With the federal corruption conviction of former powerful State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Assistant U.S. Attorney William Pericak tells the Daily News, "I think it's clear that any way you stack the sentencing guidelines (it) will call for a" [...]
I got a fair amount of crap from people about my coverage of the Working Families Party scandal, wherein WFP was caught red handed violating campaign finance laws. Several people told me to lay off them because they are progressives. To me, though, corruption by people I agree with on [...]
Are things different in Albany now just because Bruno is gone? Hell No! I personally think things are worse especially in the senate. Think about it, Bruno was in control of that one house since 1995 until he was forced down due to the pending investigation and now conviction. Now [...]
Photograph of Bruno with his son by Mike Groll Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who was found guilty on two of eight charges in a federal corruption trial, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/nyregion/08bruno.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss “I am very, very disappointed in the verdict. The legal process [...]
Joe Bruno, who led the Republican-controlled State Senate for 13 years, was found guilty of mail and wire fraud in his federal corruption trial. The Times Union reports, "Bruno, acquitted of five counts, was found guilty in connection with 11" [...]
Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has convicted of two counts of felony corruption charges. Both counts relate to his dealings with upstate businessman Jared Abbruzzese. Bruno was acquitted of five counts and the jury was unable to come to a verdict on one other count. Bruno is set to [...]
Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has convicted of two counts of felony corruption charges. Both counts relate to his dealings with upstate businessman Jared Abbruzzese. Bruno was acquitted of five counts and the jury was unable to come to a verdict on one other count. Bruno is set to [...]
ALBANY—Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has been found guilty on two counts in his federal corruption trial, and acquitted on five other counts. Jurors could not reach consensus on another count, Capital News 9 is reporting.
From the Times Union:
The 80-year-old Republican from Brunswick sat quietly as the [...]
A jury has found former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno guilty on two of eight counts of felony corruption charges, the DN's Glenn Blain reports.
Both of the counts are in connection with Bruno's' [...]
Joe Bruno, formerly Majority Leader of the New York Senate and currently defendant in a political corruption trial, reminds us that he was merely a part-time legislator and entitled to make a living by collecting consulting fees from those who wished to do business with the state.
I had a right as a part-time legislator to [...]
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just announced a felony guilty plea from Elliot Broidy who admitted bribing four former top officials of the state Comptrollers Office under Alan Hevesi to get them to invest in his Markstone Capital fund.
This case, Cuomo stressed, was different from earlier scandals in which influential “placement [...]
