1. Dean George Skelos was born on February 16,1948 and is an American former politician and convict from Long Island, New York.
19 Facts About Dean Skelos
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Dean Skelos served as Senate Majority Leader in 2008 and again from 2011 to 2015.
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Dean Skelos forfeited his Senate seat when he was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2015.
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Dean Skelos's retrial resulted in a second conviction on July 17,2018.
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Dean Skelos was sentenced to four years and three months in prison, and he began his prison term in January 2019.
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Dean Skelos was born on February 16,1948, in Rockville Centre, New York, the oldest of four children.
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Dean Skelos was automatically disbarred in 2016 following a felony conviction.
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Dean Skelos was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1980.
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From 1995 to 2008, Dean Skelos was Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate.
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In 2013, as Senate Majority Leader, Dean Skelos was responsible for suspending Senate rules and bringing the NY SAFE Act to the Senate floor.
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Dean Skelos voted for the SAFE Act and advocated its passage.
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On May 4,2015, Dean Skelos was arrested on federal corruption charges.
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Dean Skelos was convicted on December 11,2015; he was automatically expelled from the Senate due to his conviction.
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Dean Skelos was accused of taking official actions to benefit a small Arizona environmental company, AbTech Industries, and a large New York developer, Glenwood Management, that had financial ties to AbTech.
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Dean Skelos stepped down from his majority leader post in the Senate on May 11,2015; he had already begun a leave of absence from the law firm of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek.
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On October 23,2018, Dean Skelos was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison.
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Dean Skelos reported to the Federal Correctional Institute in Otisville, Orange County, New York to begin his prison term on January 8,2019.
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Under New York State law, Dean Skelos continued to draw his annual pension of nearly $100,000 while in prison.
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Dean Skelos tested positive for COVID-19 in April 2020 and was released from prison to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.