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Thompson (Source: BrooklynDA.org)Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced the launch of a Public Integrity Hotline this week, giving Brooklynites a place to call to report public corruption. “My office is committed to rooting out public corruption in Brooklyn, and we take every complaint about corruption seriously. For that
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Grimm, left; Christie, right.Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge and Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm came to the defense of embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today, saying the fellow Republican has “demonstrated true leadership” amid the expanding scandal surrounding the George Washington Bridge. Christie has come under fire after e-mails and
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State Senator Marty Golden (Source: Senator Golden’s offices)New York Times columnist Michael Powell took State Senator Marty Golden and Sheepshead Bay’s State Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz to task for sponsoring legislation that would have directed millions of dollars to the tobacco industry, and came, Powell writes, at the
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Michael and Marina Levitis (Source: James Edstrom)Three of the six individuals charged in connection with an alleged debt settlement fraud scheme have pleaded guilty, with the latest one ratting out his former boss Michael Levitis as the mastermind. The offices of Mission Settlement Agency at 2713 Coney Island Avenue,
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Source: nysenate.govThe dirt keeps piling up on the doorstep of embattled State Senator John Sampson. The latest accusation, revealed in a New York Daily News report [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fbi-investigating-sampson-fees-charged-businessmen-article-1.1354741] , details how Sampson charged a $10,000 retainer fee to businessmen who were trying to secure
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Hockenjos (Source: NYDailyNews.com)Diego Palacios, the police officer kicked off the force after his bogus arrest of a Sheepshead Bay man [/accused-of-trying-to-run-over-cop-sheepshead-resident-uses-video-to-prove-lies/] , may have been sentenced to four days in prison [/diego-palacio-arrest-john-hockenjos-sentenced/] – but he served only one night. New York Post picked up [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
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Photo by Erica ShermanEarlier this week, we ran a summary of a New York Post story claiming that State Senator David Storobin doled out salary hikes to staffers [/following-defeat-at-the-polls-storobin-gives-staffers-a-big-pay-hike/] just after losing his election bid for the Super Jewish district. Storobin, who came to office in June only to see
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Lipsky on CUNY TV (Source: cuny.tv)Longtime lobbyist Richard Lipsky, who pleaded guilty to bribing ex-State Senator Carl Kruger, has been busy sharing his secrets with federal prosecutors, according to court papers released yesterday and first reported by the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/lobbyist-ensnared-bribery-scandal-carl-kruger-feeding-feds-intel-ongoing-criminal-probes-prosecutors-article-1.1167622] . Acting
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SachakovA Brighton Beach proctologist was convicted last week in Brooklyn Federal court for $3.5 million of fraudulent practices involving Medicare and several private healthcare organizations. Boris Sachakov [/tag/boris-sachakov/] of Colon and Rectal Care of New York in Brighton Beach [/tag/colon-and-rectal-care-of-new-york/], was arrested in October 2010 for fraudulent
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An example of the graffiti left near the Hockenjos' home.A Sheepshead Bay man accused of attempting to run over a cop [/accused-of-trying-to-run-over-cop-sheepshead-resident-uses-video-to-prove-lies/] had the charges against him tossed last week, after surveillance video suggested the arresting officer may have fabricated the incident. The Daily News reports [http://www.
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Source: NYS SenateWell, so much for our little speculative piece earlier this week about what candidates might step up if Carl Kruger resigns [/kruger-hints-at-possible-resignation-from-state-senate-contenders-begin-lining-up/] . The state senator, embroiled in a corruption case that alleges he took about $1 million in bribes [/carl-kruger-charged-with-accepting-1-million-in-bribes/], had a proxy write to the Daily News
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An ABC News investigative report [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=7291989] revealed a loophole in campaign contribution regulations that allow millions of dollars to be funneled to legislators in the State Senate. Senator Carl Kruger [/tag/carl-kruger/] is one of the chief recipients of