Sentences with phrase «upcoming federal corruption»

Deputy Queens borough President Leroy Comrie is ready to challenge Smith in a Democratic primary this summer — should the indicted senator escape conviction in his upcoming federal corruption trial, The Post has learned.

The upcoming federal corruption trials of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, the former speaker, and Sen. Dean Skelos, the former majority leader, will focus attention on the crisis of corruption in the state capital.

If you're looking for a guide to the upcoming federal corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and businessmen Peter Galbraith Kelly, Jr., Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, look no further than the jury questionnaire recently agreed to by prosecutors and the defense.

Catsimatidis said the heavy focus was on how to use the upcoming federal corruption trials of former Cuomo aides and associates, including one set to begin next week involving long - time close aide and friend Joseph Percoco, against the governor.

Deputy Queens borough President Leroy Comrie is ready to challenge Sen. Malcolm Smith in a Democratic primary this summer should the indicted senator escape conviction in his upcoming federal corruption trial.

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Cuomo's eighth State of the State address occurred against a backdrop of widening state deficit that stands at $ 4 billion and counting, a potential $ 2 billion revenue loss in federal aid, a beleaguered New York City subway system, an uneasy State Senate and an flurry of upcoming political - corruption trials.

Attorneys for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office have been sharing information with former lieutenant Joseph Percoco's defense team about the governor's contacts with federal prosecutors in advance of Percoco's upcoming corruption trial, according to a new government filing in court.

A federal judge delayed for two months the upcoming corruption trial of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife Linda, and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to use campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as evidence in the upcoming corruption trial of a former top Cuomo aide and three others.

White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas got fed up with a politically connected lawyer's bid to delay the upcoming corruption trial of state Sen. Malcolm Smith over her pregnancy, suggesting in a ruling Wednesday that she lied about needing doctor - ordered bed rest when the case is scheduled to go to trial.

A federal judge Wednesday barred any mention of law enforcement decisions not to prosecute New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the upcoming corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

Aiello and Gerardi could testify as soon as Friday in their own defense, but their attorneys said they want to know first see if the judge will allow them to be asked questions about the upcoming «Buffalo Billion» federal corruption case, in which both men are also charged.

A federal grand jury indicted Halloran on corruption charges, accusing him of negotiating bribes to help install state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) onto the GOP line in the upcoming mayoral election.

The federal judge in the upcoming corruption trial of Skelos and his son, Adam, said she expects to admit evidence that the two strategized about using questions about the finances of Cuomo's girlfriend to weaken him in budget talks.

Lawyers for Silver never asked federal prosecutors about a plea deal in his upcoming corruption trial, prosecutors revealed.

Prospective jurors in the upcoming federal criminal trial of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Cuomo, are being asked to note any potential conflicts with dozens of individuals whose names or testimony may be part of corruption case.

Attorneys for Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, say that federal prosecutors improperly withheld crucial evidence in the aide's upcoming corruption trial.

The piece mentioned, among other corruption cases, the upcoming federal trial of former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged bids for upstate construction projects through a SUNY - affiliated nonprofit, Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, several years ago.

Former State Senate leader Dean Skelos got a split result Thursday in his bid to subpoena damaging information about two key witnesses against him in his upcoming retrial on corruption charges in Manhattan federal court.

Attorneys for former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and three co-defendants in an upcoming Albany corruption trial in Manhattan federal court say a series of posters in the 40 Foley Square courthouse where their clients will be tried features dozens of famous cases from the court's history that could prejudice jurors.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to use campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as evidence in the upcoming corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and three others.

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than answer questions about his upcoming meeting with US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Cuomo also faces potential embarrassment in the upcoming trials of several of his former associates, including his former top aide, on federal corruption charges including bribery and bid - rigging.

Attorneys for a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo say that federal prosecutors improperly withheld crucial evidence in the aide's upcoming corruption trial.

Members of the city's prison - guard union will have to foot the bill for their disgraced ex-president's legal costs during his upcoming corruption trial — at least for now, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Monday.

A federal judge on Tuesday split the upcoming upstate development political corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and seven others in two, and said the case involving Cuomo lieutenant Joseph Percoco will begin in January.