Monday, July 30, 2012

Feds probing Meeks' money

From the NY Post:

Federal investigators are scrutinizing millions in taxpayer dollars that Rep. Gregory Meeks steered to a Queens nonprofit.

The US Attorney’s Office recently issued a subpoena to the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. seeking information on federal funding secured by Meeks, a government source told The Post.

Fred Winters, a spokesman for Greater Jamaica, confirmed that the organization had received a subpoena and said it was not the target of the federal investigation. He refused to say who was.

Greater Jamaica has been a funding favorite of Meeks. His political mentor, the Rev. Floyd Flake, sits on the board.

Carlisle Towery, the president of Greater Jamaica, kicked in $1,000 in June to Meeks’ re-election campaign.

The Queens Democrat has arranged for numerous grants to the organization, including $9.2 million from the Federal Transit Administration to fix up a decrepit underpass below the Long Island Rail Road tracks and create a shopping arcade there.

Another $8.2 million in federal money is to go toward an extension of Atlantic Avenue.

The long-delayed underpass project was finally completed this spring, and Meeks appeared at a “lighting ceremony” with other officials to symbolically open the dark underpass. But the row of four newly built storefronts — a total of 5,500 square feet of space — sits empty.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

They say that the meek
shall inherit the Earth.

Meeks might inherit a jail cell.

Anonymous said...

Another crooked Dem that will probably get re-elected.

Anonymous said...

Another fine example of Queens Crap and a very big load of it!

Anonymous said...

He didn't do it, the charges are politically motivated, its a vast right wing conspiracy, he looks forward to vigorously fighting the charges, there's more to this story. He's a democrat its never corruption only witch hunts. He'll be elected again

Anonymous said...

There's a lot of money that flows through the "non-profit" Greater Jamaica Development Corp, including from the public parking lots in the area that it owns.

Anonymous said...

Who's that guy in the background with the hat? Looks like from the Elliott Ness era. One of the Feds looking into Meeks?

Anonymous said...

Write in is all I have to say.

Send a message to the corrupt parties !!!

Do it and don't look back

Anonymous said...

Write in is all I have to say.

Send a message to the corrupt parties !!!

Do it and don't look back