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Ex-NY Senate leader gets 5 years in prison for corruption

(AP) -- 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 Thursday to five years in prison

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May 12, 2016, 9:05 PM

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