ALBANY – The retrial of Joseph Bruno for fraudulently trading on his position as the most powerful Republican in the New York State Legislature will begin Monday in the Northern District of New York.

Sixty-two potential jurors are scheduled to gather for jury selection in Albany before Judge Gary Sharpe (See Profile), who presided over Bruno’s first trial in 2009 and sentenced him to two years in prison after he was convicted on two felony counts of theft of “honest services” mail fraud.