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Apr 12, 2022
ALBANY — New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday in the wake of his arrest in a federal corruption investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul said, cr...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Jan 27, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Declining to speak ill of the dead is probably a good rule of thumb and, generally speaking, the honorable path. But different standard...
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May 06, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silve r will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confin...
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May 04, 2021
NEW YORK — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been released from a federal prison on furlough while he awaits potential placement to ...
News, NY State News
Jan 25, 2021
NEW YORK (TNS) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s appeal of a 6 1/2-year corruption sentence. Si...
News, Western New York
Oct 07, 2020
NEW YORK — Prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to reject an effort to delay or eliminate a prison sentence for the first member of Congress to endorse...
Crime, News, NY State News
Aug 27, 2020
ALBANY (TNS ) — A federal prison in Orange County is reuniting some once-notable New York political heavyweights. More than five years after being cha...
News, NY State News
Jul 20, 2020
NEW YORK — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in prison in the corruption case that drove him from po...
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Sep 25, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court judge says the former leader of New York's Assembly can stay out of prison until a judicial panel decides whet...
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Jul 27, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — Sheldon Silver, the former New York Assembly speaker who brokered legislative deals for two decades before corruption charges abruptly...
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Jul 17, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York state Senate leader and his son were convicted on Tuesday of extortion, wire fraud and bribery charges of pressuring...
News, Western New York
Sep 26, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York state Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son were granted new trials Tuesday in their corruption case, with a federal a...
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Jul 13, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — The corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was overturned Thursday by a federal appeals court that found suff...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
