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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.A second Board of Elections (BOE) officials has been suspended as a result of last month’s Democratic primary debacle. Betty Ann Canizio, the BOE Deputy Clerk for Brooklyn, will be suspended without pay as a result of the massive purge [/blog/2016/04/22/
Scandal
Souce: Michael Grimm/FacebookFormer congressman Michael Grimm requested last week that his eight-month prison sentence [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/07/michael-grimm-sentenced-to-eight-months-in-prison/] be pushed off for two weeks so that he can have surgery. A lawyer representing the disgraced politician did not specify the nature of the procedure in a
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John Sampson at a legislative leaders meeting. Photo from John Sampson’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/SenatorSampson/photos/a.138844543585.111983.27083958585/138846128585/?type=3&theater] .A Brooklyn jury convicted State Senator John Sampson on Friday of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents as part
Scandal
As we approach the May 5 special election [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/04/important-deadlines-dates-for-the-11th-cd-special-election/] to fill Michael Grimm’s vacant congressional seat, the Staten Island Advance has done us a favor and tracked down [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/04/a_year_since_his_indictment_fo.
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While most members of Congress were concerned with a government shutdown, Congressman Michael Grimm was concerned with getting down – with a gal in a Bay Ridge bar bathroom, according to witnesses. Brooklyn Magazine is reporting that the Republican congressman spent the Friday before the start of the shutdown “drinking and
luxury buildings
A pricey new luxury building in Manhattan is getting massive tax breaks thanks to State Senator Marty Golden [/golden-backs-bill-that-provides-massive-tax-breaks-for-developers-of-luxury-manhattan-apartment-buildings/] , but the local pol has still not fully accounted for how the tax breaks ended up in legislation he has sponsored. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.
Bedford-Stuyvesant
State Senator John Sampson (center) (Source: nysenate.gov)The troubles for State Senator John Sampson keep mounting. Sampson, who has been accused of accepting bribes [/state-senator-john-sampson-charged-in-corruption-scandal/] and threatening witnesses [/john-sampson-threatened-to-silence-witnesses-in-corruption-scandal/] who might testify against him, now has state officials wondering where more than $39,000 in taxpayer money earmarked for
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Where does Park Slope become Gowanus? What’s Greenwood Heights, exactly, and when did it become a thing? And for goodness’ sake, what actually counts as East Williamsburg? If you’re a broker, the answer is always Park Slope (27th Street between 3rd and 4th? Why not!). But even if
Extortion
Rep. Michael Grimm (from house.gov)Reports confirm that the FBI is still investigating Congressman Michael Grimm for alleged improprieties during his 2010 campaign fundraising. The FBI has been talking to former staff members and volunteers who worked on Grimm’s campaign and asking about the funds, according to Politicker
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Grimm on Bay Ridge's 5th Avenue in June 2010, when he was a candidate seeking to unseat Democrat Michael McMahon. (Source: Brian Hedden via Bay Ridge Odyssey) The Grimm Files [http://dccc.org/pages/TheGrimmFiles/] is the newest creation of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Modeled after sites