Coming April 10: Panel discussion on ‘What We Saw at the Percoco Trial’
The corruption! The emails! The ziti! All that and more will be discussed next Tuesday at the Hearst Media Center by a trio of journalists who covered the epic federal trial of former Cuomo aide Joe...
View ArticleOpening arguments paint dueling portraits of Percoco
Federal prosecutors and defense counsel on Tuesday morning offered competing portraits of Joe Percoco, a former top aide and confidant of Gov. Andrew Cuomo who stands accused of swapping bribes for...
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Jury questionnaire provides cast of characters for Percoco trial
Joseph Percoco, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, enters the Red Room in 2013. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) If you’re looking for a guide to the upcoming federal corruption trial of former top...
View ArticleBill Samuels releases his own State of the State TV ad
Reform advocate Bill Samuels, who poured significant resources into the pro-constitutional convention effort last year, is keeping up the drum beat on Albany reform, releasing Wednesday a “‘Real’ State...
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Trials, Senate control loom as forces of influence in 2018
Note: This story by Chris Bragg appeared in Wednesday’s special legislative kickoff section of the Times Union. More than usual, the 2018 legislative session will be influenced by outside events....
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Cuomo on Skelos: Fighting corruption is right, ‘but you have to do it legally’
In the wake of a federal appeals court’s decision to vacate the corruption convictions of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that...
View ArticleDean Skelos decision React-O-Mat™
The corruption convictions of former state Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam have been overturned by a federal appellate court. More on that here. Reaction from movers and...
View ArticleDean Skelos Timeline: From the Senate to the courtroom
Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos had his corruption conviction overturned by a federal appeals court on Tuesday. Here’s a look at his career arc, from the Senate to the courtroom.
View ArticleFull decision: Dean Skelos’ conviction overturned
Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos had his corruption conviction overturned on Tuesday by a federal appeals court, which sent the case back to a lower court for re-trial. The conviction of...
View ArticleSheldon Silver case paused as he appeals to Supreme Court
A federal appeals court has granted former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s motion to stay his corruption case as he appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. The U.S. Second Circuit Court...
View ArticleJudge sets Oct. 30 as start date for pay-to-play trial
A federal judge has told prosecutors and defense in the upstate development pay-to-play scandal to prepare for a trial date of Oct. 30, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and others....
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Feds: Sampson just can’t stop his ethical misdeeds
Former state Sen. John Sampson in a 2011 hearing. (Lori Van Buren, Times Union) Former state Senate Democratic conference leader John Sampson, who was convicted in July 2015 of a single count of...
View ArticleCuomo to appoint IGs for SUNY, CUNY and state procurement officer
On the heels of a state Inspector General’s report that found misuse of funds at non-profits affiliated with the City University of New York, and amid a shakeup at the State University of New York’s...
View ArticleFeds announce charges against Long Island’s Mangano, Venditto
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Robert Capers on Thursday morning announced a federal corruption-related indictment against Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife, plus Oyster Bay Town...
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Steve Pigeon indicted on nine counts, pleads not guilty (updated)
Steve Pigeon at the state Capitol in 2009. (Mike Groll, AP file) Western New York attorney and political consultant Steve Pigeon — who has provided services to figures as diverse as Bill Clinton and...
View ArticlePoll: Time to make Legislature full time — without a raise
A majority of voters say it’s time to make the state Legislature truly full time. But they aren’t so sure about giving lawmakers a pay raise in exchange for banning outside income, a new poll shows....
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Schneiderman, DiNapoli react to Wormuth sentencing
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli noted the sentencing of former Town of Halfmoon Suprevisor Mindy Wormuth on state charges for stealing several campaign...
View ArticleICYMI: Poll shows voters support a $15 minimum wage, tossing out all lawmakers
There’s little doubt that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s push for a $15 minimum wage will drive the legislative session next year. And voters are just fine with that. A Quinnipiac poll released Friday shows that...
View ArticleBoyland sentenced to 14 years
Former Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. drew a 14 year sentence Thursday for his earlier conviction of 21 felony counts of corruption. The former Brooklyn Democratic assemblyman had been acquitted in...
View ArticleGabryszak, Lopez legal bills persist for Assembly
The latest monthly contract approvals from the office of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli include more than $600,000 in costs related in one way or another to ethical scandals. The approved payouts for...
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