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Skelos Joins Silver As Two Men in a Jackpot

By MARK TOOR
Posted 5/4/15

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were arrested May 4 on charges that the Senator promised to use his political influence on behalf of companies in return for payments to his son totaling nearly $220,000.

The arrests were made on the basis of a criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption charges in January against then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Mr. Bharara’s office is also investigating Governor Cuomo in connection with his decision a year ago to abruptly disband a commission that was looking into corruption in state politics.

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