Sentences with phrase «public corruption cases»

Local district attorneys have shown little inclination to pursue public corruption cases.

Lawyers for the defendants deny the charges and have been seeking to toss the case on a number of grounds over the past year, including court decisions in unrelated public corruption cases.

Legal analysts said the appeals court's decision reinforces how prosecutors will face significant challenges in bringing and winning public corruption cases.

It will be watched nationwide as a test case, indicating how much federal law has been weakened in public corruption cases.

«Unfortunately, there have been a number of public corruption cases over the past several years.

He won convictions in public corruption cases against New York State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and State Senator Dean Skelos, and also brought insider trading charges against Bernie Madoff.

«Strikingly, these successes have come even though the Office of the Attorney General has long requested — and long been denied — original criminal jurisdiction to prosecute public corruption cases without first obtaining a specific referral from the Governor, Comptroller, or another State agency,» he wrote.

He's currently being investigated by a certain US Attorney with a hard on for public corruption cases.

Mr. Schneiderman and Mr. DiNapoli have been working together with the FBI Public Corruption Task Force on public corruption cases as part of «Operation Integrity.»

He has experience in handling public corruption cases, Sini said.

«Mr. Dinallo continues to support Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's call for legislation granting the attorney general primary jurisdiction over public corruption cases, but with the stroke of a pen the governor can, and should, immediately provide the attorney general greater authority,» a statement from him says.

It is preparing to try a major public corruption case involving former aides and associates of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and is looking into allegations of pay - for - play around Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York.

During his time in that office, he prosecuted numerous public corruption cases nationwide, including some of the most challenging corruption cases in the United States in recent years:

He's also called for ethics reform in the aftermath of several public corruption cases, including one involving Cuomo's former aide Joe Percoco.

«I have known Governor Christie since he was a United States Attorney with a distinguished anti-corruption record and I was an undercover agent working a high profile public corruption case with his office.

«We have the documents and we have the resources and the wherewithal, and I think the kind of fearlessness and independence that is required to do difficult public corruption cases,» he said.

From their opening statements, federal prosecutors made clear that their key witness in a major public corruption case, Todd R. Howe, might have credibility issues.

Rogers is a former FBI agent who spent much of his time with the bureau investigating public corruption cases.

The governor reportedly now believes that a GOP - controlled Senate is no longer a handy foil, but rather an impediment to achieving aspects of his progressive agenda — particularly additional ethics reforms, which have taken on new urgency thanks to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's most recent public corruption case that reaches into Cuomo's own inner circle.

His stunning arrest capped a secret grand jury probe that began in June 2013, and marked the latest in a string of public corruption cases spearheaded by crusading Bharara.

Supporters contend an adoption of a New York City - style system will help curb public corruption cases that have hit Albany in recent weeks.

Cuomo said he does not believe he will have to testify in the upcoming public corruption case of his longtime friend and adviser Joseph Percoco.

With a series of public corruption cases roiling the Legislature, Cuomo called for increased penalties for official misconduct and tighter disclosure rules that require greater disclosure of conflicts of interest.

However, several other California lawmakers have been cited in the ongoing public corruption cases involving Senators Yee and Calderon.

Both appeals court rulings made clear that overturning the convictions did not mean innocents had been brought to the slaughter, only that while their cases were moving through the justice system, the proof needed in public corruption cases changed.

Making public corruption cases is always tough for prosecutors — there generally isn't tangible evidence like drugs waiting to be seized, quips Nyhan, the Dartmouth government professor — but elected officials still make tempting targets for ambitious prosecutors — particularly those as prominent as a state House speaker.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has noted on several occasions that he stands ready and willing to do more public corruption cases, but that would require a referral from the governor, which is something Cuomo - while eager to get more power when he was AG himself - is now reluctant to grant.

The rejuvenation of Syracuse's Inner Harbor could be a victim of a federal public corruption case that centers on economic development projects funded by the state across upstate New York.

A federal appeals court's decision to overturn the convictions of former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver shows how public corruption cases have become much more difficult to substantiate in the wake of a Supreme Court decision narrowing what qualifies as corruption, legal analysts said.

He said while it was unlikely many other convictions would be thrown out in a similar way, prosecutors would likely now bring fewer public corruption cases, knowing the high bar they have to meet.

Under Mr. Bharara's supervision, the office also brought a series of significant and systemically revelatory public corruption cases against members of New York City and State governments: New York State Senators and Assemblymen, New York City Councilmen, the Former Majority Leader of the New York State Senate, and the Former Speaker of the New York State Assembly.

And newly elected reformers such as Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach, a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted public corruption cases, are demanding new standards of behavior.

Silver's initial conviction was tossed out last June after the Supreme Court redefined the standard for public corruption cases.

Fitzpatrick, the Republican sponsor of the bill, is a former FBI agent who handled public corruption cases.

As Attorney General I prosecuted numerous public corruption cases, including putting former Senator Espada and Comptroller Hevesi behind bars, and believe firmly that anytime the public's trust is violated, we must act quickly and aggressively to hold the guilty parties accountable,» Cuomo said.

Since Silver was convicted in late 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant ruling on public corruption cases.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is pursuing several public corruption cases in New York, which has had a deleterious effect on gossip in Albany, according to The Wall Street Journal.

As CBS 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer reported, Bharara told talk show host Charlie Rose on Thursday, «We have the documents and we have the resources and we have the wherewithal and we have, I think, the kind of fearlessness and independence that is required to do difficult public corruption cases.

Schneiderman's office has standing referrals to investigate some kinds of criminal misconduct, such as Medicaid fraud and organized crime, but does not have the standing authority to investigate public corruption cases.

The government's star witness in public corruption cases involving two NYPD cops and a city union official may have been involved in criminal activity — including extortion — while he was cooperating with the feds, The Post has learned.

There was actually at one point a Senate bill that proposed requiring the IG to empower the AG with the ability to issue subpoenas in public corruption cases in instances of conflicts of interest like the one created by Trooperate.

In the weeks after Silver's arrest, Bharara held a press conference to tout the charges, gave a speech at New York Law School that mocked the leadership structure Albany, and sat for an interview with MSNBC to discuss his pursuit of public corruption cases.

The AG reportedly sought more power in public corruption cases — the exact same thing Cuomo wanted as AG — but was rebuffed.

Initially scheduled to report to prison on July 1, Silver's appeal has gained some ground in recent weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell that narrowed the definition of an official quid pro quo in public corruption cases.

Percoco took a blow recently in one of the first trials to produce a bribery conviction post-McDonnell, but its impact on public corruption cases will depend on whether such jury verdicts can pass muster before more discerning appeals courts.

Thelegislation is part of a broader package of laws designed to improve enforcement of election laws, ease voter registration, strengthen anti-bribery laws, and provide district attorneys with greater power to prosecute public corruption cases.

I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators.»

Mayor Byron Brown was not in Buffalo Thursday when the indictment in the Buffalo Billion public corruption case was announced.