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Senate Republicans finally pay back Dean Skelos for $50K loan
It took four years, but state Senate Republicans have finally repaid a $50,000 loan from their crooked old boss, Dean Skelos. Campaign records show the loan was quietly settled on...
State GOP still owes Skelos $50K — but there's a catch
Republicans in the state Senate are in a jam: They owe $50,000 to former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, but if they pay it back, they'll be accused of aiding a...
Now that Skelos was found guilty again, who will be next?
For the fourth time in as many months, a federal jury found one of Albany’s former top power brokers guilty of corruption. Ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was convicted Tuesday...
Dean Skelos, son found guilty on all counts in corruption retrial
A Manhattan federal jury found Dean Skelos, the once powerful head of the New York Senate, guilty on all counts in his corruption retrial Tuesday -- affirming a 2015 verdict...
Juror note signals Skelos retrial verdict could take a while
A verdict in the father-son corruption retrial of Dean and Adam Skelos could take awhile, it emerged Monday. A juror deliberating the high-profile case sent a note to Manhattan federal...
Cuomo distances himself from disgraced pal after conviction
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who once called Alain Kaloyeros a genius and "New York's secret weapon," acted Friday like he barely knew the guy he entrusted with the corruption-ridden "Buffalo Billion"...
Lawyer makes case for Dean Skelos to walk free
A lawyer for Dean Skelos urged jurors to acquit the former state Senate majority leader of bribery and extortion charges, saying the government did not prove its case — or...
Dean Skelos throws son under the bus in corruption case
Once-powerful politician Dean Skelos threw his beloved son under the bus Tuesday, telling jurors at their Manhattan corruption trial that it was "improper" of Adam Skelos to accept money for...
Dean Skelos denied knowledge of son's $20K do-nothing gigs
Former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos denied knowing his son accepted $20,000 for work he never did, a cushy gig the feds say he got thanks to his dad’s...
Dean Skelos chokes up on stand talking about troubled son
Ex-state Sen. Dean Skelos choked up on the witness stand Friday as he spoke publicly for the first time about why he asked companies lobbying him in Albany to help...
Dean Skelos to take stand in corruption retrial
Ex-state Sen. Dean Skelos was preparing to take the witness stand Friday at his corruption retrial in Manhattan federal court, after dodging giving testimony the first time. Skelos's co-defendant and...
D’Amato's soon-to-be ex 'banned' from entering court
The soon-to-be ex-wife of Al D’Amato was barred from attending a Manhattan federal court trial after telling The Post her husband, who was scheduled to testify, would “flip out” as...
Why D’Amato's soon-to-be ex showed up at Skelos' retrial
Senator Pothole could be walking into a landmine. Expecting her husband to take the stand as a witness, the estranged wife of former US Sen. Al D’Amato attended the corruption...
Adam Skelos made over $100K while dad claimed he was 'struggling'
Adam Skelos was earning well over six figures a year when his Senate majority leader dad, Dean Skelos, was allegedly shaking down businesses to get his son do-nothing jobs, it...
Adam Skelos used 'girlfriend' code for burner phone: witness
After news leaked about a federal investigation into Albany corruption, Adam Skelos told his boss at an environmental company to pretend he was having girl problems whenever he wanted to...
Adam Skelos held company 'hostage' for bigger salary: ex-boss
Adam Skelos’ former boss at an environmental company testified that he tried to stop the son of the powerful state Senate majority leader from holding his company “hostage” in exchange...
Witness: I bribed Adam Skelos to get Dean Skelos off client's back
A witness at the corruption retrial of former state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos said he once gave the senator’s son a $20,000 check to help get “Dean off [the]...
Adam Skelos' lawyer repeatedly calls him 'Adolf' in court
A lawyer for the son of ex-state Sen. Dean Skelos bungled his client’s name multiple times at the father-son corruption trial Monday, calling Adam Skelos “Adolf” before apologizing and then...
Skelos son made threats dad would block contract unless he got a raise
The son of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos threatened to have his dad block a $12 million contract to an environmental company he was working for unless he...
Dean Skelos vowed to run against 'full of s--t' Cuomo
Former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos vowed to run against “full of s--t” Andrew Cuomo after the governor came out against fracking in late 2014, it emerged at Skelos’...