A once-powerful New York politician convicted of using his position as Senate majority leader to help his son extort hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced May 12 to five years in prison after each asked for mercy for the …
New York’s former Senate leader and his son, who were convicted alongside one another on charges that the once-powerful Republican used his office to extort about $300,000 in salary and other benefits for the son, asked a federal judge on …
The former New York State Senate leader and his son were convicted on Dec. 11 of federal extortion charges, the second time in a month that one of New York’s most powerful politicians was run out of office by a …
