Sentences with phrase «role as special prosecutor»

He was joined at a news conference by Gov. Cuomo, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, who's also been named special prosecutor in the Schneiderman investigation, and Timothy Sini, the Suffolk County district attorney, who is assisting Singas in her role as special prosecutor, as appointed by the governor.

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Members of New York's congressional delegation are united in their call for a special prosecutor to probe Russia's role in last year's presidential campaign, but split over whether former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly should replace Comey as FBI director.

As the special prosecutor, she will outweigh Vance's possible role in the case.

Meanwhile, a coalition of good - government organizations — NYPIRG, the League of Women Voters, Reinvent Albany and Citizens Union — backed Schneiderman's assessment of the special prosecutor role as laid out by Cuomo.

As the special prosecutor, she will outweigh Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's possible role in the case.

A day after activists and the families of civilians killed by police demonstrated outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Midtown office, they joined him at John Jay College as he signed an executive order making Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases statewide in which an officer is responsible for a civilian's death — making New York the first state to create such a role to oversee the controversial issue of police - involved homicides.