Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Councilman Larry Seabrook indicted by the Feds

From The Wonkster:

Councilmember Larry Seabrook, who served in the state Assembly and just started his third term at the City Council, is being charged with money laundering, extortion and fraud, according to an indictment released today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District.

Some of the charges directly stem from the City Council’s slush fund scandal — which brought down former Councilmember Miguel Martinez last year.

But they also go beyond that.

According to the indictment, Seabrook also solicited payments from a Bronx subcontractor competing for a boiler contract for the new Yankee Stadium and subsequently used the payments for personal expenses.

Beyond that, the indictment alleges Seabrook directed more than $2.5 million in the City Council’s discretionary funding to nonprofits he in fact controlled. Seabrook negotiated office space for the groups (which was reported in the Times last year) and often made decisions for the groups, the indictment states.

Through these nonprofits, Seabrook paid “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to his girlfriend, sisters, nephews and brother in consulting fees. At the same time, these groups fell far short of meeting goals laid out in the council’s discretionary funding initiatives.

13 comments:

Klink Cannoli said...

"But it's honest graft," bellows Larry.

*snickers*

Anonymous said...

I'm getting all excited in the hopes that Quinn, Simcha felder, jessica lappin, Inez Dickens and Bloomberg will be next soon. Please God, lead the Feds to do the right thing and I will pray 10 times a day and worship you non stop. PLEASE God.

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Anonymous said...

The Manhattan DA is investigating a $750,000 personal campaign contribution made by Mayor Bloomberg to the state Independence Party and passed on to a campaign operative who has yet to fully account for how he spent the cash, sources confirm.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/02/vance-investigating-indybloomb.html#ixzz0f4c03l8M

Why hasn't Andrew Cuomo ever look into Bloomberg's dealings. Fuck Cuomo.

Anonymous said...

another liberal democrat politician into n.y.c. taxpayers pockets (allegedly),and ready to bite the dust soon.

and the beat goes on ........

Anonymous said...

Seabrooks isn't liberal.

Anonymous said...

Go after them all to account for their funds. Start with Junior Vallone and his $900,000.

Anonymous said...

Next up will be Sampson and Malcolm Smith.

Anonymous said...

Seabrook is a very good man. I pray that this isn't true.

Anonymous said...

Don't leave out BP Marty Markowitz and his non-profits " Brooklyn Best". And by the way Councilman Domenic Recchia isn't a saint either.

ew-3 said...

While not in the blurb I read, I assume this guy is one of those corrupt Republicans.

Anonymous said...

No,only Democrats steal money

Anonymous said...

Keep digging.

Cav said...

Graft and corruption are so deeply ingrained in NYC politics that our politicians really don't believe they're doing anything wrong. The pols are really that warped.

I also think the only difference between NYC republicans and democrats is the spelling. They're all in on it, liberal and conservtive are meaningless words here.