Seabrook "A galling abuse of the trust and confidence placed in public officials.” Speaker Quinn
Quinn: SLUSH FUND HELPED ME, May 12, 2008
Definition or Galling
irritating, exasperating, or bitterly humiliatingIs That Why Quinn Never Filled Slush Watch Dog Position Green Lighting Slush Abuse! (Artist) * Council in compliance (NYP)
New York Post Says
"if nothing else, his conviction should give fresh impetus to finally shut that member item system down."
Prosecutors said Seabrook secretly controlled the organizations, staffing them
with “yes men” and “stooges” so he could dole out do-nothing jobs and
lucrative “consulting” contracts. The real deal is that most councilman use member items to help they get reeelcted."if nothing else, his conviction should give fresh impetus to finally shut that member item system down."
1. Manhattan City Councilman Miguel Martinez admits he stole tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars2, Maria del Carmen Arroyo (2010) Richard Izquierdo-Arroyo, nephew of Dem Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo, grandson of Dem Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo--ex-head of federally-funded SBCC Management--admitted embezzling $115,000 for apparel, airfare, restaurants, flooring his grandmother's office, campaign contributions, and diverting $20,000 for "elected officials whom he had relationships." Stolen money paid interns in the Arroyos' elected offices.
4. Pol Hiram Monserrate pleads guilty to fraud - New York Daily News
5, NEW YORK CIVIC: Hiram and Julissa Ferreras(NY Civic)
6. Christine Quinn Monserrate Julissa Ferreras is there a cover-up at City(Artist)
7. Chris Quinn and the Slow Motion Return of the Slush Fund Scandal (Village Voice)
8. Porky nonprofits gave Christine Quinn $127G
9. Massive Lobbyist Scandal at City Hall
11. Brooklyn Pol Put $187G of Your Dough into Wife's Nonprofit, 4/ 22, 2008
12. Pork Pig Fidler's Media Friends Put Lipstick On Him | Room Eight
13. IT'S ALL ABOUT RECCHIA! THE VOTERS HAVE NO CHOICE
14. Missing Sanders Campaign Filings Trigger Review
15. CITY TO PAY FOR COUNCIL'S LAWYERS - New York Post
16. wcbstv.com - NYC Taxpayers Petition For Slush Fund Inquiry
17. SLUSH-FUND SHENANIGANS - NY Post Editorial
18. A Letter to Garcia: (Michael) Garcia U.S. Attorney Room Eight
19. BLOOMBERG HAS HIS OWN SLUSH FUND - New York Post
20. True News: What ever happened 2Council Slush Fund Investigation
21. What Ever Happen to the City Council Slush Fund Investigation?(True News)
22. Phony Allocations by City Council Reported - New York Times
23,ome city politicians received big campaign donations and funneled tax dollars to developers (DN)
Hey Goo Goos It Is Not Legal For Councilman to Pay to Play $177 for A Bagel
Amazingly, he was actually acquitted of another scheme — laundering
money to disguise a $50,000 payoff from a Bronx business owner in return
for a contract at the new Yankee Stadium. Prosecutors accused Seabrook, 61, of using fake and doctored receipts
— including one that showed the purported purchase of a simple bagel
sandwich and diet Snapple for a whopping $177 — to launder the alleged
kickbacks through his political club. “I think what he did in providing that receipt was morally wrong,” jury forewoman Kelly Ann Klein, of Bronxville, told The Post.
Seabrook Was A Graduate of Albany's Crime College
Before being elected to the council in 2002, Seabrook was an assemblyman
and state senator — a reminder that there’s no better training ground
for corrupt officials than the Legislature.Other Albany Crime College Honor Students: Jimmy Meng, Brian M. McLaughlin, Anthony Seminerio, Carl Kruger, Clarence Norman, District Leader candidate Diane Gordon, Pedro Espada, Hiram Monserrate
A Nov. 6 special election will be held for the seat of former Bronx Councilman Seabrook
Lox o’ luck in jail, Larry! (NYP) Corrupt ‘bagel’ pol convicted * A lesson from Larry(NYP Ed) * Bronx Councilman Is Convicted of Fraud and Loses Seat(NYT) * Council Member Larry Seabrook Convicted(WSJ) * Seabrook Found Guilty On Nine Corruption Charges(NY1)
Campaign 2012/13 Public Advocate Files Suit Against City Over Small Business Fines(NY1) * Ruben Diaz eyes public advocate job(NYDN) * Assemblyman Jose Rivera is thinking about stepping down after the November election and switching jobs with his term-limited son, Councilman Joel Rivera, the Bronx Times’s Bob Kappstatter reports. The Barron's in Brooklyn will do the same. Charles is term limited next year.* Quinn is thinking about it (Capital) * Mindy Meyer: "We're rescheduling something with Anderson Cooper." [Simi Lampert] * John deSio, on the chatter that his boss, Ruben Diaz, is considering a public advocate run: “We are seriously considering it. That’s all I can tell anybody.” * Backers of Dan Halloran pounced on Grace Meng’s father arrest for bribery.Christine Quinn has been “distinctly squishy” on matters important to Mike Bloomberg as of late. * Elizabeth Crowley Staffer Exploring Run for Garodnick’s Sea(NYO) * John Messer's Bloomberg-esque Campaign SpendingC&S) * Hakeem Jeffries v. Ed Towns, Redux (C&S) * Petty Feud Breaks Out Between Marty Golden and Bill Colton (C&S) * Anthony Weiner’s hypothetical mayoral campaign received a newspaper endorsement. * The Atlantic takes a look at Christine Quinn’s dilemma over paid sick leave. * Some Democratic politicians in southern Brooklyn are taking shots at Marty Golden claiming credit for things, including Bill Colton, who penned an indirectly critical op-ed and Lew Fidler, who declared, “The Brooklyn Council delegation didn’t run out and hold a press conference like a certain State Senator did to take credit.”* According to Bob Kappstatter, Senate Minority Leader John Sampson tried to convince Sen. Jeff Klein’s old nemesis, ex-Assemblyman Steve Kaufman, to challenge Klein, but couldn’t come up with enough money to make it worth his while. * Possible Candidates for Seabrook’s City Council Seat Emerge(NYT)
Another Rat Leaves SS Liu Ship
Another Liu advisor leaving (NYP) Veteran political consultant George Arzt, who has been serving as
spokesman for Liu's 2013 mayoral campaign, announced today that he's
leaving. updated w/ reaction from Chung Seto: "We regret the way this story has been spun." Liu loses a campaign spox
GOP Tabones Who Live in Glass Houses Should Not Go After Jimmy Meng
1. Feds probe Qns. GOP 'con'sultants - New York Post 2. Queens GOP District Leader Cooper Indicted On Grand Larceny Charges - Queens Tribune ...
3. Leader of the Queens GOP Phil Ragusa did the accounting for Estelle Cooper? 4. John Haggerty, Queens GOP political operative, found guilty of stealing $1.1
Another Bum Pissing on the Meng's Is the Bum, Consultant Scott Levenson Who Was Fired or Not Rehired by Jimmy
Today’s kicker: Democratic consultant Scott Levenson on
Assemblywoman/congressional hopeful Grace Meng’s predicament: “It’s a
huge problem when your dad is arrested on bribery charges while you’re
running for Congress.”
Police Commissioner Kelly said the
NYPD will consider policing recreational basketball games in the wake of
several shooting incidents in city parks
NYPD to play ‘guard’
(NYP) They’ll be refs with badges. The NYPD may soon be policing
recreational basketball games in the wake of several shooting incidents. * Rucker Park Tourney Postponed After Gunfire Wounds Five At Game(NY1) * Bloomberg: City has enough cops, crime under control(NYP) * Mayor Bloomberg said the city has enough cops,
causing Peter Vallone to declare, The mayor is like the little boy who
didn’t cry wolf even though there is a giant wolf coming.”Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson says the reason the public doesn’t support a legislative pay raise is because people are “ignorant…in terms of really being educated about what their legislators really do.”
The Mother And Her News Advisers
Mother Of Slain 4-Year-Old Speaks Out(NY1) "We must take on our own communities and we must say we are going to dismantle gangs," said Tamika Mallory with the National Action Network. "We are going to rid our communities of thugs and punks. They are not stronger than we are." * Mothers’ will can be disarming(NYT)
A Strange Path to Justice for A Brooklyn Sexual Abuse Case
Education
MTA proposes MetroCard 'green fee' (NYDN) The Metropolitan Transit Authority may
tack on a $1 surcharge to a new MetroCard in an “environmentally
friendly” move that could net them an extra $20 million, the Daily News
Still No Stories About NY 10% Unemployment, 14% in the Bronx and 11% Brooklyn
Growth In Downtown Brooklyn Strong Despite Weak Citywide Growth(NY1) "Downtown Brooklyn was one of the few places in the entire city where no private sector jobs have been lost since '03" * Strong job growth in Downtown Brooklyn despite recession: (NYDN)
Park Slope received further landmark protection.
The News cheers Cuomo, Con Edison and its union for resolving a contract dispute that puts 8,500 workers back on the job:
A pay raise for legislators is not popular with voters. [Erik Kriss]
37 percent of city residents get Medicaid assistance. [David Seifman]
New York Census Data, Centuries Old, Is Now Online(NYT)
Bloomberg Suing City Council Over Wage Law Bills(NY1)
Bloomberg Not All About Stopping Guns
Bloomberg Endorses Republican in Heated Massachusetts Senate Race(NYT) * Gun control advocate Bloomberg backs Sen. Scott Brown (Raw Story)Bloomberg on the radio says he doesn't agree with Scott Brown "on an awful lot of things" but "absolutely" supports him.* Mayor Bloomberg kept up his crusade against the NRA with a Bloomberg News OpEd, writing: “More than anything, the NRA is a marketing organization, and its flagship product is fear.” * Brown broke ranks with the NRA on the issue of an assault weapons ban, which he supports at the state level, but declined to say (through a spokeswoman) his position on other gun control issues.* Mayor Mike Bloomberg is hosting a fundraiser for Scott Brown because he opposed a measure that would have required states to honor concealed weapons permits issued by other states, and not because his opponent, Elizabeth Warren, is a critic of Wall Street, even though Mr. Brown is generally supportive of gun rights bills. * Chuck Schumer Says That Gun Owners Think ‘The Chuck Schumers of the World Want to Take The Hunting Rifle Your Uncle Willie Gave You’
NYT Attacks Obama and Romney On Guns
Editorial: Candidates Cower on Gun Control(NYT) President Obama and Mitt Romney threw away an opportunity after the
massacre in Colorado for a bold stand on reducing assault-weapon
violence. @nytimes: "Obama’s remarks were even more disappointing" than Romney's, re: gun control* Police groups are now calling for stricter gun laws. * Barack Obama and Mitt Romney aren't pushing for new gun control laws, and that's sad. [Daily News] *Bloomberg Says City Doesn't Need More Cops(NBC)
Chavez is a Bloomy groupie on clean eating(NYDN) Following Bloomberg’s lead, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his citizens to stop drinking soda made by foreign companies and instead choose locally produced grape juice.
Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A Ban ‘Not Going to Happen’ in NYC(NYO) * Bloomberg says he strongly disagrees with the mayors of Boston, Chicago and San Francisco over Chick-fil-A’s position on gay marriage.Pay to Play Brooklyn Bridge Park
Velodrome backer greased the wheels, committee members allege(Brooklyn Paper)
Hospitals Are Worried About Cut in Fund for the Uninsured(NYT) President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some hard-pressed facilities, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants.
The Making of the President 2012
Tampa Strip Clubs Are Ready to Cash In on G.O.P. Convention(NYT)
Jon Stewart Rips Congress For Acting Like Children: ‘Full Metal A**holes’
On the 'Campaign' Trail(WSJ) Actors Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell are throwing their
hats in the political ring in "The Campaign," which had its New York
City premiere on Wednesday night.
Surveillance video shows man slugging woman(NYDN) * Sucker-punch robber sought in the Bronx(Fox 5) * Search for man behind violent Bronx muggings(WABC)
Pant-ing dog heist at LI pet shop(NYP)
‘Knight’ moves(NYP) * Two busted for ruckus at 'Dark Knight' screening(NYDN) Law and Order
Feds seeking 20-year sentence for 'kidnap mom'(NYP) * Art cops dig up Fruit of the tomb (NYP) NY dealer stashed millions in ‘stolen’ India treasure * Man sought for punching, robbing victims in Bronx(WSJ) * Real estate mogul Jonathan Winston accused of bilking mother-in-law (NYDN) * Police: Robbery Suspect Strikes At 2 Different Banks, Minutes (WCBS) * EXCLUSIVE: Sexual Abuse Scandal Widens At Prestigious Horace(WCBS)* VIDEO: Woman Seen Brutally Attacked During Bronx Robber(WCBS) * The Business Integrity Commission, a city agency which oversees private garbage haulers, uncovered a homicide
that led to two federal indictments, the Wall Street Journal reports: * ‘Last Don’ will rat in cop slay(NYP) * Millions in Stolen Indian Artifacts Seized(NBC) * Robber Finds No Cash, Shoves Pomeranian in Pants Instead(NY Mag) * Father finds honor student dead with 'head trauma,' cops say * Crazed woman attacks NY1 reporter in Brooklyn(NYP)
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Update: Death Of 14-Year-Old Found In Bronx Park Ruled A Homicide(NY1) * Third Arrest Made In Bronx 4-Year-Old's Shooting Death(NY1) * Good Samaritan Helps Stop Alleged iPhone Thief(NBC)