Sentences with phrase «special prosecutor in the case»

Cuomo's feud with de Blasio appears to be helping insulate him from backlash he has faced from police unions for signing an executive order giving the Attorney General the ability to act as special prosecutor in cases where police kill unarmed civilians.

She also, perhaps more notably, would not say outright that she agrees with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2015 executive order appointing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor in cases where cops have killed unarmed civilians, though she said she'd obey it.

District attorneys are still searching for more clarity on their role now that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been granted the power of special prosecutor in cases involving police killings of civilians.

An executive order signed by the governor in 2015 gave Schneiderman the power of special prosecutor in cases in which civilians die in interactions with police.

Donovan was appointed special prosecutor in this case on Aug. 3 after the Brooklyn DA, Charles Hynes, recused himself.

That order appoints Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor in cases where a police officer kills an unarmed civilian, or there's question of whether the person was armed.

Donovan's office is special prosecutor in a case involving an associate of Lopez, the Brooklyn Democratic chairman who is under investigation for questionable spending at non-profits he founded and which rake in millions in public dollars.

Singas, whom Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo appointed Tuesday as a special prosecutor in the case, made her remarks at a Manhattan news conference with Cuomo, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini.

The order appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

A special prosecutor in the case of Lindsay Henry, a Babylon Town attorney charged with assaulting his girlfriend, said he expects the case to be dismissed tomorrow if the alleged victim continues not to appear in court.

In 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order making Schneiderman the special prosecutor in cases in which law enforcement kills a civilian under suspicious conditions.

A week after the shooting occurred, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the shooting was within the scope of an executive order he signed in 2015 making Schneiderman the special prosecutor in cases in which law enforcement kills a civilian under dubious circumstances.

In 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order making Schneiderman the special prosecutor in cases where law enforcement kills a civilian under suspicious conditions.

Yet Mr. Schneiderman, with his measured criticism of Mr. Cuomo and his success in convincing the governor to make him a special prosecutor in cases of police killing unarmed civilians, is only seeing his stock rise.

He neutralized Schneiderman by appointing him special prosecutor in all cases where a cop kills a possibly unarmed civilian.

After a grand jury chose not to indict a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner last year, Democratic leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins called for the placement of body cameras on police officers and introduced legislation that would require the use of a special prosecutor in cases involving police officers who kill unarmed legislation.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be appointed a special prosecutor in cases involving police - related deaths of unarmed civilians after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers failed to reach a broader agreement on criminal justice reform measures.

Cuomo has designated Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor in the case to investigate and potentially prosecute Schneiderman if the claims are true.

Last year, Cuomo appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a special prosecutor in cases in which police kill civilians.

The base - tending started earlier this month, as Cuomo trumpeted an executive order designating Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor in cases where civilians die at the hands of police.

Only days after Mr. de Blasio publicly accused Mr. Cuomo of governing through brute political force, Mr. Jeffries appeared at a July event with the governor announcing the appointment of a special prosecutor in cases of killings by the police.

In addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.

District attorneys around New York are still trying to clarify a recent executive order from Cuomo that appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

Subpoenas that have been issued in the investigation into former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be transferred to the Nassau County District Attorney's office, which has been designated a special prosecutor in the case.

Schneiderman and his former office are both being investigate by Singas, appointed on Tuesday as the special prosecutor in the case by Cuomo.

I was proud last year to appoint the Attorney General as a special prosecutor in cases where a police officer kills an unarmed civilian.

Senators rejected that proposal, so Cuomo appointed the state's Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor in the cases.

LaPosta urged the Democrats under investigation by the State Police «to fully and effectively cooperate with the special prosecutor in this case.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, special prosecutor in the case, criticized the settlement in his report on the matter, saying it allowed Lopez to abuse additional women.

The organization, of which Schneiderman had been a member before his resignation, has had a prickly relationship with Cuomo over the governor's 2015 executive order that gave Schneiderman the authority to intervene as a special prosecutor in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

Staten Island District Attorney has been appointed as a special prosecutor in the case and the State's Joint Commission On Public Ethics is expected to begin its probe on Tuesday.

Jeffries presented Cuomo with an award marking Cuomo's Executive Order 147, which appointed the attorney general as a special prosecutor in all cases of police killing unarmed civilians.

The Schuyler County district attorney, who is the special prosecutor in the case, says Preston unlawfully obtained the credit card in her name and in the name of the town of Conklin.

District Attorneys across New York are pushing back against Governor Cuomo's appointment of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to act as a special prosecutor in cases of police killing unarmed civilians.

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Locke Bowman, a civil rights lawyer and professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law who petitioned for a special prosecutor in the case, says he was pleased with Holmes» appointment.