Sentences with phrase «public corruption charges»

Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of public corruption charges in late 2015.
What happened: Not every state lawmaker was hit with public corruption charges last spring — it just felt that way.
Silver, who's 73, was sentenced last year to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of public corruption charges.
What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against nine people in September 2016.
What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against
Former Massachusetts treasurer Timothy Cahill has been indicted on public corruption charges related to advertisements promoting the state lottery that ran during his unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2010.
A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.
Before being indicted on public corruption charges in May 2015, Skelos advanced $ 100,000 from his campaign to the Senate GOP to help Republicans keep the majority in their legislative body.
Former Senate Majority Skelos» conviction on eight public corruption charges means that Cuomo «can't hide this time» when it comes to getting a Democratic elected to the Senate, a senior state Dem has told The Post's Fred Dicker.
Romano said state lawmakers should pass a bill preventing those convicted on public corruption charges from regaining office.
A political operative who wore a wire to help the feds bust Assemblyman Eric Stevenson on public corruption charges admitted he turned off the device at least once to receive oral sex from a prostitute.
Tuesday, Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison for public corruption charges.
Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.
Attorneys for former New York State Senator George Maziarz filed new motions Friday morning in Albany to have public corruption charges dismissed.
DeFrancisco — a 23 - year Senate veteran praised by Democrats and Republicans alike for intelligence and toughness but seen by some as disengaged — decided to seek Skelos» job after it became clear Friday that Skelos and his son, Adam, faced arrest as soon as Monday on public corruption charges after a long investigation by US Attorney Preet Bharara.
After reading the indictments, there is zero public corruption charges here with him and his sone.
Appealing his conviction, lawyers for former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos say he should receive a new trial based on the outcome of a Supreme Court decision outlining how public corruption charges should be interpreted.
The Hawkins - Jones ticket was nominated in Troy NY the day after former local State Senator and Majority Leader Joe Bruno won his federal retrial on public corruption charges despite clear evidence that he receive tens of thousands of dollars monthly for no - show jobs.
At state Sen. Malcolm Smith's Queens home, a number of friends stopped by with food to help sustain him as he faces a raft of serious public corruption charges, including paying bribes to rig this year's mayoral race.
He thinks Ganim has an uphill legal battle and said going forward, the question for the courts will be whether Connecticut has a «valid interest» in barring candidates with prior public corruption charges from public campaign money.
As The Times Union first reported today, lawyers for former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno filed a slew of documents in federal court seeking to dismiss the second indictment of public corruption charges calling the new case «fatally flawed.»
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office says that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision is irrelevant to the case of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was convicted on public corruption charges last year, and that he should not remain free while appealing.
New York, NY (AP / WBEN)- A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.
Silver, a Democrat, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after his conviction on public corruption charges in late 2015.
Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» conviction on eight public corruption charges means that Gov. Cuomo «can't hide this time» when it comes to getting a Democratic elected to the Senate, a senior state Dem has told The Post.
The government also pointed to the 14 New York State legislators convicted of on federal public corruption charges — including Skelos» three immediate predecessors — over the past decade, claiming a «dire need» to deter such conduct.
Silver, the former state Assembly speaker found guilty of public corruption charges Monday by a jury, could be heading to prison, too.
Though New York has seen the fall of Assembly and Senate leaders, rank - and - file legislators and state - agency commissioners, experts on state political history said they couldn't recall a top adviser to the governor — with the access and influence of Percoco — convicted on public corruption charges in the past 80 years or more.
FBI officals confim that former Senate Minority Leader John Sampson is un custody after turning himself into federal officials earlier this morning on public corruption charges.
NEW YORK (AP) A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.
A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most...
A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.
Joseph Percoco, formerly one of the governor's most loyal advisers, was named in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges.
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver faces a new trial on public corruption charges, after his earlier conviction was overturned on appeal.
Covello's term ended in December — the same month Skelos and his son were convicted on public corruption charges — and he was serving in a holdover capacity.
The decision, which overturned the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, has led to speculation in New York that convicting anyone on public corruption charges would become virtually impossible in all but the most explicit cases of favor - trading.
A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges.
Maziarz's successor, State Senator Robert Ortt, was recently cleared of public corruption charges.
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested Thursday on public corruption charges and accused of using his position as one of the most powerful men in Albany to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.
Jacobs promised to prove charges of conspiracy and accepting bribes with videos, audio and emails, along with the testimony of a former assemblyman who collected evidence against Stevenson to try to earn a reduced sentence for his own plea to public corruption charges.
Following their higher - ups» lead, now three judges on the federal appeals court in Manhattan echoed Roberts's sentiment in their decision to throw out the convictions of former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, who was indicted, tried, and convicted of a slew of public corruption charges and faced 12 years in prison.
The public corruption charges against Kaloyeros imploded his big dreams for SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and the little science museum may not escape unharmed.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo just released a statement in response to the public corruption charges brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara against a number of individuals with close ties to his administration, including his former top aide, Joe Percoco, whom he once described as like a third son to his late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.
Federal prosecutors asked a judge to sentence former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to at least 12 years in prison, following his conviction on eight counts of public corruption charges, and asked that Skelos» son, Adam, be sentenced to more than 10 years.
The former mayor of a small Rockland County village was found guilty Monday of public corruption charges — brought down by the same crooked developer who helped land similar convictions...
Mr. Silver, the once powerful Assembly speaker in New York, is being retried on public corruption charges, after an early conviction was overturned.
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