Sen. Dean Skelos resigned Monday as the majority leader of the State Senate. He stands accused by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of official corruption.
Republican senators met Monday, before Skelos’s resignation . . .
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5/14/15
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After a closed-door meeting in Albany on May 11, Dean Skelos stepped down as Senate Majority Leader and will be replaced by John Flanagan (R-East Northport).
Immediately after criminal charges …
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By Alex Costello
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5/11/15
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Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, turned themselves over to the FBI in Manhattan on the morning of Monday, May 4 on charges of extortion, fraud and soliciting bribes.
It was …
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By Alex Costello
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5/4/15
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The New York Times is reporting that Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, may be arrested as early as Monday, May 4.
Skelos, the senate's Majority Leader and a Republican from Rockville Centre, and his …
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By Alex Costello
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5/1/15
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The bills came just days after it was revealed publicly that federal prosecutors are investigating Dean Skelos, Republican majority leader of the State Senate, and his son, Adam, in connection with AbTech Industries, an Arizona company that hired the latter and received a $12 million storm-water treatment contract from Nassau County, even though another company submitted a lower bid.
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By Brian Racow
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4/29/15
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Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, are the targets of a federal criminal inquiry, according to sources cited by the New York Times.
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By Alex Costello
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4/22/15
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Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, are the sources of a federal criminal inquiry, according to sources cited by the New York Times.
According to the Times, which published an article late Wednesday …
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By Alex Costello
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4/15/15
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For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . .
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4/9/15
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At first blush, it may seem like the 2015-16 state budget doesn’t include much for Long Island. But thanks to Sen. Dean Skelos, Long Island will be getting about $1.1 billion for infrastructure in the coming year.
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By Alex Costello
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4/8/15
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South Nassau Communities Hospital released plans on Wednesday to build a two-story, 30,000-square-foot emergency department on the site of the former Long Beach Medical Center, almost two and a half …
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By Matthew Ern
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3/18/15
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