From the Daily News:Queens Assemblyman Jose Peralta landed more than $500,000 in taxpayer money for a nonprofit that never filed federal tax records, has no employees and has been inactive for more than two years.
Peralta helped organize the Corona-Elmhurst Center for Economic Development after joining the Legislature, and for years it was located in the same building as his campaign office.
This year, he and his chief political consultants have continued to lobby state and city lawmakers for additional grants for the dormant group, the Daily News has learned.
Until a month ago, the Corona-Elmhurst group maintained an office at 104-01 Roosevelt Ave., in a two-story commercial building, where Peralta rents space for his election committee.
As for the Corona-Elmhurst group, Peralta secured its first $125,000 grant in 2004 from the state's Economic Development Corp., for technical assistance for neighborhood businesses. The money was an earmark from the fund for pet projects of individual legislators.
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Where do they get these guys? At least the old-style Taminent crooks gave immigrants some coal, groceries and the name of someone to set them up with a job on the piers or doing hard labor on the roads before stealing the eyeteeth out of their heads.
Now they go straight to theft and cut out the false bonhomie.
ALL politicians are corrupt. A politician cannot last long in politics without getting on the band wagon.
ALL politicians are corrupt. A politician cannot last long in politics without getting on the band wagon.
Monseratte gets my vote.
There is a root problem with ALL politicians.
It is in the nature of the job that you will be in a position of power over other people.
Unfortunately, people who would want to have such power are not trustworthy.
The best people for the job would be the people who want no part of it.
Its a catch 22.
Peraltas LANDLORD for Corona Elmhurst Circus and Peraltas campaing office (same building) is PERALTAS MOM ROOMATE!!!!!!! what a joke!
Crowley should start looking for a new candidate. Hiram's replacement is no angel... what about Moya? New Blood
All these criminals who run for political office are interchangable. Doesn't matter which one you pick, because they are all in it for the money and power. Term limits for all politicians would limit the amount of time to amass so much cash. If term limits are good enough for the President of the US, it should be for all politicians -- that goes for the Congress too.
WHERE IS THE MONEY JOSE?
SABINI. CROWLEY AND SCHUMMER ARE ASKING.....
Attending the 3rd Anniversary Legislative and Economic Forum at the Corona-Elmhurst Center for Economic Development, today, Rep. Joseph Crowley and Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced $250,000 in federal funds for the Center. Schumer, the keynote speaker for today's forum, teamed up with Rep. Crowley to champion the importance of empowering Queens' local business community. The federal funding secured by the Senator and the Congressman will support efforts by the Center to stimulate the local economy and encourage the business community in the Corona-Elmhurst district of Queens, New York.
Fernando Fernandez resigned on 2006? NO. He was hosting public events March 2007 and June 2007 in Queens on befalf ot The Corona-Elmhurst Center. On March 2007 Peralta and Fernando Fernandez sponsored a breakfast in Natives Restaurant, Senator Sabini attended as well as excutives of HealthPlus in Queens. On June 14 2007 Comptroller Bill Thompson was invited to an special event to the Corona-Elmhurst Center, Fernando Fernandez advertised the event in several weekly newspapers and blogs. Peralta should tell us taxpayers WHERE IS THE MONEY? State and Federal funds starting with congressman Jose Crowley and Senator Chuck Schummer.
He should be out. Need to find someone qualified for the job.
Isn't this unbelievable!!!!
Rep Joe Crowley - the guy who is king-maker of the Dem party of these parts is responsible for Monseratte and now Assemblyman Peralta to replace the evil girl beater.
So Joe - come clean get someone else to run here and do the right thing for the area not yourself.
Peralta Probed
Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver is reviewing allegations raised by the Daily News that Assemblyman José Peralta funneled money to a dubious nonprofit staffed by his cronies, and reported the free campaign space he got from the organization as an in-kind donation from his mother. She was the office manager, not the property owner. The Empire State Development Corp., which handled the funding, is investigating.
Ok first of all that whole case with Hiram was a misunderstanding. He's NOT an abuser. An abuser would not escort his victim to the hospital. Peralta is moving in seeing Monnserate's situation. Frankly the guy looks like a snake. Ofcourse, he's no angel.
Actually, that's exactly what abusers do.
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