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Dean, Adam Skelos guilty of corruption
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Jury finds state leader used influence to secure son jobs in Roslyn, NHP BY LU K E TORRANCE Like former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver earlier this year, former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was hoping that he would go clean in his retrial. But Skelos and his son, Adam, received the same verdict as three years ago: guilty. After three days of deliberation, the jury delivered the verdict on Tuesday afternoon at a federal court in Manhattan, finding the father and son guilty on all charges of corruption and extortion. “Yet again, a New York jury heard a sordid tale of bribery, extortion, and the abuse of power by a powerful public official of this State,” said"Robert Khuzami, the deputy attorney general for U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District. “And yet again, a jury responded with a unanimous verdict of guilt, in this case of Dean Skelos and his son Adam — sending the resounding message that political
corruption will not be tolerated.” Skelos, once one of the most powerful men in Albany, was accused of using his position to secure jobs and fees worth $300,000 for Adam Skelos from Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers in Roslyn, New Hyde Park real estate developer Glenwood Management and Arizona-based environmental technology firm AbTech Industries. Both men were convicted on corruption charges in 2015 with Dean facing five years in prison and Adam with six and a half. But those charges were overturned late last year following a Supreme Court case that narrowed the definition of what constituted public corruption. Silver also had his conviction overturned; he returned to trial" in May and was again convicted on all counts of" bribery, extortion, money laundering and honest services fraud after only two weeks of trial. He is still awaiting his sentencing. Continued on Page 59
PHOTO COURTESY OF OLD WESTBURY GARDENS
Old Westbury Gardens hosted a Gymkhana to kick off their World War I exhibit focused on the contributions of Long Islanders such as John S. Phipps.
Roslyn man breaks village hall door after pool denial BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I A Village of Roslyn public hearing Tuesday ended with a broken front door at Village Hall and two Nassau County
police officers called after a resident’s application for a pool was denied. The application by Simone Sarcona of 19 Davis Lane for a 12-by-21.5 foot in-ground backyard pool with a hot tub
was denied 4-0 by the Roslyn Board of Trustees following an hour-long hearing. The board’s decision set off an angry outburst by Sarcona. “You’re denying my right to Continued on Page 58
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