malcolm smith
NYC councilman claims 'disgraced' ex-Queens GOP honchos plotting to help Dem win his seat
A term-limited Queens pol claims "disgraced" ex-honchos of the borough’s Republican machine are conspiring to help a Democrat win his City Council seat -- at the expense of two candidates...
Adams touts 'the power of prayer' at Queens church a day after arraignment on corruption charges
Mayor Eric Adams visited a Queens church Saturday – to pray – a day after being arraigned on federal public corruption charges.
Ex-NYS Senate leader also released early from prison
News of Malcolm Smith's home confinement comes after ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was furloughed for a few days after having served less than a year of six-and-a-half-year sentence for corruption.
Corrupt ex-mayor of NY town running for old seat thanks to state loophole
Two crooks want to become mayor of Spring Valley in Rockland County -- but only one is eligible to run, a state judge ruled Wednesday. In an only-in-New York story,...
Malcolm Smith still doesn't think he deserves jail time
Ex-state Sen. Malcolm Smith is the latest crooked politician to appeal his conviction in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling tied to public-corruption cases. Smith’s lawyer, Marc Fernich, argued...
Former mayor's corruption appeal rejected
The former Spring Valley mayor who was busted alongside ex-state Sen. Malcolm Smith and former Queens Councilman Dan Halloran lost her bid Monday to get her bribery conviction tossed. Noramie...
Bharara celebrates anniversary of Malcolm Smith arrest
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara gave himself a hand on Twitter Friday for successfully prosecuting disgraced state Sen. Malcolm Smith and his crooked cronies three years ago. “Tomorrow is the...
Disgraced official Malcolm Smith begins 7-year prison term
Convicted ex-state politician Malcolm Smith turned himself in to a rural Pennsylvania prison Friday to begin serving his 7 year prison sentence for trying to buy his way onto the...
Ex-State Sen. Malcolm Smith wants to go to 'inmate school' to prep for prison
Convicted state politician Malcolm Smith is channeling his inner Will Ferrell, arguing for his prison surrender date to be pushed back so he can first attend a program called “A...
Malcolm Smith gets six-week delay in jail sentence start date
Disgraced former state Senate majority leader Malcolm Smith was scheduled to turn himself in last week so he could begin his seven-year jail sentence on corruption charges, but he got...
How Bernie Sanders threatens to derail Hillary's coronation
Trying to create a presidential persona and a rationale for running, Hillary Clinton relaunched her campaign at a memorial to FDR. She used the glorious setting of Four Freedoms Park...
As feds zero in, insiders say Silver and Skelos should be scared
The seven-year prison sentence imposed on crooked ex-state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith was a shot across the bow of his former Albany associates, Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos —...
Every New York politician should heed this judge's warning
A federal judge sent former state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith away for seven years’ hard time on Wednesday — and Judge Kenneth Karas’ explanation of that sentence is a...
Malcolm Smith sentenced to 7 years in prison
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Malcolm Smith to seven years in prison, saying the former state Senate majority leader corrupted the political process by trying to buy his way...
Former mayor found guilty of public corruption
The former mayor of a small Rockland County village was found guilty Monday of public corruption charges — brought down by the same crooked developer who helped land similar convictions...
State budget proposals earmark $2.6B for unitemized spending
State budget proposals by Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature contain up to $2.6 billion in unitemized spending — the type of money that led to a corruption indictment against former...
Ex-Councilman Dan Halloran gets 10 years for bribery scheme
Saying former City Councilman Dan Halloran knowingly perjured himself at trial, a federal judge threw the book at the disgraced politician on Wednesday — sentencing him to 10 years behind...
De Blasio and Obama’s lack of experience
A liberal friend pained over the rampant failures of liberal government makes an observation: “Barack Obama and Bill de Blasio are both learning to shave on our whiskers.” The image...
New York's sleaze incentive
Send the bill to Shelly. Why should New Yorkers have to pick up the $545,000 tab for settling a lawsuit brought by two former legislative staffers who say they were...
Malcolm Smith guilty of trying to rig NYC mayor's race
Former state Sen. Malcolm Smith is facing up to 45 years behind bars after a jury Thursday found he conspired to rig the 2013 mayoral election through a $200,000 bribery...