Malcolm A. Smith
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announces federal corruption charges againt New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and New York City Council member Daniel Halloran at a press conference April 2, 2013 in New York. The FBI says Smith and City Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested early Tuesday at their homes for allegedly plotting to rig the New York City mayor's race. Bharara said in a statement that Smith 'tried to bribe his way' into a shot at the New York City mayoral race.
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There are a lot of expenses and they're not going down
One of my really good friends, who was on the team, came up with it ... Since I'm quick, I can move, and I can catch running backs and stuff while I was playing defense, people said I was fast as a rabbit. And I was also fat.
in connection with a criminal investigation being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Malcolm Smith and Rob Calentine and others.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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NY corruption: FBI raids Ramapo Town Hall in probe
ongoing hunt for documents related to a public corruption probe that ensnared six political figures, including state Sen. Malcolm Smith , last month, sources said.About 40 agents descended on the municipal building shortly before 4 p.m. and ordered most employees Read more »
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Memo shows Shirley Huntley taped six fellow state senators
to the filing, the FBI recorded and photographed Sens. John Sampson , Velmanette Montgomery , Ruth Hassel-Thompson, Malcolm Smith , Eric Adams and Jose Peralta . She also recorded meetings with New York City Councilman Rubin Wills; Curtis Taylor, a former Read more »
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Noramie Jasmin, Joseph Desmaret, and four other pols due to be arraigned in federal court
pleas on public corruption charges.The two Spring Valley Democrats and four other political figures -- including state Sen. Malcolm Smith , a Democrat , New York City Republican Councilman Daniel Harlan, Bronx GOP boss Joseph Savino, and Queens GOP vice-chair Read more »
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Editorial: Albany's campaign finance reforms fall flat
has corrupted our politics.The legislature has long resisted any change, but the twin scandals recently involving Sen. Malcolm Smith , a Queens Democrat , and Bronx Assemb. Nelson Castro, who went undercover with a wire for three years as part of a deal with Read more »
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Smith indicted; informant hires White Plains attorney
key cooperating witness in the corruption case against state Sen. Malcolm A. Smith is being represented by a former federal prosecutor in White Plains as indictments have been handed up.Kerry A. Lawrence, who served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan Read more »
Around the web
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Accused Councilman Dan Halloran grins and bears it in first return to chamber since bribery scheme charge
was arrested in April, accused of taking part in a scheme to bribe Republican officials to allow Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith of Queens to enter the Republican primary for mayor. Halloran and Smith have denied wrongdoing. Halloran came to City Hall from New York Daily News Read more »
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
in New York State. Senators Ruth Hassell-Thompson, Velmanette Montgomery, Eric Adams, José Peralta, John Sampson and Malcolm Smith were all recorded by Senator Shirley Huntley after she was caught with her hand in the cookie jar. She tried to save her skin from New York Senate Read more »
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Sen. Malcolm Smith Honors “Woman of Distinction” – Ms. Emmlynn L. Taylor
NY) - Senator Malcolm A. Smith (D-Hollis) honored Ms. Emmlynn L. Taylor as his 2013 “Woman of Distinction,” an award given to outstanding women living and working in New York State whose contributions have enriched the quality of life in their community and from New York Senate Read more »
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State's chance for reform
we saw state Sen. Malcolm Smith pictured in his new seat in the rear of the chamber — smiling, stupefied by his notoriety, not realizing that the political maxim about just getting your name in the papers does not apply to him. Smith is a pathetic joke, a from Albany Times-Union Read more »
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Our crooked pols come in all colors
Nicholas Spano (R-Westchester) and Vincent Liebell (R-Putnam). Then there’s the three other politicians indicted in the Malcolm Smith scandal: City Councilman Dan Halloran and GOP leaders Joseph “Jay” Savino (Bronx) and Vincent Tabone (Queens). They’re all from New York Post Read more »
