Sentences with phrase «senator pleaded»
A former New York State senator pleaded guilty on Wednesday to falsifying evidence in an attempt to cover up the theft of taxpayer money from a nonprofit agency that she founded, ending a prominent corruption case that included charges in federal and state courts.
https://www.nytimes.com/
The senator pleaded guilty in December 2010 to federal felony charges of bribery, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.
When the former Republican state senator pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor on March 2 to satisfy five felony election law charges brought by Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, most observers thought the plea meant the inside story of Maziarz's Niagara County machine would never be told.
The first public meeting of the state's new ethics commission came on the day that another state senator pleaded guilty to felony corruption charges.
NEW YORK (AP)-- A former state senator pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges she embezzled nearly $ 88,000 from a taxpayer - subsidized program that helps low - income families navigate the city's public school system.
NEW YORK (AP)-- A prominent New York state senator pleaded not guilty on Monday to embezzlement and other charges alleging he brazenly tried to sabotage a federal fraud investigation of his law practice by seeking inside information from an employee of the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office.
The special election to replace Mr. Kruger took shape when the former state senator pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges and resigned.
The first public meeting of the state's new ethics commission came on the day that another State Senator pleaded guilty to felony corruption charges.
Not exact matches
For sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.
As Virginia's former senator William Rives urged: «There are occasions, sir, in the history of nations, when men should rise far above the rules of special pleading.
He pleaded with Senator Ali Modu Sherrif to give PDP some peace, for us to re-organize ourselves to move forward,» adding that congresses would be held within the next 90 days in areas where they were not properly done.
Several news outlets reported over the weekend that Sampson was «Senator # 1» in the recently released sentencing document for former Senator Shirley Huntley, who plead guilty to stealing taxpayer money through a non-profit organization she set up.
«Carl Kruger has no intention whatsoever of resigning his position as a New York State Senator, nor does he have any intention of pleading guilty to the federal criminal case pending before Judge Rakoff,» said his attorney Benjamin Brafman.
The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.
Close examination of records will show Cathy Young's former WNY colleague Senator George Maziarz was pleaded guilty of similar charges early in his career.
Mr. Storobin and Mr. Fidler are currently running in a spirited special election to replace former State Senator Carl Kruger, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges and resigned last December.
In addition to Ms. Malliotakis, State Senator Andrew Lanza is said to be interested in running for the Staten Island and Brooklyn - based seat, which Mr. Grimm will vacate on January 5 after pleading guilty to a tax evasion charge.
Since then, a Bronx Assemblywoman has resigned and pleaded guilty to fraud, the State Senate Republican Deputy Majority Leader, from Binghamton has been indicted, and another Senator from Western New York has resigned as a top aid has been subpoenaed by Bharara's office.
In 2004, former Senator Guy Velella pleaded guilty to bribery charges for taking monies to secure bridge painting contracts as part of his outside legal work.
In a Manhattan federal court, former state senator Carl Kruger tearfully pleaded guilty to four counts of bribery.
Malcolm A. Smith, a Democratic state senator from Queens, is currently on trial in a corruption case; he has pleaded not guilty.
Former Senator Nicholas Spano pleaded guilty to Federal charges of hiding outside consulting fees he received from an insurance brokerage firm doing business with the state from 1993 to 2008.
Berger pleaded guilty to federal program fraud on March 30 for sending state funds to the West Bronx Neighborhood Association (WBNA) even though he had «received indications that WBNA was using the funds from Pathways to pay for, among other things, former State Senator Gonzalez's personal expenses,» according to court documents.
The latest involves former Senator Vincent Leibell III, a Republican in Putnam County who has pleaded guilty to two felony counts for granting millions of dollars to a housing charity he controlled.
Senator Rob Ortt, of Niagara County, pleaded not guilty in Albany County Court Thursday morning, following his indictment on three felony counts of filing a false instrument,...
Two other Senators involved in that political turmoil — Hiram Monserrate and Carl Kruger — recently pleaded guilty to separate corruption charges.
ALBANY — A New York state senator representing western New York pleaded not guilty Thursday during his arraignment on state corruption charges, the latest legislator to be indicted in several years of scandals at the capital.
«Where were Senators Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Mike Gianaris when I was pleading for support to run and become the first Dominican woman in the Senate?
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.
«I laugh at all those who turned up their nose at me,» said Shirley L. Huntley, a former state senator from Queens who spent 10 months in federal prison in Danbury, Conn. — the institution on which the women's prison in «Orange Is the New Black» is based — after pleading guilty in 2013 to stealing more than $ 87,000 in taxpayer money through a nonprofit she ran.
Erstwhile Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita - Giwa has pleaded with the executive and legislative arms of government to avoid politicising the Calabar - Lagos rail...
Carl Kruger / Pedro Espada — Disgraced state Senator Carl Kruger resigned from office and tearfully pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, while his «amigo» former state Senator Pedro Espada lost his bid to keep his Soundview Healthcare Network in the state's Medicaid program.
Carl Kruger, the once - powerful New York State senator from Brooklyn who resigned his office in disgrace and pleaded guilty to corruption charges in December, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday by a federal judge in Manhattan.
Just behind Bharara in the courtroom was Nick Spano, a former state senator from DiFiore's native Westchester County who was imprisoned for several months after pleading guilty to tax evasion in a case brought by the U.S. attorney.
Gonzalez, the former state senator, pled guilty on Friday.
NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that former New York Senator Shirley L. Huntley has pleaded guilty to Tampering with Physical Evidence, an E Felony, for falsifying evidence in an effort to obstruct the investigation into the theft of a grant she sponsored for a sham non-profit entity, the Parent Workshop.
The unfolding legal dispute over human embryonic stem cells shifted to the political arena today as senators sounded off and prominent scientists pleaded their case before a Senate subcommittee hearing.
Newspapers from coast to coast are carrying stories about doomed Senator Max Baucus (D - MT) pleading for the Congress to bring horse slaughter back to America.
While most members of the U.S. Climate Action Network applauded the committee and Senator Boxer for their efforts in passing the bill, others have spoken out, pleading with senators to not weaken the bill in the effort of gaining bipartisan support.
If a police officer can treat a United States senator in this manner, imagine how many run - of - the - mill, less - educated or - savvy criminals are intimidated into pleading guilty for what they might not have done.
By addressing important patent litigation problems through heightened pleading standards, early claim interpretation, and discovery cost - sharing, Senator Cornyn has injected some important issues into the current debate.