Sentences with phrase «to hire one's son»

The criminal complaint alleges the senator used his political influence to get companies with business before the state to hire his son for make - work jobs.

The pair were convicted in 2015 for a corruption scheme in which the elder Skelos, 70, strong - armed companies into hiring his son Adam, 35, for no - show jobs.

Skelos was convicted in December for pressuring supporters, including developer Glenwood Management, into hiring his son.

In particular, he accused Mr. Rienas of hiring his son's air charter business to ferry authority officials.

Consider hiring your son or daughter to do social media marketing, web design, accounts receivable, administrative work or even sales, which are all great job skills to include on a resume.

After Jim Harbaugh hired his son Jay to coach the tight ends on Tuesday, it seems that the coaching staff is now unofficially complete.

Within days, Senate Democrats hire his son, who quits after an outcry.

The attorney general office's view was that if there was any involvement at all by Sen. Espada in the decision to hire his son then it would violate the law, said the senior staff member.

When he insists that his freshly hired son - substitute Mark (Channing Tatum) call him by the self - appointed nickname «Eagle», for example.

Should I ask my coworker why she didn't hire my son?

Skelos, for example, is in line to receive $ 95,000 annually from his state pension, despite his conviction last December on charges that he used his influence to secure a $ 12 million Nassau County contract for a firm he pressured to hire his son Adam.

Such as, oh, say, pressuring a major real - estate developer — who was lobbying him for help on rent regulation and tax breaks — to hire his son for make - work jobs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

When a job opened up on his father's staff in 2000 with the Charlotte Hornets, friends suggested he hire his son.

Unfortunately for Casale, hiring your son's mistress to run a U.S. Senate race doesn't generally impress the RNC.

The pair surrendered to face charges including extortion and soliciting bribes amid a federal investigation into the awarding of a $ 12 million contract to a company that hired his son.

Evidence introduced in the ongoing corruption and bribery trial of former Yonkers Councilwoman Sandy Annabi has cast the spotlight on another public official: state Senator Tom Libous, who, according to witness testimony, pushed a law firm to hire his son — and inflate his starting salary — in exchange for steering government business toward the firm's practice.

Federal prosecutors say the older Skelos used his political power to force employers - also with business before Albany - to hire his son.

Skelos and his son were arraigned on charges including extortion and soliciting bribes amid a federal investigation into the awarding of a $ 12 million contract to a company that hired his son.

Skelos had pressured Bonomo in 2012 to hire his son, Adam, to what amounted to a no - show job.

Federal officials claim the senator compelled a major real estate developer and an environmental company to hire his son, Adam, and send him title insurance and consulting work amounting to more than $ 200,000 in the past four years.

Former State Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was convicted of federal corruption charges including influencing the awarding of a Nassau County contract to a firm that hired his son.

Nassau's contracting system came under scrutiny last May after then - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in a federal corruption case that included influencing the award of a county contract to a company that hired his son, Adam.

Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam, 32, surrendered Monday to face charges that include extortion and soliciting bribes amid a federal investigation into the awarding of a $ 12 million contract to a company that hired his son.

Both Mangano and Walker were viewed as potential witnesses in the Skelos case, brought by different federal prosecutors in Manhattan, because court filings indicate that both had contacts with alleged efforts by Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, to push a $ 12 million storm water - pollution contract with Nassau County for AbTech Industries, a firm that hired the son.

Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam, 32, surrendered last week to face charges that include extortion and soliciting bribes amid a federal investigation into the awarding of a $ 12 million contract to a company that hired his son.

NEW YORK — Dean Skelos, the former leader of the New York State Senate, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for extorting about $ 340,000 from businesses whom he strong - armed to hire his son.

Libous has denied any wrongdoing after Anthony Mangone, a disbarred attorney, claimed in testimony that the Binghamton Republican had pushed a politically connected law firm in Westchester County to hire his son.

«Ron did not ask the governor or any of his staff to hire his son,» she said.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The leader of the New York state Senate surrendered Monday to face charges including extortion and soliciting bribes amid a federal investigation into the awarding of a $ 12 million contract to a company that hired his son.

«I never sent business to the law firm that hired my son,» Libous wrote to Judge Vincent Briccetti in his plea for leniency.

The Libous scandal has swirled since that March, when Anthony Mangone, a witness for the prosecution in the trial of former senator Nick Spano of Westchester, testified in federal court that Libous pressed the witness's Yonkers - based law firm to hire his son, Matt Libous.

The Senate's Republican leader had pressured Bonomo in 2012 to hire his son, Adam Skelos, to what amounted to a no - show job.

The charges against 67 year old Dean Skelos (R - Long Island) stem from a federal investigation into the awarding of a $ 12 million contract to a company that hired his son — 32 year old Adam Skelos — who is also facing charges.

It wasn't Senator Skelos's fault that companies wanted to hire his son to get close to him: «That's why teachers get so many apples.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Former state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos today were found guilty by a federal jury in Manhattan on eight counts charging the once - powerful lawmaker used his political influence to force businesses to hire the son.

Prosecutors allege that the elder Skelos consistently asked the head of Long Island - based Physicians Reciprocal Insurer to hire his son, who was having some financial difficulty and needed health insurance for his family.

In documents released by the U.S. attorney's office, emails showed that Dean Skelos in turn lobbied an official at Glenwood Management company, Charles Dorego, to hire his son.

In documents released by the US Attorney's office, emails showed that Senator Skelos in turn lobbied an official at Glenwood Management company, Charles Dorego, to hire his son.

«Among other things, the grand jury and the FBI and IRS were investiating whether Libous told a partner of Law Firm 1 that the firm would have to «build a new wing» to accomodate the business it would receive if it hired his son,» the indictment stated.

He has to spend much of his time as errand boy to his father because no one wants to hire the son of a notorious criminal.

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He'd asked the manager to hire his son.