Dean Skelos
On the record
Skelos consults for / arranges no-show consulting fees from Glenwood Management multifamily-real-estate / rent-reg interests to his son Adam Skelos — basis of 2015 federal honest-services + extortion conviction (5-year sentence; SCOTUS Skilling-line retried 2018 — convicted again on remaining counts). Convicted Dec 2015 on extortion + bribery
SEVERITY · FELONY · CRIMES · bribery, extortion
Background
Dean Skelos served as Senate Majority Leader · Senate of New York from 2008–2015 (7 years). Before this office: State Senator · Senate (1984-2015). Press-relevant: Convicted Dec 2015 on extortion + bribery. Same-year political environment (2008): Governor David Paterson; Attorney General Andrew Cuomo; Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez.
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Others who held this office in New York
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins (2019-present)
- John Flanagan (2015-2018)
- Joseph Bruno (1995-2008)