Dean Skelos, the convicted former New York state Senate majority leader, will be released from federal prison and has been approved for home confinement, prosecutors reported in court filings. 

The filing—which indicated that the federal agency was also mulling the possibility of keeping Skelos in custody—was the latest in a back-and-forth over whether the ex-lawyer would be released after testing positive for COVID-19.

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