Westchester, Rockland residents among
70 arrested in NYC Housing Authority bribery case
Posted By: Mercedes44, 2/7/2024 8:15:07 PM
A Garnerville man and a Mount Vernon man were among 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority charged Tuesday with allegedly accepting cash payments from contractors in exchange for Housing Authority contracts, according to Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Williams said in a news release that 66 of the 70 defendants were arrested Tuesday morning in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and North Carolina. The charges were the largest number of federal bribery charges given on a single day in the history of the U.S. Justice Department.
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means for his company, real estate empire
– and wallet 1 reply
means for his company, real estate empire
– and wallet 1 reply
A New York court delivered a crushing blow Friday to Donald Trump’s wallet by ordering the real estate tycoon to pay some $355 million after finding him liable of inflating his net worth by billions a year to get better loan and insurance terms.
But it’s unlikely that Trump’s name will be erased from the Big Apple skyline after Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron rejected the New York Attorney General’s request to permanently bar him from doing business in the state where he shot to fame.
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The Red Cross Still Hates the Jews
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Double Exposure
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in doubt 15 replies
border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine
in doubt 15 replies
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Bars Him from Running Businesses in NY
for 3 Years 29 replies
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for 3 Years 29 replies
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CIA Manipulated Evidence To Hide Evidence
Russia Wanted Clinton To Win In 2016,
Not Trump: Report 16 replies
Russia Wanted Clinton To Win In 2016,
Not Trump: Report 16 replies
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