True News Wags the NYP Again
Yesterday True News: Pig Kruger Cries Because He Got Caught and is Going to Jail
Today's NYP Editorial: One sorry senator (NYP Ed) What a wimp. That would be former state Sen. Carl Kruger, who in federal court yesterday cried his way through guilty pleas on four bribery and fraud charges. “I accept responsibility for my actions and am truly sorry for my conduct,” Kruger sobbed to Manhattan Federal Court Judge Jed Rakoff. Isn’t that what they all say? Translation: I’m so very, very sorry that I was caught, sir. Now won’t you pretty please go easy on contrite little ol’ me?
Another Amigo Bites the Dust
State Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., the last of the Four Amigos, says his colleagues were targeted for being independent and were criticized unfairly, unlike the Independent Democratic Conference
Kruger Still Gets His State Pension
Former Sen. Carl Kruger’s annual pension is $74,071.80,
and he will be collecting it despite his guilty plea. The provision
that strips lawmakers convicted of felonies in connection with their
public posts that was included in the new ethics law does not have a grandfather clause.
Crybaby senator going to jail(NYP) * Senator Admits Bribery Charges(WSJ) * Tearful Senator Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes(NYT) * GOP vows to compete for Kruger seat(NYP) * Kruger Resigns, Pleads Guilty To Federal Corruption Charges(NY1) * Carl Kruger breaks down sobbing as he pleads guilty to bribery(NYDN) * Carl the crud (NYDN) * New York Senate's ‘Four Amigos’ down to just 1 (NYDN)* Cuomo Calls Kruger Case ‘Unfortunate’(YNN) * Reform isn’t exactly sweeping through Albany, as Kruger’s guilty plea won’t take away his “lush legislative pension” while the state’s ethics commission held a secret session at its first public meeting (NYP) * The plea was an about-face for Kruger, who vehemently declared his innocence and pleaded not guilty when he was indicted in March.* Rory Lancman wants to expand the Martin Act. * Kruger can, and has been spending campaign funds on his legal defense *A Language of Corruption, Spelled in Sobs and Shame(NYT)* The Bigger They Come Winners Are Sinners In Too Many Cases(NY Civic)
Did
the NYT Cover the Kruger Plea As A Gay Soap Opera to Protect Developer
Rattner Who Gained State $$$ From the Ex-Senators Bribes
"Baby Talk" From NYT:
"As Mr. Kruger read his allocution and broke down, wiping away tears,
his emotion seemed to spread to Michael Turano, who held his eyes and
wiped away his own tears. . . The people said that the senator wanted
to spare his companion the rigors of a high-profile trial and the
possibility of a much higher sentence, but that the decision was a
complex one and that he chose to plead for other reasons as well. . .
The Baby Talk Plea Coverage
The
FBI agent said that a wiretap, which captured the men in nearly daily
contact, revealed that they “sometimes spoke to one another in baby
talk.. Beside him, separated by one of Mr. Kruger’s lawyers, sat the
gynecologist who court papers suggested was the senator’s intimate
companion; he, too, would weep uncontrollably as he pleaded guilty to a
lesser charge a few minutes later. . . ” "Tearful Senator Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes(NYT)
NYT Covered Krugger Indictment and Bribe Payment to Developer Bruce Ratner Company
NYT March 10, 2010
Also highlighted in the criminal complaint
was “a significant real estate development firm,” identified as “Real
Estate Developer No. 1,” that was “spearheading an over $4 billion,
multiyear, mixed-use commercial and residential development project in
Brooklyn.”
The
description left little doubt that the firm was Forest City Ratner,
the developer behind the Atlantic Yards project, a 22-acre residential
and retail complex in Brooklyn that includes a new home for the Nets.. .
. The complaint accused Mr. Kruger, a Brooklyn Democrat, of taking at
least $1 million in bribes in exchange for help on state matters,
including bribes from Richard Lipsky, a lobbyist for Forest City Ratner,
and other clients. The complaint said the company’s “vice
president of governmental affairs and public relations” — Bruce R.
Bender has that role at Forest City Ratner — had asked Mr. Kruger last
December for state money for three projects: $9 million for the Carlton
Avenue Bridge, which is to be replaced as part of the Atlantic Yards
project; $2 million for a retail development in the Mill Basin
neighborhood of Brooklyn; and $4 million for the renovation of the skating rink in Prospect Park, a public project.* Quietly,
and without allegations of FCR-related influence or bribery, Prospect
Park's Lakeside project gets $2.687 million from the state (Atlantic
Years Report) * State
Senator Kruger pleads guilty, resigns; no mention of "Real Estate
Developer #1," but plea includes admission that legislator helped Forest
City Ratner executive(Atlantic Years Report)
Kruger Lipsky On FBI Tape:
Lobbyist Richard Lipsky would ask Kruger if he got the memo yet? According to the FBI that question was asked by Lipsky to make sure Krugrer got the bribe pay off.
If NY is Hit With A Nuclear Bomb All That Will Be Left Are Roaches and Lobbyists
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| Teflon Man |
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara accused Lipsky of funneling $252,000 from clients as bribes into the pockets of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Carl Kruger, who was charged with a wide range of corrupt activities.
The Slow And Quiet Return Of Richard Lipsky(CHN)
Lobbying reports on file with the city and state show Lipsky billed at least $28,500 to three clients in March and April. Even if Lipsky is convicted, he may still be able to fall back on his connections: While felons are barred from voting in New York state, they are free to work as registered lobbyists. Former Bronx Sen. Guy Velella worked as a lobbyist after he was released from prison on corruption charges.
Time to Rat Carl Kruger to Limit Jail Time
One corruption trial for Brooklyn state Sen. Carl Kruger: judge(NYP)
Kruger and FCR Bruce Bender Came Out of the Corrupt Brooklyn Machine
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| Indicted Let Off Because of Health |
The Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club: lasting connections to a Brooklyn power base have meant Atlantic Yards support
Judge Drops Charges Against an Ailing Meade Esposito
Former Democratic Leader in Brooklyn Is Convicted - New York Times
Feds Order Vito to Give up Info on his Empire * Inside Vito’s Long Island Love Nest * House organ! Vito and allies have their own state-financed newspaper * Architect draws $1 million in business after working on Vito Lopez's home * This is supposed to be a senior center. It’s actually Vito Lopez’s clubhouse* Brooklyn Democratic boss Vito Lopez has secret army - uses senior center staff for political machine * Feds eye Lopez low-rise plan as Hasid favor * Vito Lopez scandal group got $24M to fix '$10' houses
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Kruger's campaigns see big 'Net' gains
State Sen. Carl Kruger -- who, the feds charge, directed state money to the Atlantic Yards project, which includes a new Nets arena -- took thousands of dollars in campaign cash from deep-pocketed donors connected to its developer, the team and the arena. (NYP)
1. Ratner Forest City Lobbyist Lipsky Arrested for Bribery
Richard Lipsky, a former Ratner lobbyist who, with Kruger, was charged by feds on March 9 in a $1 million bribery case, legally gave Kruger's coffers $3,500 between 2003 and 2007, and Lipsky's wife, Dorothy, gave $9,000 between 2008 and 2010, state data show. Lipsky was caught on FBI wiretaps allegedly paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to Kruger, who is charged with directing state cash to Forest City's $4 billion Atlantic Yards project and other Lipsky clients.* Lipsky already earned $40,600 lobbying this year
2. Ratner Forest City Lobbyist Arrested for Bribery in Yonkers
ZehyJereis in Oct. 2006 was given a one-year, $60,000 real estate consulting contract by FCR in what prosecutors claim was a payoff by the company for getting Annabi to drop her opposition to the development. Jereis had no experience in the real estate business and never submitted monthly work reports to FCR until March 2007 when the feds began dropping subpoenas as part of the Yonkers investigation, prosecutors said. Last year, SandyAnnabi was charged by federal authorities with accepting more than $166,000 in bribes to vote in favor of Ridge Hill and another Yonkers development.
Kruger Scandal Gets Cute
Lipsky was Ratner's Forest City 2nd Lobbyist Bribery Indictment in A Year
Last Sunday's True News
Today's NYP
In 2006, Bender, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing, was the point man for Forest City's efforts to win approval from Yonkers for a $630 million commercial and residential development. A Yonkers councilwoman, Sandy Annabi, stunningly switched her position on the development, and helped pass it. Last year, Annabi was charged by federal authorities with accepting more than $166,000 in bribes to vote for that deal and another development. A Forest City spokesman said the company backs Bender, and noted, "We cooperated fully with the [Yonkers] investigation, and neither the company nor any of its employees were found to engage in wrongful behavior."
FOREST CITY RATNER EXEC WHO LOBBIED "CROOKED" STATE SEN. CARL ...(NYP)
FOREST CITY RATNER EXEC WHO LOBBIED "CROOKED" STATE SEN. CARL ...(NYP)
The Sunday Krugerpalooza
Insights into the relationship between State Senator Carl Kruger, lobbyist John Lipsky and developer Forest City Ratner continue.New York Daily News, Crooked Carl Kruger wallowed in Albany's corrupt pork-barrel slush-fund ways An FBI listening device showed just how much money an individual lawmaker can control - and just how routinely a legislator can dole it out, without accountability or sound judgment, to special friends.
Anthony Seminerio Traps Carl Kruger
Ex-Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio shook down Parkway Hospital, says suit (DN)
Timeline: Carl Kruger and the Turano Family
State Senator Carl Kruger, an Albany power broker, and the Turano family of Mill Basin, Brooklyn, are players in a story of corruption, bribery and lavish living.
Turner attacking his Democratic opponent, David Weprin, for taking money from disgraced lobbyist Richard Lipsky for his City Council and Comptroller campaigns $1,000.
“David Weprin knows Richard Lipsky is awaiting federal trial for
bribery and he knows he took money from him, so it surprising that Mr.
Weprin has not returned the cash,” said Turner campaign. Lipsky is
accused by federal prosecutors of bribing Carl Kruger.
Senator Kruger Allegedly Steals Families, Too (Sheepshead Bay Bites)
Future Fed Prisoner Kruger Still Thinks He is A State Senator?
'Tampering With Evidence' After Death Of 15-Year-Old Boy
Sen. Carl Kruger, who was indicted on corruption charges along with Boyland earlier this year, is being accused of injecting himself into the investigation of the death of a 15-year-old Brooklyn student who fell off the roof of a school Tuesday night, the Daily News says Political low: State Sen. Carl Kruger accused of trespassing on crime scene Kruger reportedly stepped behind police lines at the crime scene of 15-year-old's death to make point about underage drinking. (NYDN)
Lobbyist Richard Lipsky Indicted With Kruger Gave Funds to Weprin
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