NEW YORK --- A Bronx
state assemblyman showed up late for the start of his New York bribery trial Tuesday and then shook his head repeatedly as a prosecutor described him as a politician who sold his office for thousands of dollars in cash from four businessmen.
Not exact matches
But Saladino, a former
state assemblyman who was appointed supervisor in January after Venditto resigned, sought to distance himself from Venditto, repeatedly saying «it's a new day in Oyster Bay» and touting moves that he said
show a commitment to greater transparency.
While the funds were already allocated in last year's legislative budget, Brower
showed state Sens. James Seward and John DeFrancisco and
Assemblymen Gary Finch and Bob Oaks where some of the money had already been spent and where new projects would pick up.
Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center bought ads on Hikind's radio
show through Hikind's for - profit ad agency while the hospital was applying for hundreds of thousands of dollars in
state grant money and lobbying the
assemblyman for help.
The first real poll (Daily Intelligencer conducted a highly unscientific poll earlier this week) of the comptroller's race since Eliot Spitzer entered it on Sunday
shows the former governor beating Manhattan borough president and longtime
state assemblyman Scott Stringer by nine points among Democrats, 43 percent to 33 percent.
The
assemblyman pointed out that the
state does not obligate people to
show identification at the polls, and claimed there was «no evidence» to back Schulkin's claims.
There is the South Shore election to replace Dean G. Skelos, the former
State Senate majority leader, in which Mr. Kaminsky, a freshman Democratic state assemblyman and former federal prosecutor, faces Christopher McGrath, a Republican personal - injury lawyer who polls show holds an edge in the con
State Senate majority leader, in which Mr. Kaminsky, a freshman Democratic
state assemblyman and former federal prosecutor, faces Christopher McGrath, a Republican personal - injury lawyer who polls show holds an edge in the con
state assemblyman and former federal prosecutor, faces Christopher McGrath, a Republican personal - injury lawyer who polls
show holds an edge in the contest.
Lappin, meanwhile, has raised nearly $ 684,00, city records
show, and has been endorsed by a host of East Side pols, including Rep. Carolyn Maloney,
State Sen. Liz Krueger, and
Assemblymen Micah Kellner and Dan Quart.
Last year,
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli ordered the assemblyman to repay the state $ 67,497 after a comptroller's audit showed he'd illegally claimed reimbursements more than 600 times, for traveling to Albany on days when he wasn't actually t
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli ordered the
assemblyman to repay the
state $ 67,497 after a comptroller's audit showed he'd illegally claimed reimbursements more than 600 times, for traveling to Albany on days when he wasn't actually t
state $ 67,497 after a comptroller's audit
showed he'd illegally claimed reimbursements more than 600 times, for traveling to Albany on days when he wasn't actually there.