From the NY Post:He’s king of the road — even while under indictment for political corruption.
Queens State Sen. Malcolm Smith has billed his campaign fund $100,632 for vehicle-related expenses since 2010.
Smith was reimbursed for two leased cars, E-ZPass payments and even parking tickets, according to an analysis by the New York Public Interest Research Group.
“While many politicians abuse their campaign accounts, Malcolm Smith seems to be a leader in this area,” said NYPIRG’s Bill Mahoney.
“He was billing his campaign for two cars at one time and he hasn’t had a competitive race in years.”
Smith, through a spokeswoman, declined to comment.
From The Politicker:An attorney with close ties to Queens County politics is planning to challenge embattled State Senator Malcolm Smith next year.
Mr. Smith, still reeling from an arrest on corruption charges earlier this year, is openly despised by his fellow Senate Democrats after caucusing briefly with a breakaway faction of Democrats that govern the Senate with Republicans and is considered a major target in 2014. In an interview, Mr. Avery, who already has a campaign website set up for the bid, directly stated his intention to run.
“I felt strongly: If I vote for a Democrat, they should conference with the Democrats so Democrats can be in charge of the chamber,” Mr. Avery told Politicker. “We need to get progressive legislation through the chamber.”
The Queens County Democratic Party, which has close ties to Senate Democrats through the shared consulting firm the Parkside Group, has been actively hunting for formidable challengers to take on Mr. Smith, who was indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for allegedly taking part in a bribery scheme that aimed to land him on the Republican ballot for mayor.
Mr. Avery is vying for that support but the Senate and Queens Democrats have yet to decide on a candidate.
10 comments:
I'm shocked ! Shocked I tell you !
Another black Queens Democrat guilty of crime? Not possible!
Malcolm Smith is one of the worst politicians around, corrupt, a very questionable figure and totally arrogant. When any politician is under any type of indictment, they should be stripped off their powers and their expense account, plain and simple.
And how hard can it be to find formidable challengers, it is not like Smith is some wunderkind, hell you could pick someone from the street with more morals than this crook.
Munir Avery currently is a staffer for Assemblyman Simanowitz. So that means a potential crossover appeal of black and Jewish support.
It's that whole South Queens Crowd.. Wait until they really investigate Meeks & Sanders
Hacks sanitize it with 'County' like its a township road improvement program or the like.
Call it 'Crawley' in the sense that crime families are named for people - remember this organization has nothing to do with Queens County government and everything to do with a small group of crooks, like the mob associations, out to take from the legitimate and the honest to line the pockets of those that are not.
Heh.
County?
I like 'The Crawley Crew' myself.
How about County Crowley and make it a bit of the auld sod.
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/11/26/dnt-bash-senate-alpha-house.cnn.html
If Schumer lives 3 nights a week in DC why not Crowley?
Schumer always lived in New York and sent his daughters to Public Schools. Can't say that about Crowley (Crawley).
If it looks and speaks like a thug, it must be a thug.
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