The trial of Mr. Silver, 74, is just one of a series of federal corruption cases being tried in Manhattan this year. In the first trial, prosecutors showed that Mr. Silver arranged to have the State Health Department award two grants totaling $500,000 to a Columbia University cancer researcher, Robert N. Taub. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyProsecutors have said that in another scheme, Mr. Silver arranged to have two real estate developers, Glenwood Management and the Witkoff Group, send tax business to a law firm, Goldberg & Iryami, that also sent Mr. Silver part of its fees. Mr. Silver supported real estate legislation that benefited the developers, the government said. “The prosecution, on the other hand, really can’t change the nature of the testimony from the first trial to the second trial,” Mr. Brafman added.

Source: New York Times April 29, 2018 15:00 UTC