George Moses now faces 55 charges in a sting that ensnared a former city official and an RHA secretary.
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Another Housing Authority employee charged with fraud
Janis White is accused of using a property development company to submit false invoices to Rochester Housing Charities.
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Lej backs law tied to dissolving LDC’s
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says that she expects to refinance the debts and contracts of three county-linked local development corporations and then dissolve the quasi-governmental organizations by the end of the year. Those plans depend on whether the state Assembly and Senate pass legislation allowing the county to borrow money to buy out those contracts […]
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County closer to dissolving troubled LDC’s
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo got the local development corporation legislation she wanted from the Senate and Assembly. The County Legislature will meet at 8:15 a.m. on Friday to vote on a technical measure necessary for the State Legislature to pass the bills. Under current state law, the county can borrow money to buy or […]
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[UPDATED] Assembly Speaker Silver arrested, faces corruption charges
Federal officials allege that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver collected bribes and kickbacks and disguised them as income from his legal work.
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Teachout’s emerging voice
Zephyr Teachout has emerged as a voice for disenchanted Democrats. She’s coming at Cuomo from the left and isn’t shy about calling the governor out on his shortcomings.
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NEWS BLOG: Wall Street’s lesson – Take the money and run
A real estate broker friend of mine used to jokingly refer to some roofers and contractors with a couple of favorite prefixes. “You know, fly by night [roofer’s name],” he would say. Or “Take the money and run [contractor].” As investigators looked into the country’s financial meltdown, they found that corruption in the banking and […]
