Sentences with phrase «councilmen ruben»

But other local pols — including Bronx Councilmen Ruben Diaz Sr. and Rafael Salamanca — are already pushing back against the plan to bring more inmates to their boroughs.

At 9:30 a.m., NYC Councilman Ruben Wills, arrested this week on charges he filed false documents with the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board between 2011 and 2013, appears in Queens Criminal Court, 125 - 01 Queens Blvd., before Judge Kron.

Sepulveda is running for the Bronx district vacated by Councilman Ruben Diaz, Sr. in a special election scheduled for April 24.

Under the agreement, mainline conference and eight - member Independent Democratic Conference must work together to hold the seats, including a Bronx district left vacant by New York City Councilman Ruben Diaz.

Under a deal brokered by state Democrats, the mainline Democratic conference and the Independent Democratic Conference are tasked with working together to win the district and the one vacated by now - City Councilman Ruben Diaz.

A partial list of Ms. Meng's backers includes Congressman Joe Crowley, Borough President Helen Marshall, Comptroller John Liu, former Borough President Claire Shulman, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz, Councilman Leroy Comrie, Councilman Mark Weprin, Councilman James Gennaro, Councilman Ruben Wills, State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, State Senator Tony Avella, Assemblyman Ed Braunstein, Assemblyman David Weprin, Assemblyman Michael DenDekker, Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz, former Councilwoman Melinda Katz, Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, Councilman Peter Koo, State Senator Michael Gianaris, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, State Senator Jose Peralta, Assemblyman Francisco Moya, and Councilman Daniel Dromm.

Meanwhile, Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills is on trial for...

Meanwhile, Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills is on trial for stealing $ 30,000 in taxpayer dollars.

Queens Councilman Ruben Wills is going to prison.

City Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) went on the defensive this week after he moved to correct several misdemeanor charges outside the borough that he had been avoiding for more than a decade.

28 CCD Councilman Ruben Wills has 2 opponents — NYC government staffer Richard David & attorney Hettie Powell.

One of the seats, formerly held by New York City Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., is in a solidly Democratic district in the Bronx.

Also at 9:30 a.m., jury deliberations resume in the corruption trial of NYC Councilman Ruben Willis, Part — K22, 3rd Floor — the new building, Queens Supreme Court, 125 - 01 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Queens.

NYC Councilman Ruben Wills paid his goddaughter with stolen taxpayer funds intended to support his southeast Queens nonprofit, prosecutors said.

Queens Councilman Ruben Wills misspent nearly two - thirds of the tax money awarded to him for a nonprofit, a state investigator testified at Wills» corruption trial.

At 9:30 a.m., closing arguments are scheduled in the corruption trial of NYC Councilman Ruben Wills, Part — K22, (3rd Floor — the new building), Queens Supreme Court, 125 - 01 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Queens.

Disgraced former Queens Councilman Ruben Wills cried as he was sentenced to two to six years in prison and ordered to pay almost $ 33,000 in restitution after a jury found him guilty of pocketing some $ 30,000 in city funds.

A jury found Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills guilty on five of six counts against him in his corruption trial, and he automatically lost his seat as a result.

One of Huntley's former aides, Councilman Ruben Wills, is no longer being probed by the feds after she secretly taped him.

She started her own management consulting firm and works part - time in Councilman Ruben Wills» (D - Jamaica) office.

Basheer Ahmed, manager of the Bashir Famous Deli in Rochdale, Friday became the first to sign City Councilman Ruben Wills» (D - Jamaica) pledge to -LSB-...]

One day after her former chief of staff Councilman Ruben Wills is arrested.

The bills were sponsored separately by Councilman Dan Garodnick, Councilman Ruben Wills and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

NYC Councilman Ruben Wills was indicted today by NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for a fraudulent scheme in which he stole somewhere between $ 3,000 and $ 33,000 in state legislative member items steered to his non-profit by his political crony State Senator Shirley Huntley.

Schneiderman isn't done investigating, though: He has also been looking into the fate of an appropriation made by Huntley to a nonprofit affiliated with another former staffer, Councilman Ruben Wills of Queens.

A comprehensive bill on the taxi industry from City Councilman Ruben Diaz, chair of the new For - Hire Vehicles Committee, will be introduced next month.

The city Campaign Finance Board has listed four candidates who will be challenging City Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) during this year's special election for the 28th Council District seat.

DNAInfo.com reports that: City Councilman Ruben Wills was taken into police custody Wednesday morning after $ 32,000 went missing from a charity he's connected to, sources said.

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The city's Campaign Finance Board has listed four candidates who are slated to challenge City Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) in this fall's special election for the 28th Council District.

Councilman Ruben Wills walks into August Martin High School to cast his vote.

Chris Bragg reports that state AG Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli are investigating a Huntley grant to Queens Councilman Ruben Wills when he was her chief of staff.

Queens Councilman Ruben Wills literally laughed off allegations that he defrauded the city and state out of $ 30,000 at the start of his closely watched corruption trial on Wednesday.

«The regular people in the community don't want this,» fumed Bronx Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. to The Post.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Councilman Ruben Wills, Assemblyman Michael Miller, and local advocates announce town hall to address transitional the facility and drop - in site proposal for street homeless people located less than 250 feet from a local high school, 100 - 32 Atlantic Ave., Queens.

At 9:15 a.m., NYC Councilman Ruben Wills makes an appearance in Queens County Criminal Court before Judge Kron, 125 - 01 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens.

Councilman Ruben Wills voted in favor of the bill but said he'd introduce legislation to amend it to help small businesses.

«Carelessness is all this is - carelessness,» said attorney Kevin O'Donnell during opening statements in Queens Supreme Court on Wednesday for Councilman Ruben Wills.

City Councilman Ruben Wills was indicted by the attorney general's office in 2014 for pocketing $ 33,000 in grant money.

A jury Thursday has found Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills guilty on five of six counts against him in his corruption trial.

Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., for one, opposes legalization, and said he believes it can be a gateway drug to more dangerous substances.

But she also recorded Senate Democratic colleagues Eric Adams, Jose Peralta, Ruth Hassel Thompson and Velmanette Montgomery, along with a City Councilman Ruben Wills, the former spokesman for the Senate Democrats, Curtis Taylor, and Melvin Lowe, identified in the court papers as a former political consultant and associate of State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

City Councilman Ruben Wills was taken into police custody Wednesday morning after $ 32,000 went missing from a charity he's connected to, sources said.

Several elected officials also participated in the protest in Jamaica, where a large African - American community lives, including local Councilman Ruben Wills and state Senator elect Leroy Comrie.

[From The Observer] Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills was arrested early this morning by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, a law enforcement source has confirmed.

At 11 a.m., NYC Councilman Ruben Wills holds a press conference to call on Skyway Men's Shelter to uphold a pledge to remove known sex offenders, 132 - 10 S. Conduit Ave., Ozone Park, Queens.

NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye attends a NYCHA budget hearing in the New York City Council Chambers on Wednesday and spars with Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. (with cowboy hat).

The nine caught on tape are state senators Eric Adams, Ruth Hassell - Thompson, Jose Peralta, John Sampson, Malcolm Smith and Velmanette Montgomery; City Councilman Ruben Wills; Melvin Lowe, a former political consultant; and Curtis Taylor, an ex-Smith press adviser, the court paper shows.

The Daily News is reporting that Queens Councilman Ruben Wills is facing jail time over a 14 year old larcency charge.