Former New York state Senate leader Dean Skelos has been sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in prison after his conviction on public corruption charges.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in a prosecution that exposed corruption of state government at the highest levels.
It's been reported as pure coincidence, but sentencing dates and times for convicted state house leader Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver will likely occur simultaneously.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The convicted former leader of the state Senate has filed the paperwork to begin collecting a state pension of up to $95,000 per year.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The federal prosecutor who won political corruption convictions of two of New York's most powerful lawmakers says both recently completed trials publicly exposed a "deep culture problem" in the state Legislature.