corruption

The New York state Senate and Assembly have approved legislation to allow candidates to decline their spot on the ballot.

A special prosecutor will have to be assigned to a case in which a former Broome County district Attorney is accused of public corruption.

A Southern Tier elected official is accused of stealing over $100,000 in town funds and buying luxury items on the taxpayers' dime.

Former Senate Speaker Dean Skelos and his son, Adam have been convicted of corruption after the first verdict was set aside under redefined corruption laws.

A man who was once one of the most powerful lawmakers in New York State appears headed for jail after being found guilty of corruption for a second time.

Governor Cuomo's former aide is convicted of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of soliciting bribes.

There will be no New York State Constitutional Convention for at least another 20 years.

Dean and Adam Skelos were sentenced in New York City in a federal corruption case.

United States Attorney Preet Bharara says there is "insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime" was committed in connection with Governor Cuomo's premature closure of the Moreland Commission. Bharara on Monday released a two-sentence statement on his office's review of the circumstances surrounding the sudden shutdown of the anti-corruption panel by the governor...

United States Attorney Preet Bharara says there now can be "no doubt" that there is a "deep problem" of corruption in Albany. In an interview with New York City radio station WNYC on Monday, December 12, Bharara said that in the aftermath of the convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, he doesn't believe every lawmaker