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  • sources say they are likely related to a contract with an Arizona-based environmental firm called AbTech that won a Nassau County bid, despite having employed Adam Skelos as a consultant and having not entered the lowest bid. ” data-id=”110277340″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/25479_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.10277340″/>
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  • turned himself in to federal authorities on January 22, 2015. Silver was arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with five counts of corruption relating to millions in alleged kickbacks and bribes while giving legal referrals. It’s likely he will relinquish his speakership after Democrats gave him six days to resign or face removal by his party. Silver has held the position for 21 years, but he said he would not resign his Assembly seat. ” data-id=”19832731″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/22600_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.9832731″/>
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  • The third defendant in the corruption trial related to the effort to get Malcolm Smith on the ballot for mayor in 2013, former City Councilman Daniel Halloran was convicted in August 2014 of taking bribes from two undercover FBI agents. The U.S. Probation Department in January 2015 recommended between 6 1/2 and 8 1/2 years in prison for Halloran.
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  • Former Brooklyn State Senator Shirley Huntley pleaded guilty in 2012 to stealing $88,000 from a nonprofit charity she ran. In May 2013, she cooperated with authorities and secretly recorded at least six other elected officials, including John Sampson and Malcolm Smith, both of whom were later indicted in a corruption plot. In exchange for her cooperation, a judge sentenced her to just one year and one day in prison – less than the sentencing guidelines of 18 months to two years.
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  • Bronx State Senator Pedro Espada, who had led a challenge against the Democratic leadership in Albany in 2009 that paralyzed state government, was convicted in 2012 of stealing $400,000 from Soundview Health Center, a group of health clinics he helped found. Espada later pleaded guilty to tax evasion to resolve the remaining charges against him. He was sentenced to five years in prison in June 2013, and he is now serving his sentence at a federal prison.
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  • NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer, once known as the New York Times investigation found that he patronized an escort service while in office. He admitted “personal failings” and said he would devote himself to serving the “common good.” He resurfaced two years later with a show on CNN that aired its final episode on August 5, 2011. Spitzer ran for the 2013 Democratic nomination for New York City Comptroller and lost by only 3.5 percent of the vote. ” data-id=”19832709″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/22606_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.9832709″/>
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There’s never been a lack of political scandal in New York, especially when it involves Albany. From Sheldon Silver to Michael Grimm, here are some of the most infamous recent political scandals to rock the state.

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