Sentences with phrase «speaker of the assembly following»

Should Skelos resign, he would follow Sheldon Silver's decision to step down as speaker of the Assembly following his own arrest on corruption charges just months ago.

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Astorino accuses Cuomo of «protecting» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver following a spate of sexual harassment scandals in the chamber by not calling for the longtime speaker's resignation.

A similar bill in the State Assembly seemed poised to follow until, later on Tuesday, the speakers of the Assembly and the City Council agreed to delay enacting the bag fee while city officials amended the city's bill to the Assembly's liking.

The Assembly is set to elect a new speaker on Feb. 10, following Silver's arrest last week for allegedly pocketing millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks that he tried to pass off as legitimate income for legal work, according to prosecutors.

The Daily News reports that Silver has agreed to step down as speaker of New York's State Assembly, a position he's held since 1994, following his arrest last week on federal corruption charges.

Following a private meeting on Monday afternoon, Democrats announced that they will cast their ballots for Assemblyman Carl Heastie of the Bronx at an 11 a.m. vote on Tuesday, making him New York's first African - American Assembly speaker.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing his latest plan for ethics reform in appearances all around the state, following the arrest of the former Assembly speaker on corruption charges.

The day following the then - Assembly speaker's (now overturned) conviction, Bharara gave a speech urging New Yorkers to «join him in taking on the culture of corruption in Albany» — remarks that earned him an admonishment from the judge for «unfairly grouping Silver in with all that is pervasive and distasteful about our state politics.»

Earlier this month, U. S. District Court judge Valerie Caproni chided Bharara's «media blitz» following the arrest of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver.

But it is the consensus building aspect that Heastie really sought to focus on today following his election as speaker of the Assembly.

Weeks after both the ex-Senate majority leader and former Assembly speaker were forced from office following their corruption convictions, a combined 89 percent of voters told Siena that corruption remains a serious problem in Albany.

Adding to the uncertainty upstate are a new Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker following the recent indictments of Republican Dean Skelos and Democrat Sheldon Silver.

But, the first female speaker decided to step aside following the reconciliation between the two warring factions of the Assembly.

Rapfogel made $ 180,503 annually as Silver's chief of staff and stayed by his side after Assembly Democrats removed him as speaker following his January indictment.

The retrial will cap off a corruption trifecta in the Manhattan federal court next year — with the Skelos retrial following the scheduled trial of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomos former aide Joe Percoco in January, and the retrial of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver in April.

Following the recent indictments of top legislators like former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former Sen. leader Dean Skelos, some say there's heightened scrutiny of deal making in Albany and that might put any changes to 421a on hold.

Heastie was elevated to the speaker's post earlier this year following the arrest of longtime Assembly leader Sheldon Silver on fraud and corruption charges.

The Bronx Democrat on the verge of becoming the next Assembly speaker paid his baby mama $ 2,500 from his campaign treasury — raising ethical concerns following disgraced Sheldon Silver's corruption...

In separate interviews, Mr. LaValle and Mr. Thiele gave the same reason for leaving the firm and said their respective decisions had nothing to do with the controversy surrounding outside income following the 2015 arrests of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.

January marks the two - year anniversary of Heastie's ascension to become the Assembly's first new speaker in more than two decades following the stunning fall of Sheldon Silver.

Following last year's arrest of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, Cuomo raised the suggestion of a full - time Legislature, saying it would be «the cleanest solution.»

A federal judge warned U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that his «media blitz» following the arrest of Sheldon Silver endangered Bharara's prosecution of the former Assembly speaker, but ultimately denied Silver's motion to dismiss the case.