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For the past two weeks, a former top aide to governor Cuomo has been on trial for corruption. According to federal prosecutors, he was a key figure in a…
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New Yorkers have the power on November 7 to decide whether some state officials convicted of a felony should be stripped of their pensions.But the…
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Former New York state Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam saw their federal corruption convictions overturned by a federal appeals court panel…
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The corruption conviction of the former New York state Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, was overturned Thursday on a technicality by a federal appeals…
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Federal appeals court judges don't seem eager to embrace the arguments of lawyers seeking a new trial for Republican former New York Senate leader Dean…
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An ethics bill New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says will increase accountability and transparency was signed into law Wednesday. But good-government groups…
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Some of the big news in state politics last week was the sentencing of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. Skelos, like the former Assembly…
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The second of New York state’s top three powerful politicians in two weeks was sentenced to prison in federal court Thursday. Dean Skelos got five years…
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New York's governor says it adds "insult to injury" that taxpayers have to pay for pensions for elected officials convicted of corruption. Andrew Cuomo's…
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Ex-New York state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son are seeking a new trial six weeks after they were convicted of federal corruption…