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they nailed Skelos and his son too.


Ex-New York Senate Leader Skelos, Son Get Prison Terms
By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister | May 16, 2016

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A once-powerful New York politician convicted of using his position as Senate majority leader to help his son extort hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced May 12 to five years in prison after each asked for mercy for the other.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were convicted last year of extortion, conspiracy and bribery in the latest of a spate of corruption cases that roiled Albany.

U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood gave the son 6 1/2 years in prison, saying he deserved more time because of his thuggish behavior during the scheme to force big companies to give him consulting and other work.

The judge imposed terms that were significantly lower than ones sought by prosecutors, noting that the dollar value in the case “pales in comparison” to that of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was sentenced this month to 12 years in prison in his $5 million bribery case.

But Wood told the 68-year-old Skelos: “The effect of your crime has much in common with him. … You have caused immeasurable damage to New Yorkers’ confidence in the integrity of government.”

In a statement, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said there was no precedent for the “nearly simultaneous convictions of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.”

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the sentences “show there is zero tolerance for those who use public service for private gain.”