<div id="subtitle">NY jury convicts ex-Senate leader Bruno on 2 corruption charges in pay-to-play trial</div><div><p>A federal jury has convicted former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno on two counts of corruption and acquitted him on five others.</p><p>The jurors also tell U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe that they can't come to a decision on an eighth count.</p><p>Bruno, once one of the state's most powerful politicians, was accused of denying New Yorkers his honest services while enriching himself in the amount of $3.2 million by using his state influence.</p><p>The trial exposed Albany's practice of influence-peddling by lawmakers. Bruno consulted for three businessmen and solicited union pension investments from labor unions on behalf of two companies.</p><p>Prosecutors argued that Bruno was required to publicly disclose his business interests and associates.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=64970190&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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