Law firm paid Skelos $170K a year to do nothing: prosecutors

Former NY Senate majority leader and son going on trial Nov. 16

Dean Skelos Adam Skelos
From left: Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos

Not only did Dean Skelos, the former New York State Senate Majority Leader, use political muscle to score his son Adam a “no-show job,” he’s done the same thing for himself since the 1990s, according to prosecutors.

Skelos got a position at Uniondale-based law firm Ruskin Moscou Faltischek in 1994 that paid him around $170,000 per year. But despite being on the firm’s books, “there is no indication the senator performs any legal services,” according to new court papers.

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Skelos, 67, resigned from his position in May after being hit with federal corruption charges for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from developers – namely Leonard Litwin’s Glenwood Management – in exchange for political favors.

Skelos and his son Adam, 32, will go on trial starting Nov. 16, with Adam also alleged to have accepted no-show employment positions thanks to his father’s influence. [NYP]Rey Mashayekhi