Nov 2, 2009 1:59 pm US/Eastern
Jury Chosen For Former NY Pol's Corruption Trial
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NY Senate Leader Joseph Bruno (File Image)
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Twelve jurors and four alternates have been seated for the corruption trial of former New York state Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno.
Opening arguments are scheduled for the afternoon and the first witnesses may be questioned soon after on the trial's opening day.
Once a top power broker in New York, the 80-year-old Bruno is accused of using his position to collect more than $3 million in return for using his influence to benefit labor unions and private businessmen.
He has pleaded not guilty and denounced the eight-count January indictment as a politically motivated fishing expedition.
Bruno seized the Senate's majority leadership post in a 1994 overthrow. He retired in July 2008 after serving more than 30 years representing an Albany-area district.
After his retirement, Bruno became chief executive officer of CMA Consulting Services. CMA, an information technology consulting business based in the Albany County suburb of Latham, is headed by Kay McCabe Stafford, the widow of Republican Sen. Ronald Stafford.
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