Silver is not the first legislative leader to
see his corruption conviction overturned on appeal.
Not exact matches
Former state Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam
saw their federal
corruption convictions overturned by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday.
In a dizzying year that
saw the public
corruption convictions of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and Skelos at the hands of Bharara's office, what better candidate to run in Skelos» old district than a former prosecutor with a record of fighting
corruption like Kaminsky?
Former Senate Leader Joseph Bruno, a Republican, was convicted on
corruption charges in 2009 — only to
see the
conviction vacated after the Supreme Court deemed the law used to convict him too vague.
Another famous governor across the Hudson River
saw his political fortunes decline rapidly after the
conviction of former top aides on
corruption charges, but Cuomo's situation is markedly different from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's, Montclair State University professor of political science Brigid Harrison told POLITICO.
Attorney Gerald Lefcourt, who defended former Assembly Speaker Mel Miller in court,
sees wiggle room for the
corruption conviction of ex-Speaker Sheldon Silver after Supreme Court public
corruption ruling.
Bharara has already
seen his record on Albany
corruption tained after his high - profile
convictions of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) were overturned on appeal as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that came out after their trials that limited what is considered bribery.
In a landmark year for
corruption in the state legislature, 2015
saw the arrest and
conviction of two of the most powerful political leaders in New York.
Gov. Cuomo,
seen with then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in January before the State of the State address, said «justice was done» after Silver's
conviction on federal
corruption charges.
The
convictions of both former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on multiple federal
corruption charges led many legislators and advocates to assume that this year would
see significant action on government ethics reform.