Yet. At about 3 45 this afternoon, a jury of eight women and four men returned their charges. Charges included fraud. The basic gist of the scheme was he earmarked 500,000 in state money for cancer university. That doctor then in turn referred Cancer Patients to a law firm affiliated with Sheldon Silver. He got about 3 million in the scheme. There was another scheme alleged in this complaint and he was convicted of about a Million Dollars gained by Sheldon Silver in that. Hes 71 years old. He went to the Assembly First in 1976. He was elevated to speakership in 1994. He was indicted of january this year. He resigned his speakership in february but stayed on as an Assembly Member representing the lower east side. As soon as he was convicted this afternoon he was forced to give up his position. Again, guilty on all seven charges. We heard from him a couple minutes ago saying he is extremely disappointed in todays verdict. Well bring you more later on. Reporting in lower manhattan, dave e
For allegedly killing their mother. I lot a little bit of closure. Everyday i was waking up wondering why someone would kill my mother. Reporter relief for a son hearing his mothers accused killer had been arrested. Nearly 10 months after victoria hammond hammonds body was found in a pool of blood inside her coney island comb. He hit her upside the head with a bottle and stabbed her 4 times . Reporter tonight her sons and an army of family and friends packed a brooklyn courtroom. I wanted to see who would want to do something to a lovely lady like that. I4 reporter 43yearold Gregory White may have eluded capture even longer if he had obeyed subway rules. White was approached by officers on a southbound atrain near Columbus Circle because he took up two seats with with his legs. After police ran his name and Law Enforcement sources say white admitted to killing hammond, who he was acquainted selfdefense, a claim that angers hammonds family who say grandmother. She was the best woman tha
Its the first in the south primary and thats why ten other republican president ial candidates are here right now. In greenville, south carolina, back to you. Connecticut governor danah malloy is ordering budget cuts totaling more than 100 million. Executive Branch Agencies will feel the bulk of the cutbacks. Malloy is asking legislative and judicial leaders to slash spending as well. The administration pegged the move on stock losses that cut into anticipated state ref knew. And governor malloy was in stand ford today to raise emilys law. It raises the age for operating a boat to 16. And it also requires boat operators to complete a safety course. The law is named after an 18yearold that was struck and killed by a boat that was skeletal remains were found this morning. Also found, a red windbreaker with nyc Lifeguard Department of parks printed on the back and a black baseball cap with puerto rico stitched on it, and a green backpack. If you recognize the items, youre asked to call po
It is dropped. Cespedes couldnt make the catch how abou yet thar effort . Digging around third. Matt harvey threw the royals, hitting an insidethepark home run. First of the world series since 1929. That was just the beginning. New yorks jen maxfield is at citi field. I hope you didnt stay up for the whole 14 innings. You would be late for work this morning. Reporter thats right. Some of us caught some of the game before coming in to work today. You said it was a special night. Well, it was also one for the record books this morning. At is how long that game went. The longest game one in a world series ever at 5 09 long. This disappointing 54 loss for the mes who vowed to come back and tie up this series in game two in kansas city. Another thing that made this a watched at home endured technical difficulties when the fox feed went black. When escobar hit an insidethepark home run on a very first pitch from matt halvevy. They were leading 43 in the eighth but the royals tied it up, send
Thank you, that shooting in philadelphia reminding a lot of us about that deadly shooting against two officers. A gunman walked up and opened fire killing them. Both were promoted to detective. The gunman killed himself. The nypd is taking no actions with the security of its own officers. The department sent out an internal memo reminds officers to stay alert following the attacks in philly also the attacks in paris. The two incidents demonstrate theres a continued threat to Law Enforcement personnel including threats from terrorists. Well the latest attack comes one day after federal officials arrested two men in two states on terror related charges. A 23yearold iraqi citizen was taken into custody in california. Hes accused of lying to authorities about traveling to mean while, an unidentified man is also arrested in houston texas. And the man accused of plotting planning a terror attack in western new york on new years eve appeared in federal court today. Emanuel lunchman planned to