Carl Heastie says he knew he would be under scrutiny when he became speaker after his predecessor, Sheldon Silver,
resigned over corruption charges.
As lawmakers awaited the bills to be printed, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who's been on the job for only a short time, after former leader Dean Skelos
resigned over the corruption charges, seems relieved to have it all behind him.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been steering clear of public events at the state Capitol recently, after a second major party legislative leader, the head of the Senate was forced to
resign over corruption charges.
Not exact matches
Three top LPCiminelli executives facing
corruption charges over an alleged bid - rigging scheme for a lucrative contract to build a solar panel factory in South Buffalo have
resigned from the Buffalo contractor.
Empire State Development, a state economic development agency, took
over the project from SUNY Poly a year ago after the college's president, Alain Kaloyeros, was arrested on
corruption charges and
resigned from the university.
New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced in February, shortly after taking
over for Sheldon Silver, who
resigned after being hit with federal
corruption charges, that he was going to hire someone to clean the place up.
Empire State Development took
over control of Fort Schuyler's projects last year after SUNY Poly's president, Alain Kaloyeros,
resigned after being arrested on state and federal
corruption charges.
That's the on going ethics scandals that's led both leaders of the legislature to
resign their posts this session
over corruption charges.
The lawmaker who introduced the most bills out of a total of
over 12,000 bills proposed, was former Brooklyn Senator Karl Krueger, a Democrat who
resigned after pleading guilty to felony
corruption charges.
Rep. Robert W. Ney's guilty plea last month on
corruption charges still hangs
over the Ohio campaign of his would - be Republican successor, Joy Padgett, especially because Ney still has not
resigned from Congress.
Once a source of national leaders of both political parties, New York state has descended into a bizarre, riveting spectacle of
corruption and political debasement, with its governor facing calls to
resign as well as new
charges of accepting illicit perks and lying under oath, the dean of its congressional delegation giving up his gavel
over corruption charges and another House member announcing he won't run again amid allegations of sexual harassment.