Sentences with phrase «unrelated corruption»

The board, who said Lanier's «specialty» is suing over hip replacements, pointed to the «irrelevant» stories Lanier told the jury, including unrelated corruption allegations and misleading information on whether his witnesses were paid for their testimony.

Smith was overwhelmingly re-elected last year to his State Senate seat after Republicans redrew his district and helped him avoid a potential primary from James Sanders, a term - limited city councilman who later ran a primary and ousted Shirley Huntley (who was charged and later pled guilty to an unrelated corruption probe launched by the State Attorney General).

Her son is now defending himself against federal unrelated corruption charges.

Bharara's office is currently prosecuting two former legislative leaders — ex-Senate Leader Dean Skelos, R - Long Island, and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan — on unrelated corruption charges.

Litwin's Glenwood Management Co. has recently been caught up in two unrelated corruption scandals involving former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Two other former legislative leaders — Republican Sen. Dean Skelos of Long Island and Democratic Assemblyman Sheldon Silver of Manhattan — are on trial for unrelated corruption charges.

While testifying at the unrelated corruption trial of former State Sen. Dean Skelos, Walker confirmed he is being investigated by federal prosecutors for what he called «campaign contributions, that contractors received work because of that.»

The legislation comes as Sen. Malcolm Smith and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson remain in office after be arrested in unrelated corruption scandals.

Harendra Singh dropped the bombshells while testifying at the unrelated corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, where he's the prosecution's star witness.

Recently, it was leaked that the commission was investigating a complaint about the second most powerful Senator in the Majority Republican conference, Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, over allegations that surfaced in an unrelated corruption trial.

When Sen. Malcolm Smith was arrested in an unrelated corruption case, the buzz around the Capitol was Sampson had a lot to worry about, considering Smith's possible knowledge of bidding rigging for AEG.

His case was closely watched in state and city political circles, given his ties to key officials, including Silver, now on trial in an unrelated corruption case.

The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Federal District Court in Manhattan on an eight - count indictment that includes bribery and extortion charges is scheduled to begin today — just as the unrelated corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly, enters its third week.

Mangano and Walker have both been identified in Newsday stories as being under scrutiny in an unrelated corruption probe by federal prosecutors on Long Island stemming from charges against restaurateur Harendra Singh, who was a major campaign contributor to Mangano and others on the Island.

Then Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is now on trial on unrelated corruption charges, was skewered for his handling of the case.

Carl Kruger, who resigned after pleading guilty to unrelated corruption charges.

(Nine months later, Mr. Skelos was convicted on unrelated corruption charges.)

Not exact matches

It's up to lawmakers to pick their leader, Cuomo said, echoing similar statements he made earlier this year when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested in an unrelated federal corruption case.

They also say the indictment crafted by Bharara created a phony aura of corruption by pooling unrelated charges and defendants into one large case.

Lopez was forced from the legislature after the scandal, and Silver lost his seat when he was accused in an unrelated federal corruption case, which is being retried this year.

Clifford has said that McPartland, who runs the political corruption unit, was reassigned «to duties unrelated to his former responsibilities.»

On Thursday, Clifford said McPartland, who runs the political corruption unit, was reassigned «to duties unrelated to his former responsibilities.»

Percoco's trial is among several scheduled this year over alleged Albany corruption, including the re-trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Long Island), who had their unrelated convictions tossed due to a US Supreme Court ruling that acquitted former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Bratton refused to take questions about the corruption probe at an unrelated event Sunday in Brooklyn.

On Wednesday, Spota and Christopher McPartland, head of the district attorney's political corruption unit, were indicted on unrelated federal charges involving a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in 2012.

However, in 2015 the judiciary was hit by major corruption allegations (albeit unrelated to political judgements).»

Flanked by Democratic lawmakers and good - government advocates, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver unveiled his latest proposal to publicly finance campaigns this afternoon, a move that he said was unrelated to the string of corruption scandals that have hit both chambers.

Lawyers for the defendants deny the charges and have been seeking to toss the case on a number of grounds over the past year, including court decisions in unrelated public corruption cases.

The claim was first made in an unrelated federal corruption trial of a Yonkers city councilwoman during the testimony of disbarred lawyer Anthony Mangone (the testimony can be found here).

Its decision comes after deep - pocketed donor Jona Rechnitz testified in an unrelated federal corruption trial that he was able to open doors at City Hall after contributing nearly $ 200,000 to the mayor's political causes.

Drawing on evidence from a comparison of Great Britain and Denmark, he argues that the level of state subsidy is, in fact, unrelated to the type of corruption that we find, perceived or otherwise.

During the discovery stage of the civil lawsuit, Antonacci is asking for access to email records about Mahoney supporter Steven Aiello, a Cor Development Co. executive who faces federal corruption charges in an unrelated criminal case.

Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos were each convicted of unrelated public corruption crimes.

The Ultimatum is a little better, the action is easier to follow and the plot is a bit more essential to the Bourne character (involving the origin of his skills and CIA corruption not unrelated to the present administration).