Brooklyn Democratic Assemblyman William Boyland was acquitted today of federal corruption charges, part of an overarching graft case that ensnared an additional Democratic lawmaker and top lobbyists.

Boyland had been accused of taking a $175,000 no-show consultancy contract in exchange for favorable state deals for a health organization that maintains hospitals in Brooklyn and Queens.

Sen. Carl Kruger, Boyland and the others were charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in a bribery scheme that involved allegedly accepting illicit payments in exchange for favors. Kruger himself was accused of accepting cash in exchange for streamlining hospital mergers that allowed him to live a lavish, if not somewhat bizarre, lifestyle.

The case also ensured well-known lobbyis Richard Lipsky, real estate developer Aaron Malinsky, health care consultant Solomon Kalish, former Chief Executive Officer of Parkway Hospital, Robert Aquino, and Michael Turano, a Manhattan-based gynecologist were also issued.

NY1′s Josh Robin tweets that relieved parents and allies of Boyland ripped the media for coverage of that lawmaker. Boyland, according to Robin, says he plans to “sleep” now that the trial is over.

As Brooklyn Politics and The Daily News’s Bill Hammond ably pointed out, Boyland is the scion of a politically connected family in Brooklyn.

Kruger, accused of taking $1 million in bribes in exhange for ushering through favorable state contracts, faces a separate trial.

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