"As Attorney General, I brought an action against Pedro Espada for siphoning millions of dollars from a taxpayer funded not-for-profit and using the money to support a lavish lifestyle for himself, his family, and his friends, as well as for supporting his political operation. Mr. Espada was the prime example of government corruption. "I worked with the U.S. Attorney’s Office …
The Albany Correspondent: Dems Dissed by Court of Appeals By CARLOS GONZALEZ
New Indictment of former NYS Majority Senate Leader (Republican) Joe Bruno Awaited Indictment of former NYS Senate Majority Leader (Democrat) Pedro Espada Awaited ALBANY, NY — May 3, 2010 — In a unanimous decision, New York State's highest court on Thursday upheld Senate Republicans’ plans for a 63-seat chamber, thus removing hurdles and allowing for an increase in the size …
Breaking News: Albany Correspondent – Another Corruption Charge for Another Senate Democrat By Carlos Gonzalez
Albany, NY — March 9, 2011 — State Senator Carl Kruger>>>, one of the most powerful lawmakers in Albany, is expected to surrender to federal authorities tomorrow, Thursday, March 10, 2011, on alleged charges of bribery charges, sources advised the Yonkers Tribune / The Westchester Guardian.
Attorney General Cuomo nd U.S. Attorney Lynch Announce Indictment of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada
Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. and his son Pedro G. Espada charged withembezzling funds from Bronx healthcare clinics New York, NY — Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomoand United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch today announced a six-countfederal indictment against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. andhis son Pedro Gautier Espada (“Gautier”) for stealing in excess ofhalf a million dollars from Bronx …
New York Civic: Hiram and Julissa BY Henry J. Stern
Hiram Monserrate Indicted for Dragooning Employees of Nonprofit He Enriched for His Own Political Gain The other shoe dropped Tuesday for Hiram Monserrate. The first State Senator to be expelled from that body since 1781, Monserrate was indicted by a Federal grand jury for using employees of a non-profit group he sponsored while a City Councilmember to labor on behalf …
New York Civic: Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game? BY HENRY J. STERN
Buffalonian Senator Stachowski Objects to Paying Sales Tax on Cheap Clothing Budget Deadlock -Day 98 NEW YORK, NY, July 8, 2010 — The state budget – or the lack of it – is as unpleasant a subject as the heat wave, and we had hoped that by now both issues would have been resolved.
McLaughlin Says, ‘Give Back the $$ Senator!’
YONKERS , NY, July 8, 2010 — Liam Mclaughlin, the Republican candidate for New York State Senate (35th S. D.), today called on his opponent, State Senator Andrea $tewart-Cousins to "return all per diem payments to New York State and waive any future payments she is scheduled to receive during the course of the New York State Budget crisis".