From the Daily News:Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, once one of the state's kingmakers, was sentenced to two years in federal prison Thursday.
Bruno, 81, became the latest - and perhaps the most notable - state politician to earn a prison sentence after his conviction in December on federal corruption charges.
Bruno was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe, who came in far short of the eight years prosecutors were seeking.
Sharpe did not set a date for Bruno to report to prison. Bruno, who presided over the Senate for 14 years before retiring in 2008, was convicted on two counts of "honest services" fraud for using his official position to garner lucrative outside business deals.
Bruno is appealing his conviction. In addition to his jail time, Bruno is also required to fork over $280,000 in restitution - including $100,000 that was turned in Thursday.
10 comments:
Why isn't the Fed investigating the other State Senators?
Shhhhh................
Bye Bye
Equal time for the State Assembly! Put Shelly Silver in the adjoining cell for 2 years. At least Bruno is "term-limited" in jail.
crime does not pay ?
get them out of government faster.
You can't tell me he was the only one in Albany being investigated. I'm sure there are lots of people the Feds could investigate. Take the keys and lock all of them up.
2 years only and he still out on bail until the supreme court hearing. what a corrupt system
I'am sure the landlords will be praying for him.
I hope he expires in some dank cell far from his horses and "historic" barn.
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" Anonymous said...
the nys tweed prison score DEMOCRATS 30 REPUBLICANS 1
Got any -facts- for that, ol man?
Wishful thinking.
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