4/3/2013
New York College Of Criminal Politicians (Albany Watch)
The list of troubled New York state lawmakers continues to grow, with former state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith charged Tuesday as part of a bribery and extortion scheme to get on the Republican ballot line for the New York City mayoral race.* A Gallery of Rogues in Albany (NYT) *Newsday Showed Bosses Demanding Cash for Jobs, Including Judgeships, Years Ago – Just as Now(Brooklyn Ron)
Albany Upset With Molinaro Not Because He Is A Corrupt Lobbyist, But Because He Called Lady Gaga A Slut
Molinaro appointment sinks over Lady Gaga ‘slut’ remark(NYP) Lady Gaga got her revenge. Gov. Cuomo’s appointment of Staten Island conservative, anti-Gaga basher James Molinaro to CUNY’s Board of Trustees got torpedoed by the state Senate Friday night. Among Molinaro’s Senate-confirmation woes: calling Gaga a “slut,” which rankled women’s-rights advocates, sources said. The former Staten Island borough president’s views on cutting funding for unwed teen moms also drew fire from liberals. Molinaro has joined the Pitta Bishop Del Giorno and Giblin LLC government relations and consulting firm, a company with strong ties to the Island. * City Hall's new 'in' crowd of lobbyists | Crain's New York ...
To the Winner Lobbyists Goes the Spoils (City Council)
Since the 2013 elections Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin has picked up of 70 clients to lobby for. 51 clients to lobby the city council, 17 to lobby the office of the mayor
Another big winner of 2013 made a similar argument. Jon Del Giorno, sitting in his firm's 28th-floor conference room a few blocks from City Hall, downplayed the notion that his closeness with Ms. Mark-Viverito will help his firm, Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin, which has hovered near the bottom of, or just out of, the top-10 list. Pitta Bishop has done Ms. Mark-Viverito's election-law compliance since 2005, and last year Mr. Del Giorno quarterbacked her uphill speaker bid. In a clever and unprecedented move, the firm set up a 2017 campaign account for an unspecified office with the state Board of Elections, which allowed Ms. Mark-Viverito to raise $100,000 and hire a full staff for her run, despite needing just 26 votes from council colleagues to win. More than $21,000 of the money reportedly came from Pitta Bishop's long roster of business and labor clients, and gave Ms. Mark-Viverito an edge over her rivals. Common Cause New York said the new speaker was "exploiting" the state's lax campaign-finance system.
The Speakers Lobbyists Cash In
Lobby for the City Council Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin,: MedReview, Inc., Meadows Office Supply Co., Inc., National Lighthouse Museum, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc., Knickerbocker Plaza LLC, Local 420 AFSCME AFL-CIO, Vera Institute of Justice, Inc., Hotel, Restaurant & Club Employees & Bartenders Union Local 6, New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council AFL-CIO, Detectives Endowment Association Police Department, City of New York Inc., Lakeside Manor Home For Adults Inc., Community Health Center of Richmond, Inc,, Grasmere and Cameron Lakes Bluebelt Conservancy, Inc., Plumbers and Gasfitters Local Union No. 1 of the United Association, New York State Conference of IUOE, Richmond Uni Home Care, Inc., Adco Electrical Corp, BIO-REFERENCE LABORATORIES, INC., New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel Assoc. of NYC, Inc. Health Benefits Fund, LOCAL 372 NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES, UNITE HERE, MagnaCare Administrative Services, LLC, District Council No. 4, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO, A.T.U.-Division 1181-1061 AFL-CIO, OFFICE &PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 153, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades DC 9 , RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14-14B, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Glenwood Management Corp., LOCAL UNION NO. 94-94A-94B, I.U.O.E., AFL-CIO, NYSARC, INC., NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER, New York Black Operator's Injury Compensation Fund, Inc., UNIFORMED SANITATIONMEN'S ASS'N LOCAL 831 - I.B.T, Associated Brick Mason Contractors of Greater New York, Inc., East Side Alliance Against Overdevelopment, Inc., Urgent-MD Hewlett Management LLC , SOSH Architects, P.A.,, Lobby for the City Council and office of the mayor Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin,: New York Wheel LLC, WellPoint, Inc., Pier A Battery Park Associates, LLC, Garage Employees Local Union No. 272, Staten Island Marine Development, LLC, The Francis School, Chef's Choice Cash & Carry Food Distributor, Inc., THE WITKOFF GROUP LLC, Il Commandatore Restaurant Inc., RJ LEE GROUP, INC., Cameron Club of Staten island, Inc., Milrose Consultants, Inc., Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, Inc, UNIFORMED FIRE ALARM DISPATCHERS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC. , Lobby for the office of the mayor Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin,: Gardeners/Growers/Landscapers Association of New York, Inc., Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, SOSH Architects, P.A.
First, let’s raise a cup to those this year who met the lofty standards of George Washington Plunkitt, the turn-of-the-last-century Tammany leader with a world view that he neatly summed up this way: “I seen my opportunities and I took ’em.”
A Perp Walk of Outstanding New York Politicians(NYT)
1/3/2013
In 2009 True News Wrote: The Albany Political Wall of Silence: Not One Pol Expresses Outrage, McLaughlin Goes to Jail
Albany's Political Wall of Silence Continues
Espada, Seminerio, Kruger, Monserrate, Huntley, Boyland, Norman, Lopez
Judge Sullivan Outrage At McLaughlin Accomplished Nothing
Judge Sullivan said. “This is a day of failure for everyone.” "Brian M. McLaughlin" the federal judge continued “You had every opportunity, and you used those opportunities and squandered them for your own benefit on a monumental scale.” The Judge slammed the former Democratic assemblyman for what the judge called a "brazen and perversely creative" theft scheme that funded a lavish lifestyle including three mistresses. Sullivan said the onetime labor leader -- who admitted stealing from taxpayers, political contributors, union members and even his local Little League -- preyed on more victims than the judge had ever before seen. A group of union leaders, family and friends submitted letters to Judge Sullivan for consideration during sentencing. The submissions come from people as wide-ranging as McLaughlin's Alcholics Anonymous sponsor to State Senator Padavan.
Comptroller Says Boyland Put In Fake Travel Reimbursements
Pol ‘pad’ to the bone(NYP) Embattled state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., already the target
of a federal corruption prosecution, allegedly falsified documents to
reel in more than $67,000 in phony travel reimbursements, according to a
bombshell report. The state Comptroller’s Office concluded that
Boyland, who will go on trial to face federal bribery charges this year,
lied about being in Albany on more than 600 claims to collect lodging,
food and mileage reimbursements.* In 2012, Boyland low on per diem list(TU)
1/12/2013
The Growing List of Member Items Piggy Pols Convicted
It’s
no surprise, of course, that lawmakers consider this issue
critical: The cash is used as taxpayer-funded bribes, handed out to
local groups to buy friends and votes. While such perversity is
technically legal — and, until three years ago, funded to the tune of
$200 million a year — lawmakers have managed to find ways to use it for
illegal purposes as well. The names of ex-pols like Hiram
Monserrate, Carl Kruger and Pedro Espada — all of whom were convicted of
diverting taxpayer funds for their own benefit — leap to mind. And just
this week, ex-City Councilman Larry Seabrook drew a five-year sentence
for similar hanky-panky at the local level.
Lipsky Kruger Reunited in Jail
The Pay to Play Secret Life of the State Senate GOP #2
The list of troubled New York state lawmakers continues to grow, with former state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith charged Tuesday as part of a bribery and extortion scheme to get on the Republican ballot line for the New York City mayoral race.* A Gallery of Rogues in Albany (NYT) *Newsday Showed Bosses Demanding Cash for Jobs, Including Judgeships, Years Ago – Just as Now(Brooklyn Ron)
Albany Upset With Molinaro Not Because He Is A Corrupt Lobbyist, But Because He Called Lady Gaga A Slut
Molinaro appointment sinks over Lady Gaga ‘slut’ remark(NYP) Lady Gaga got her revenge. Gov. Cuomo’s appointment of Staten Island conservative, anti-Gaga basher James Molinaro to CUNY’s Board of Trustees got torpedoed by the state Senate Friday night. Among Molinaro’s Senate-confirmation woes: calling Gaga a “slut,” which rankled women’s-rights advocates, sources said. The former Staten Island borough president’s views on cutting funding for unwed teen moms also drew fire from liberals. Molinaro has joined the Pitta Bishop Del Giorno and Giblin LLC government relations and consulting firm, a company with strong ties to the Island. * City Hall's new 'in' crowd of lobbyists | Crain's New York ...
To the Winner Lobbyists Goes the Spoils (City Council)
Since the 2013 elections Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin has picked up of 70 clients to lobby for. 51 clients to lobby the city council, 17 to lobby the office of the mayor
Another big winner of 2013 made a similar argument. Jon Del Giorno, sitting in his firm's 28th-floor conference room a few blocks from City Hall, downplayed the notion that his closeness with Ms. Mark-Viverito will help his firm, Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin, which has hovered near the bottom of, or just out of, the top-10 list. Pitta Bishop has done Ms. Mark-Viverito's election-law compliance since 2005, and last year Mr. Del Giorno quarterbacked her uphill speaker bid. In a clever and unprecedented move, the firm set up a 2017 campaign account for an unspecified office with the state Board of Elections, which allowed Ms. Mark-Viverito to raise $100,000 and hire a full staff for her run, despite needing just 26 votes from council colleagues to win. More than $21,000 of the money reportedly came from Pitta Bishop's long roster of business and labor clients, and gave Ms. Mark-Viverito an edge over her rivals. Common Cause New York said the new speaker was "exploiting" the state's lax campaign-finance system.
The Speakers Lobbyists Cash In
First, let’s raise a cup to those this year who met the lofty standards of George Washington Plunkitt, the turn-of-the-last-century Tammany leader with a world view that he neatly summed up this way: “I seen my opportunities and I took ’em.”
1/3/2013
In 2009 True News Wrote: The Albany Political Wall of Silence: Not One Pol Expresses Outrage, McLaughlin Goes to Jail
Albany's Political Wall of Silence Continues
Espada, Seminerio, Kruger, Monserrate, Huntley, Boyland, Norman, Lopez
Judge Sullivan Outrage At McLaughlin Accomplished Nothing
Judge Sullivan said. “This is a day of failure for everyone.” "Brian M. McLaughlin" the federal judge continued “You had every opportunity, and you used those opportunities and squandered them for your own benefit on a monumental scale.” The Judge slammed the former Democratic assemblyman for what the judge called a "brazen and perversely creative" theft scheme that funded a lavish lifestyle including three mistresses. Sullivan said the onetime labor leader -- who admitted stealing from taxpayers, political contributors, union members and even his local Little League -- preyed on more victims than the judge had ever before seen. A group of union leaders, family and friends submitted letters to Judge Sullivan for consideration during sentencing. The submissions come from people as wide-ranging as McLaughlin's Alcholics Anonymous sponsor to State Senator Padavan.
Comptroller Says Boyland Put In Fake Travel Reimbursements
Pol ‘pad’ to the bone(NYP) Embattled state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., already the target
of a federal corruption prosecution, allegedly falsified documents to
reel in more than $67,000 in phony travel reimbursements, according to a
bombshell report. The state Comptroller’s Office concluded that
Boyland, who will go on trial to face federal bribery charges this year,
lied about being in Albany on more than 600 claims to collect lodging,
food and mileage reimbursements.* In 2012, Boyland low on per diem list(TU)1/12/2013
The Growing List of Member Items Piggy Pols Convicted
Lipsky Kruger Reunited in Jail
Lipsky lands in posh prison—with pol he bribed (CrainsNY) First, lobbyist Richard Lipsky received a mere three-month sentence for paying up to $200,000 in bribes to ex-state Sen. Carl Kruger of Brooklyn. Now, Mr. Lipsky will get to spend his short stint in the cushiest federal prison in New York—which happens to be Mr. Kruger’s new home
The Pay to Play Secret Life of the State Senate GOP #2
Libous's Property Records Highlight Gap(WSJ) Thomas Libous is best known as an Albany power broker, but
the state Senate deputy majority leader's financial disclosure report
offers a glimpse of a lesser-known role: Florida landlord. State Sen. Thomas Libous declined to
provide street names of several rental properties he owns in Florida in
his state disclosure reports, an apparent violation of ethics laws. Senator Thomas Libous Is Subject of Ethics Inquiry - NYTimes.com
The inquiry involves claims made from the witness stand in a Yonkers
corruption trial, Mangone, a felon, said Libous had asked him to give
Libous' son Matthew a
position in Mangone's law firm about six years ago. He said that a
senator would help the law firm get some business. Mangone testified
that Libous wanted his son to be paid $150,000 and be provided a car,
which the firm did. Mangone said the firm received $50,000 from a
business called Hiffa and Matthew Libous was in charge of the Hiffa account. Jimmy Vielkind takes a look at the second career of Carl Paladino as thorn in the side of Dean Skelos.* Tom Libous failed to provide the addresses of Florida rental properties he owns, in violation of the state campaign finance laws.
Mr. Espada will face up to 43 years in prison, in addition to “forfeiture, fines, and restitution in excess of $2 million
Pedro Espada pleads guilty to more corruption charges(ABC) * Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. pleads guily to tax fraud(NYP) * Disgraced ex-pol Pedro Espada and his son to plead guilty(NYDN) * Pedro Espada pleads guilty to tax fraud (Newsweek) * Espada Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud(WSJ) * Espada to Plead Guilty to Remaining Charges After Being Convicted of Theft(NYT) * Pedro Espada Jr. faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty today.* Former
State Senator Pedro Espada Jr., arriving at Brooklyn Federal Court on
October 12th, 2012, where he pleaded guilty to corruption charges. * Former Sen. Pedro Espada Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud(WCBS)
Former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and son set to cop plea in nonprofit scam(NYP) Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and his son are scheduled to plead guilty today in Brooklyn federal court after reaching a deal with prosecutors over charges they looted more than $500,000 from the Bronx health-care nonprofit they founded, sources said. * Cuomo Reacts To Espada’s Guilty Plea In The Most Burn-Worthy Way Possible(NYO)
The plea deal
would resolve Espada’s and Pedro Gautier Espada’s pending retrial in
Brooklyn federal court for which they stand accused of swindling the
Soundview Healthcare Network to fund a lavish lifestyle, as well as a
Manhattan federal court case in which they are accused of failing to pay
taxes on that money. Espada to Plead Guilty to Remaining Charges After Being Convicted of Theft(NYT) * Disgraced ex-pol Pedro Espada and his son to plead guilty (NYDN) * nPedro Espada expected to plea guilty on more corruption(WABC) * Espada, Son Expected To Plead Guilty In Deal With Feds(NY1) * Upper East Side Straphangers Think Trash Can Removal Is Complete Garbage
Espada Law
File the Campaign Finance Report or Face A Year in Jail
Some Albany Pols Not Think It Takes Threats of Jail Time to Make Their Fellow Legislatures to Follow the Rules
‘Espada’s Law’ takes aim at all piggy pols
(NYP) Add poster boy to disgraced ex-state Senate Majority Leader
Pedro Espada Jr.’s résumé. A new bill, dubbed “Espada’s Law,” would make
it a crime for any pol to repeatedly fail to file required
campaign-contribution and expense reports, as was the case with Espada.
The “Three Strikes and You’re in Jail” bill, would turn a politician’s
repeated failure
to file into a criminal misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in
jail. It’s now a civil offense. The crime would apply to any pol who
fails on three occasions to
disclose reports of campaign donations and expenses after receiving a
30-day warning that the filing is late. The New York Public Interest
Research Group found that more than 2,300
active campaign committees in New York controlling $31 million have
failed to file timely reports. * Pols defend their per diem spending (Queens Chroncile) * Report: Albany Pols Float "Espada's Law"(NY1)
From Seminerio To Kruger It Seems That Look Health Care Money As A Cash Cow Not As A Way to Help the Sick
The inspector general overseeing the municipal hospital system conceded
there are about 400 open investigations, some dating back to 2003. [David Seifman]
Mr. Espada will face up to 43 years in prison, in addition to “forfeiture, fines, and restitution in excess of $2 million
Pedro Espada pleads guilty to more corruption charges(ABC) * Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. pleads guily to tax fraud(NYP) * Disgraced ex-pol Pedro Espada and his son to plead guilty(NYDN) * Pedro Espada pleads guilty to tax fraud (Newsweek) * Espada Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud(WSJ) * Espada to Plead Guilty to Remaining Charges After Being Convicted of Theft(NYT) * Pedro Espada Jr. faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty today.* Former
State Senator Pedro Espada Jr., arriving at Brooklyn Federal Court on
October 12th, 2012, where he pleaded guilty to corruption charges. * Former Sen. Pedro Espada Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud(WCBS) Former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and son set to cop plea in nonprofit scam(NYP) Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and his son are scheduled to plead guilty today in Brooklyn federal court after reaching a deal with prosecutors over charges they looted more than $500,000 from the Bronx health-care nonprofit they founded, sources said. * Cuomo Reacts To Espada’s Guilty Plea In The Most Burn-Worthy Way Possible(NYO)
The plea deal
would resolve Espada’s and Pedro Gautier Espada’s pending retrial in
Brooklyn federal court for which they stand accused of swindling the
Soundview Healthcare Network to fund a lavish lifestyle, as well as a
Manhattan federal court case in which they are accused of failing to pay
taxes on that money. Espada to Plead Guilty to Remaining Charges After Being Convicted of Theft(NYT) * Disgraced ex-pol Pedro Espada and his son to plead guilty (NYDN) * nPedro Espada expected to plea guilty on more corruption(WABC) * Espada, Son Expected To Plead Guilty In Deal With Feds(NY1) * Upper East Side Straphangers Think Trash Can Removal Is Complete Garbage Espada Law
File the Campaign Finance Report or Face A Year in Jail
Some Albany Pols Not Think It Takes Threats of Jail Time to Make Their Fellow Legislatures to Follow the Rules
‘Espada’s Law’ takes aim at all piggy pols
(NYP) Add poster boy to disgraced ex-state Senate Majority Leader
Pedro Espada Jr.’s résumé. A new bill, dubbed “Espada’s Law,” would make
it a crime for any pol to repeatedly fail to file required
campaign-contribution and expense reports, as was the case with Espada.
The “Three Strikes and You’re in Jail” bill, would turn a politician’s
repeated failure
to file into a criminal misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in
jail. It’s now a civil offense. The crime would apply to any pol who
fails on three occasions to
disclose reports of campaign donations and expenses after receiving a
30-day warning that the filing is late. The New York Public Interest
Research Group found that more than 2,300
active campaign committees in New York controlling $31 million have
failed to file timely reports. * Pols defend their per diem spending (Queens Chroncile) * Report: Albany Pols Float "Espada's Law"(NY1)From Seminerio To Kruger It Seems That Look Health Care Money As A Cash Cow Not As A Way to Help the Sick
Judge Pedro Your Game Playing is Over
William Boyland Jr.’s Trial Set for Next July
(NYO)You’re going to have Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. to kick around a while longer.
Last year, Mr. Boyland was charged with soliciting bribes in order to
pay his legal bills in an otherwise unrelated bribery case, but jury
selection for this second trial won’t begin until July 15th, a federal
judge ruled today.VIP Padro
Former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. still believes he’s a VIP, and he’s stuck with an attorney who doesn’t want to represent him.
Lawyer disses Espada, who still thinks he’s ‘VIP’ (NYP) * Judge Tells Espada and Lawyer They Are Stuck With Each Other(NYT) * Lawyer can't ditch Pedro Espada: judge(NYDN)Joe Still Trying to Stay Out of Jail
At a pretrial hearing this week, Johnson brought in a prosecutor from Manhattan to handle the case against Damaris, 43, an NYPD sergeant, because of a potential conflict of interest.
The Congressman Grimm Rabbi Problem
‘Bagel’ pol kept up $chmear campaign (NYP) A bill for a $177 bagel isn’t the only outrageous expense claimed by
former City Councilman Larry Seabrook. The Bronx Democrat — whose
doctored bagel receipt was part of a federal corruption case that ended
with his conviction in July — plopped down $4,004
in taxpayer money on three new computers as he was facing trial,
according to council spending records obtained by The Post. Seabrook
also plunked down $400 on professional photography services.City Council
Speaker Christine Quinn's office approved some of the
$4,004 in taxpayer expenses requested by then-indicted councilman Larry
Seabrook, who bought new computers and hired a progressional
photographer. [Sally Goldenberg]Were is the Outrage? Not 1 Editorials Against the Member Item System Seabrook Used As A Piggy Bank
‘Bagel’ pol to get loxed up: Mere 5 yrs. for Seabrook in $cam
(NYP) Bagel-loving, crooked ex-Bronx Councilman Larry Seabrook got lightly
toasted yesterday by a judge who cut him a break for a brazen fraud
scheme involving more than $1 million in taxpayer money.Manhattan federal Judge Deborah Batts ordered the Bronx Democrat to
serve five years in the slammer, rejecting recommendations from the feds
that Seabrook get locked up for at least seven-plus years.Former NYC Councilman Larry Seabrook, a fixture in state politics for nearly three decades, was sentenced
to five years in a federal prison for using his office to steer
taxpayer money to ventures he controlled and staffed with family and
friends.* Ex-Lawmaker Gets 5 Years in Corruption(NYT) * Ex-Council Member Is Sentenced to 5 Years(WSJ) * Former City Councilman Gets Five Years In Fraud Case(NY1) * Larry Seabrook sentenced to five years for misappropriation(NYDN) * One editorial board cheers the sentencing of former councilman Larry Seabrook. [Daily News] Seabrook's Bagel Was Lightly Toasted by Judge Batts
The NYT Rightly Blasts Another Governement Sweetheart Deal With the Banks But Nothing About Seabrook Light Sentence?
Another Slap on the Wrist(NYT Ed) A new deal on foreclosure abuses does more for banks than for borrowers
The Sentencing Sounded Like Seabook Was Running For Reelection . . . Dysfunctional Political Morality
Where is the Press Demanding An End to Member Items? Where is Seabrook Fellow Councilmembers Including Speaker Quinn Condemning His Stealing?
Judge’s break saves this piggy’s bacon(Peyser, NYP)
Throughout the loony sentencing hearing, Seabrook held onto the
delusional belief that he was doing good work for the very people from
whom he stole. “I also want to talk about 30 years of service to a
community,’’ said
Seabrook, who has also served in the Assembly and state Senate.“I
actually love the Northeast Bronx,’’ he said, “Giving them a lift
up so they will lift up . . . Giving these young people an opportunity
to go to college . . . Incarcerated individuals being given
opportunities . . .“I come as a proud man and I stand up to my beliefs. I
will continue to fight for giving service to people.’’ It was too much. Make him stop!
From the Times Ledger:
A real estate agent with questionable ties to U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding financial institutions in order to obtain mortgages for homes in southeast Queens. Edul Ahmad, who entered a guilty plea in Brooklyn federal court to conspiring to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine.There was speculation that prosecutors prodded Ahmad to give up information about $40,000 he gave to Meeks in 2007, which was being investigated by the House Ethics Committee. Meeks failed to report the money on his 2007, 2008 or 2009 financial disclosure statements, according to an Office of Congressional Ethics investigation, which found he took out a home equity loan in 2010 to repay Ahmad $59,650 in order to appear the money was a loan with interest.
Political Corruption Boils Over in Albany(Village Voice)
Machine pols and reformers alike are ensnared
If the Late Assembly Anthony Seminerio Was Not to Fat for Prison Why Was Fat Ray Harding?
The Feds vs. U.S. Justice System
Both have problems with special interests escaping justice, but with the feds it the Wall Street barron's with the state in the city it the politically connected. That why Harding who sold the Liberal Party nomination to Hevesi and others stayed out of jail. In New York buying elections is not a crime. New York's Corrupt Political Parties (True News) * The Working Families Party’s for-profit firm, Data and Field Services, is resisting a judge’s order to sever ties with the party by firing its executive director and moving its offices. NYP says for For pols, crime pays
Just a slap on wrist for Hevesi pal in pension scandal(NYDN) * It's a disgrace that ex-Liberal Party boss Harding got no jail time in Hevesi pension-fund scandal (NYDN Ed) * Daly: Obesity factors into pol's sentencing in Hevesi scandal(NYDN)
New York's Connected Harding: Pay and Fine and Don't Go To Jail
The
public has not been told what role Wall Street and the politically
connected well paid managers played in bankrupting NY's Pension. A
real trial could have answered that question. Instead the corrupt
pension barons get off by paying a fine. In Steve Rattner case he did
not even have to plead guilty. Liberal party leader Harding who sold his
party line to Hevesi for pension payoff walks with a fine. Hevesi pal Harding avoids jail despite role in pay-to-play pension scandal (NYDN)
The Ruling Class Walks
Liberal Party Line for Sale No Penality
The Rich and Connect Rip Off Pension Funds Pay A Fine ( A Business Expense) and Walk Away
Ray Harding gets wrist-slap in pay-to-play pension scandal * Pension data for teachers and school administrators is now on-line.
New York's Protected Connected Class Grows
Former Gov. Paterson in the clear over World Series tickets rap(NYDN) Former Gov. David Paterson will not be prosecuted for lying about taking free World Series tickets from the Yankees while in office, the Daily News has learned. Albany County District Attorney David Soares sent a letter Wednesday telling Paterson's lawyer his office will not pursue perjury charges. * Report: Paterson Won't Face Perjury Charges (NY1)
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