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 | Sep 3, 2015 | Corruption Watch, Government, International Affairs, Public Corruption | 0 |
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina resigns amid corruption scandal The corruption scandal, uncovered by prosecutors and a U.N. commission probing criminal networks in Guatemala, involved a scheme known as “La...
Read Moreby Michael | Jul 20, 2015 | Government, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 0 |
I recently penned an opinion piece questioning whether or not New Yorkers should be bound by laws...
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 22, 2015 | Government, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption, Public Policy | 0 |
In a bombshell announcement today, federal prosecutors accused Silver, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, of using his elected office to amass millions of dollars through bribes and kickbacks disguised as legitimate...
Read Moreby Michael | Jan 7, 2015 | Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
The NY Post reports on Day 1 of disgraced ex-state senator Malcolm Smith’s federal corruption trial in White Plains. Read key excerpts below: “To get on the GOP line in the 2013 mayoral race, Smith — once one of the...
Read Moreby Michael | Jan 3, 2015 | Government, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
NY Post reporter Carl Campanile writes in Saturday’s paper that “Former state Sen. Malcolm Smith — who faces federal corruption charges in a trial that starts Monday — blew tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a...
Read Moreby Michael | Sep 16, 2014 | Crime, Elections, Government, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
A Bronx Assemblyman who turned wire-wearing federal informant was sentenced to two years of probation on Thursday for lying to investigators. Now-former pol Nelson Castro, 42, had faced up to two years in prison for his...
Read Moreby Michael | Sep 15, 2014 | African Americans, Campaign Finance, Elections, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
Five people contributed $16,000 at the 11th hour to aid embattled Brooklyn State Senator John Sampson in his now-successful Democratic Primary win. Although innocent until proved guilty, I’m left wondering who contributes...
Read Moreby Michael | Sep 12, 2014 | Crime, Elections, Government, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
A Bronx Assemblyman who turned wire-wearing federal informant was sentenced to two years of probation on Thursday for lying to investigators. Now-former pol Nelson Castro, 42, had faced up to two years in prison for his...
Read Moreby Michael | Sep 10, 2014 | Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
Chris Bragg (Crain’s NY) reported Wednesday afternoon that Democratic operative Melvin Lowe convicted on all counts. I had complained in a previous post about the lack of media interest in the Lowe trial. It’s...
Read Moreby Michael | May 8, 2014 | Crime, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 0 |
Hey CM @RubenWills => there are imprisoned corrupt WHITE pols (from Queens)! NY Times reports that a federal judge reduced the prison sentence of former Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin for his help in the criminal prosecutions...
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