Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Gets 12-Year Prison Sentence – NYTimes.com
In sentencing Sheldon Silver, Judge Valerie Caproni seemed to reflect my concern about laws and...
Read Moreby Michael | May 4, 2016 | Corruption Watch, Government, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 0 |
In sentencing Sheldon Silver, Judge Valerie Caproni seemed to reflect my concern about laws and...
Read Moreby Michael | Nov 19, 2015 | Corruption Watch, Crime, Government, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 0 |
Now that the corruption trail of State Senator Dean G. Skelos, Republican of Long Island, and his son, Adam Skelos is underway in Federal District Court in Manhattan, the New York Times offers a scorecard listing some of the...
Read Moreby Michael | Nov 19, 2015 | Corruption Watch, Crime, Government, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
The New York Post’s Kyle Smith goes full Mafia in his description of the Skelos family trial, witness testimony and email evidence. His final grafs are worth a reprint. “Lawyers for the scheming Skelosi are hoping to...
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 17, 2015 | Corruption Watch, Government, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
Photo editorial by Brian Alapatt One wag tweeted, “The LWA (Legislators With Attitude) follow up album was “Get Rich Or Die Trying.”
Read Moreby Michael | Jun 2, 2015 | Government, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 1 |
US Attorney Preet Bharara’s war on Albany’s culture of corruption has claimed another casualty: Anthony Bonomo is taking a leave of absence — effective immediately — as the chairman of the board of the New York...
Read Moreby Michael | Feb 25, 2015 | Government, Politics, Public Corruption, Public Policy | 1 |
In the last few weeks, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has mounted his “anti-corruption” hobby horse in a charge In favor of stronger ethics laws and against state lawmakers earning outside income. But the International...
Read Moreby Michael | Jan 28, 2015 | Government, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption, Public Policy, Uncategorized | 0 |
‘The Tick-Tock Begins for Andrew Cuomo’ only rehashes a NY Daily News editorial re Cuomo and quashing of the Moreland Commission. No new information. Mr. Tatler only makes snide remarks about Cuomo’s possible...
Read Moreby Michael | Jan 7, 2014 | Crime, Government, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 0 |
Embattled Bronx pol Eric Stevenson now thinks he can get a fair trial.
Read Moreby Michael | Dec 27, 2013 | Crime, Elections, Government, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 1 |
[H]onor and integrity have remained in shockingly short supply [in the State Legislature].
Read Moreby Michael | Jul 26, 2013 | African Americans, Elections, Government, Politics, Public Policy | 0 |
LAST LOOK: City & State columnist Michael Benjamin weighs in on Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s role in the Micah Kellner scandal in a video interview with Jon Lentz: http://bit.ly/16a2oYl...
Read Moreby Michael | Jun 24, 2013 | Government, Politics, Public Policy | 2 |
Last week, June 17, City and State NY published my column reflecting on what needs to be done to address the State Legislature’s workplace environment in the aftermath of the Vito Lopez sexual predation and sexual...
Read Moreby Michael | Apr 8, 2013 | Corrections, Crime, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 0 |
Albany Madness 2013 Final: Who will be King of the Albany Grifters? You Decide. http://t.co/T6YWAc0kEH Voting ends 8:00 PM.
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