Raw Sewage Runs Through New York

[Valin]

Friends Of Ours:

5/3/13

 

The foul stench from the political sewers once again is polluting New York.

 

A federal jury has convicted two former associates of city comptroller and mayoral candidate John C. Liu "for their roles in attempting to funnel money to the Liu campaign through an illegal fund-raising scheme" as reported by Benjamin Weiser for The New York Times: "prosecutors sought to portray the Liu campaign as condoning, if not outright orchestrating, questionable practices designed to maximize fund-raising, and that the two defendants’ actions merely fit into a larger pattern."

 

Last month six politicians were charged for their alleged roles in an election scheme by which Democratic state Senator Malcolm Smith "paid top Republicans for permission to run on their ticket in the city's upcoming mayoral race" as then reported by Edith Honan for Reuters, and in announcing their indictment United States Attorney Preet Bharara said in a press release that "a show-me-the-money culture seems to pervade every level of New York government" which stretches from the city to the capital, and "we will continue pursuing and punishing every corrupt official we find."

 

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Indeed, another round of corruption indictments against New York politicians may be in the works. Disgraced state senator Shirley L. Huntley from Queens "recorded multiple elected officials at the direction of federal prosecutors last year while she was still serving in the Legislature," and "prosecutors indicated that her recordings may help them bring charges against another, unnamed senator, and two other elected officials" as reported by Thomas Kaplan for The New York Times.

 

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