Sentences with phrase «while under indictment»

The candidate also said he would fight for more affordable housing and focus on bringing Hurricane Sandy recovery funds to areas like Canarsie that were hit hard by the storm, something he said Sampson has been unable to do effectively while under indictment.

Hevesi advisers like to point out that other state officials have served while under indictment — State Senator Manfred Ohrenstein served for three years after being indicted for misusing government funds (the charges were eventually dropped).

His resignation leaves Staten Island without representation as the new Congress is sworn in Tuesday, just two months after Grimm was handily re-elected even while under indictment.

McMahon lost the seat to political newcomer Grimm who retained it while under indictment against a better funded Dominick Recchia.

Holding one's seat in the Legislature while under indictment is often seen as a bargaining chip with prosecutors.

He's king of the road — even while under indictment for political corruption.

Staten Island Republican Rep. Michael Grimm also won while under indictment.

Mr. Donovan's biggest challenge will not be winning the special election (after all, Michael Grimm won convincingly in 2014 while under indictment); it will be winning re-election in 2016, when former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton could top the ticket and drive turnout in the district.

The Assembly since 1973 has had three speakers serve while under indictment, including Mel Miller, who managed to negotiate a budget deal with then Gov. Mario Cuomo, the current governor's father.

Not exact matches

The nudging is subtle: Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is under investigation by federal prosecutors, while the GOP's deputy majority leader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to the FBI.

Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent, is under federal indictment, accused of evading taxes by hiding more than $ 1 million in sales and wages while running a small Manhattan restaurant.

And while it would be unusual to have a sitting majority leader under indictment, Senate Republicans have not been so willing to see kick their leaders over board

Funny how the GOP rants and raves about Shelly Silver and how he handled Vito Lopez but it is is all crickets about Libous serving while actually under indictment.

Grimm defeated Democratic incumbent Rep. Michael McMahon — now the borough's district attorney — in the Tea Party wave of 2010 and easily won re-election in 2014 while under federal indictment in the tax case, claiming his innocence and charging he was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution.

Gentile has a plausible chance of victory, but the scope of his challenge is evident in the 2014 victory of Republican Michael Grimm who was reelected while under federal indictment.

Incumbents of both parties were re-elected last year while under active federal indictment.

Unlike his three predecessor resignees, however, Republican Michael Grimm appears to remain quite popular in the district, having won reelection overwhelmingly this past November while under federal indictment.

In the wake of the allegations, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone called for Spota's resignation, saying the man «who decides who goes to jail» can't perform his duties while under federal indictment.