Sentences with phrase «with federal corruption»

Village of Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret face bribery and mail fraud charges in connection with a federal corruption case stretching from New York City to Spring Valley to Albany.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano was hit with federal corruption charges, raising calls for him to resign.

They say with the most recent lawmaker names that have emerged in connection with a federal corruption investigation, the need for such reform is all the more urgent.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is expected to be charged as early as Thursday with federal corruption, sources told The Post.

New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced in February, shortly after taking over for Sheldon Silver, who resigned after being hit with federal corruption charges, that he was going to hire someone to clean the place up.

Press Bharara announces that nine defendants including Joseph Percoco, former executive deputy secretary to the governor and Alain Kaloyeros, President of SUNY Polytechnic Institute charged with Federal Corruption and Fraud Offenses.Photo: Steven Hirsch «There is no allegation of wrongdoing or misconduct by the governor anywhere in this complaint.

Skelos, 67, resigned from his position in May after being hit with federal corruption charges for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from developers — namely Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management — in exchange for political favors.

US Attorney Preet Bharara has warned Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «independent» investigator not to interfere with the federal corruption probe involving the Buffalo Billion project, related state contracts and two longtime friends of the governor, The Post has learned.

Embattled Sen. Carl Kruger's once prolific fundraising came to an abrupt halt after he was slapped with federal corruption charges in early March, according to the Brooklyn Democrat's July 15 filing with the state Board of Elections.

David, 46, doesn't resemble your average Cuomo lifer — a burly, tough - talking, outer - borough operator like former executive deputy secretary Joe Percoco, who was likened to a member of the family before he was hit with federal corruption charges earlier this year.

A source tells the NY Post's Fred Dicker that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued a «blunt» and «direct» warning to Cuomo's independent investigator, Bart Schwartz, not to interfere with the federal corruption probe involving the Buffalo Billion project, related state contracts and two longtime friends of the governor.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, the second «man in a room» with Governor Cuomo, was hit with federal corruption charges in May, and his trial began last week.

Abramoff and several associates have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud in an influence - peddling scandal and are cooperating with a federal corruption probe that has reached into the U.S. Congress.

The committee has dropped Lipsky like a hot potato — as have most of his big - name clients — since he was slapped with federal corruption charges along with Sen. Carl Kruger, Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. and others.

Lipsky turned himself in to authorities March 10 in connection with a federal corruption probe alleging that he indirectly injected lobbying fees totaling $ 252,000 into an account accessible by Sen. Carl Kruger (D - Brooklyn) in hopes of encouraging him to take official actions to benefit Lipsky's clients.

About a month later, Skelos and his son are slapped with federal corruption charges.

Cuomo has long been an ally of the departing Republican Nassau County executive, Ed Mangano, who declined to seek re-election after being hit with federal corruption charges.

The Democrats went on to lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, and now they're in the crosshairs yet again after their former Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Kruger, has been hit with federal corruption charges in a complaint that makes it clear he tried hard to influence key members of the conference — including «Senate Leader No. 1» — whoever that might be.

Not exact matches

Not in Mexico, where neighbouring state Michoacan has become a battleground, with armed vigilantes battling the Knights Templar drug cartel and a federal investigation into the possible corruption of more than 1,200 local police officers.

The reason I am confined is because of my corruption with a federal judge involving $ 550M.

Brazil's highest court voted Thursday to restrict a legal protection afforded federal lawmakers that critics say has resulted in impunity, as the country grapples with massive official corruption.

SNC management wants Ottawa to consider letting federal prosecutors make so - called «deferred prosecution agreements» (DPAs) with companies accused of corruption.

The Tigers are one of four programs with an assistant coach indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud, conspiracy and bribery charges stemming from the FBI's investigation into corruption across college basketball.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has already charged several college coaches in conjunction with a corruption scheme saying that those coaches, advisors and others lied and used their stature to influence high school recruits to sign with schools.

Federal documents taken from a sports agency college basketball corruption case reveal potential widespread NCAA violations, with those documents possibly exposing the sports biggest players and schools, reports Yahoo! Sports» Pat Forde and Pete Thamel.

The confluence of events that resulted in the Pac 12 producing only one squad with a résumé worthy of avoiding Dayton involves a sprawling federal investigation into corruption across the sport, a shoplifting incident in China that drew in President Trump, missed opportunities in non-conference play and a talent - stuffed preseason title contender's inability to reach its ceiling.

Howard Glaser, a former top Cuomo aide, received outside income to teach classes in a Columbia University program run by a professor with deep ties to key players in an ongoing federal corruption investigation.

Thompson stayed on with CMA even after Bruno stepped down as the company's CEO following his conviction on two of eight federal corruption counts.

The guilty verdict in the case of Joe Percoco was coupled with not guilty results for two prominent upstate developers who had also been accused of corruption and bribery by federal prosecutors.

Skelos, speaking with reporters, praised Flanagan as a «great leader» and good choice to succeed him as majority leader while he faces six counts of federal corruption charges.

Defense lawyers have recommended that a federal trial be scheduled no earlier than January 2018 for Joseph Percoco, the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo charged with corruption, and three other defendants including Cor Development executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has kept a relatively low media profile — at least with Albany reporters — during the federal corruption trial of his former top aide, Joe Percoco, but that has neither stopped nor reduced coverage of the proceedings, and there's more to come.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will once again not take the stand in his retrial on federal corruption charges, with his lawyer saying his defense will consist of documents «but no live testimony.»

Morano happened to catch up with Bruno, who is awaiting his second trial on federal corruption charges, the same day news broke about Assemblyman Vito Lopez's sexual harassment scandal.

During Sheldon Silver's federal corruption trial, defense attorneys have now tried at least twice to suggest heavy handed tactics on the part of prosecutors to cajole witnesses into cooperating with their case.

Allegations of plagiarism from nearly three decades ago are once again dogging a central figure in the federal government's corruption case against Alain Kaloyeros, the physics professor credited with creating the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute.

The question of who is picking up Joe Percoco's legal tab is of particular interest because of his close relationship with Cuomo, whose name has surfaced repeatedly in the federal corruption trial of his former top aide.

The Joe Percoco corruption trial resumes this afternoon in federal court in Manhattan, with disgraced ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, who has been spending his night in jail since late last week, appearing in a business suit — not prison garb — as per the judge's orders.

The Joe Percoco federal corruption trial continues in Manhattan federal court, with disgraced former lobbyist Todd Howe — the government's star witness — expected to testify this week.

It is the bond at the heart of the federal corruption case against Edward and Linda Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, one the Manganos have consistently said was just a friendship, with nothing improper.

Several former Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, face federal corruption trials on charges of bribery and bid - rigging in connection with the contracts for some of the governor's signature economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors yesterday slapped the disgraced former state Senate majority leader with yet another round of charges in the growing corruption case against him.

As if to illustrate the findings of the State Integrity Investigation, the federal corruption trial of former state Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., continued this week, with Judge Frederic Block excoriating Espada's attorney for using questionable courtroom tactics, and with Espada characterized during trial as a «puppet master» for his alleged embezzlement of funds from the Soundview Healthcare Network.

MANHATTAN — A police inspector who was friends with one of the targets of a federal corruption probe involving the NYPD and City Hall committed suicide Friday afternoon, the department confirmed.

Howe admitted he lied to the credit card company about a stay in New York at the time he was cooperating with federal prosecutors in the corruption case.

E.J. McMahon, with the fiscal watchdog group the Empire Center for Public Policy, has long been skeptical of the state's SolarCity arrangement, which is now one of the focuses of the federal corruption case.

Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (far left with son Pedro) was hit yesterday with two new charges - of making false statements - in his federal corruption case.

The governor said he's met with federal prosecutors since former top aide Joe Percoco, a former lobbyist who was a close Cuomo associate, the head of SUNY Polytechnic and six others were charged with bribery, bid - rigging and other corruption charges in connection with the governor's upstate economic development programs.

Despite his federal corruption charges, Smith has defiantly declared his run along with attorneys Munir Avery and Clyde Vanel, but there's still talk of one more candidate entering the race.

Percoco may be the only former member of the Gov. Andrew Cuomo administration who is facing federal corruption charges because of his relationship with Howe, a former stalwart Albany lobbyist and Cuomo fundraiser who has pleaded guilty to eight felonies as part of the case, but he wasn't the only one who had a close and previously undisclosed relationship with him, according to Howe's testimony Monday.