Sentences with phrase «seat after his conviction»

Adams is seeking the open seat that belonged to Wills, who was forced to give up his seat after his conviction on state corruption charges.

Both Silver and Skelos lost their powerful posts earlier this year, and more recently their legislative seats after convictions in separate corruption trials.

Not exact matches

In the Kaminsky - McGrath race, for example, the Communications Workers of America PAC, which endorsed Kaminsky, gave $ 109,600 to Nassau Democrats on April 12, while the state Trial Lawyers Association's PAC, which has backed a GOP - led Senate, gave more than $ 100,000 to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption conviction.

The state Senate's newest member, Fred Akshar, known for his chain saw wielding ad, says he intends to be independent, including from his predecessor Tom Libous, who resigned the seat after a felony conviction.

The state Senate's newest member, Fred Akshar, known for his chain - saw wielding ad, says he intends to be independent, including from his predecessor Tom Libous, who resigned the seat after a felony conviction.

Capital NY noted this morning that the Republicans are on the offensive and dredging up old convictions not just in this race, but also in the 60th SD (Grisanti's seat), where they are reminding voters that the Democrat who emerged from Tuesday's primary, Marc Panepinto, had his law license suspended for 30 days in 2001 after pleading guilty to falsely saying he witnessed voters sign nominating petitions.

He was later ousted from his Assembly seat after a felony conviction on corruption charges.

Fiala is expected to launch her bid for former Sen. Tom Libous's seat on Thursday after he was ousted following a conviction on a charge of lying to the FBI.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a special election to fill state Assembly and Senate seats vacated after corruption convictions will take place on April 19.

In addition to facing prison time, the conviction means Mr. Silver has been automatically expelled from the State Assembly, where he'd held onto his seat even after giving up his leadership position earlier this year.

Senate Republicans, already stressed over their problems finding a candidate in the upcoming special election for the Nassau County seat left vacant by the conviction of former Sen. Dean Skelos, are in an a «funereal mood» after Sen. Jack Martins (R - Nassau) decided to seek retiring Democrat Steve Israel's congressional seat.

Senate Republicans are pushing to keep the seat in the GOP column after former Sen. Tom Libous was ousted from office following his conviction on a charge of lying to the FBI.

After Libous» conviction of a single felony count of lying to the FBI about using his public post to get his son, Matthew, a job at a politically connected law firm — a decision that automatically ejected him from his Senate seat — six good government groups renewed their call for a special legislative session to address ethics reform.

In addition to Ms. Barron, there are five other open seats in the city following the election of ex-Senator Eric Adams to Brooklyn borough president, the expulsion of ex-Assemblyman Eric Stevenson after a corruption conviction and the successful campaigns of three Assembly lawmakers — Vanessa Gibson, Alan Maisel and Rafael Espinal — for the City Council.

Flanagan said it would take an «uphill battle» for the GOP to win the 9th Senate District seat, which Skelos vacated after his conviction on federal corruption charges.

The conviction will force Silver, who resigned as speaker after being indicted earlier this year, to vacate his seat in the Assembly.

I reminded Bernardo that Sweeney lost his seat to Kirsten Gillibrand amid charges of his spousal abuse in 2008, while Spargo was defrocked and sent to federal prison the year after upon conviction for shaking down lawyers before him for campaign contributions.

Riding on an anti-corruption theme, Kaminsky moved from the Assembly, to which he was elected in 2014, to the Senate in 2016, winning the seat vacated by Skelos after his corruption conviction.

Skelos resigned as Senate majority leader in May 2015 after federal prosecutors charged him and his son, and automatically lost his Senate seat with his conviction.