In re Velella

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent Guy J. Velella was admitted to the practice of law in New York by the First Judicial Department on July 8, 1971. At all times relevant to these proceedings, respondent, a New York State Senator, maintained senate offices in Albany and in Bronx County, within the First Judicial Department.

By an indictment filed in May 2002, respondent, chairman of the Bronx Republican Party, was charged in the Supreme Court, New York County, with conspiracy in the fourth degree in violation of Penal Law § 105.10 (1), four counts of bribe receiving in the second degree in…