year.
The requests by Mr. Skelos, 68, a Republican from Long Island who forfeited his Senate seat upon his conviction, and his son, 33, come less than a month before both are to be sentenced on April 13 for their convictions in one of the two most prominent public corruption trials to be held in New York City in decades.
The most prominent public corruption trial to be held in New York City in decades thus began with a starkly different portrayal of Mr. Silver and, in a sense, of the culture of Albany itself.
Prominent Democrats were on the defensive in both public episodes — one a legislative controversy, the other a trial in Hartford Superior Court — relating to the clean - election program established a decade ago by the Democrat - controlled General Assembly after a corruption scandal sent Republican Gov. John G. Rowland to federal prison.
Witnesses testified at the corruption trial of New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez that he's accused of conducting business as usual on behalf of a prominent donor.