Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:13 PM EDT
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A Manhattan federal court judge sentence disgraced former Queens legislator Brian McLaughlin to 10 years in prison Wednesday, tossing aside a superseding plea agreement signed with the U.S. attorney’s office and calling the one-time state assemblyman “brazen and perversely creative.”
“Your conduct hearkens back to another era,” Judge [...]

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
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A letter written by state Sen. Frank Padavan (R−Bellerose) on behalf of disgraced former colleague Brian McLaughlin set off a firestorm of political rhetoric last week.
State Democrats blasted Padavan for writing a letter to the judge who is set to sentence McLaughlin next week after he pleaded [...]

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
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The more than three−year−long saga that has obliterated the reputation of one of Queens’ most influential political and labor leaders may finally come to a close next week.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan said former Democratic Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin was scheduled to be sentenced in Manhattan federal [...]