Sentences with phrase «former city correction»

In testimony at the federal bribery trial of former city correction union boss Norman Seabrook, Rechnitz told how he bought the key to the city for some $ 160,000 in donations to de Blasio and the state Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, plus tens of thousands of dollars more in gifts to NYPD brass.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island police officer's role in the pay - to - play allegations plaguing the de Blasio administration was highlighted during a federal bribery trial of former city correction union boss Norman Seabrook this week.

Rechnitz also is cooperating in a separate bribery case against former city correction union chief Norman Seabrook after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge.

Former city Correction Commissioner Martin Horn has, like Mark - Viverito, championed proposals to drive down Rikers» population by diverting the mentally ill and expediting court cases to speed pretrial detainees through the criminal justice process.

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Wiscasset, Maine, the former home of New York City's correction commissioner, Joseph Ponte, was a frequent destination in his city - issued vehicle, investigators foCity's correction commissioner, Joseph Ponte, was a frequent destination in his city - issued vehicle, investigators focity - issued vehicle, investigators found.

When former Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte was found to have misused his city - issued vehicle, de Blasio told WNYC radio in April 2017, «I have absolute faith in Commissioner Ponte.»

Democratic sheriff's candidate Errol Toulon Jr., New York City's former deputy correction commissioner, who only entered the contest last month, has raised $ 43,831 and spent $ 25,189, campaign reports showed.

Toulon, a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, becomes Long Island's first African American nonjudicial countywide elected official, political observers said.

If the numbers hold, Toulon, a former deputy New York City corrections commissioner, will become Suffolk's first African - American countywide elected official.

Lawrence M. Zacarese, an assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, and Errol Toulon Jr., a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, are vying for the position in what has shaped up to be one of the most lively county races...

Lawrence M. Zacarese, an assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, and Errol Toulon Jr., a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, are vying for the position in what has shaped up to be one of the most lively county races of the year.

O'Donnell, a former public defense attorney, who often visited clients in New York City's jails, also in the letter expressed concern that the newest corrections officers are placed on the 3 to 11 PM shift, when most of an unusually high number of incidents involving assaults occur.

Nine current and one former city Department of Correction employees are expected to be charged Wednesday.

He is running against Errol Toulon, a former captain for the New York City Department of Correction.

The embattled hedge fund holding a $ 20 million investment from New York City's correction officers» union that is the subject of the arrest of the union's former president Norman Seabrook has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection.

A controversial former corrections official from Washington may be put at the helm of overseeing New York City's jails.

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited a Rikers Island jail for a surprise visit with inmates, drawing immediate rebuke from the union representing New York City correction officers, which promptly yanked its sponsorship of a Christmas tree lighting celebration.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer has stopped the city from paying the former correction commissioner, Joseph Ponte, $ 24,000 in compensation for unused vacation days, citing the possibility of further investigations related to his improper use of city vehicles, his office said.

At 6:30 p.m., the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock holds vigil for New Yorkers in solitary confinement and hosts an opening of «Behind These Prison Walls,» an exhibit by photographer and former New York City Correction Officer Lorenzo Steele, Jr., UUCSR, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset.

Schriro has been commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction since September of 2009, and previously served as a special adviser to former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on immigration and customs enforcement.

Norman Seabrook — the disgraced former president of the city corrections officers» union who skated on criminal bribery charges in a mistrial last month — just scored another win Monday when a Manhattan federal judge tossed the related civil suit against him.

And one of the businessmen implicated in the NYPD scandal is already cooperating with the FBI after he was snared in a bribery scheme involving Norman Seabrook, the now - former president of the city correction officers» union who received $ 65,000 for channeling $ 20 million in union money into a hedge fund run by a friend.

Former Sen. Al D'Amato was this close to being called as a witness at the corruption trial of the former head of the city's correction officers union — which gets underway this week — over a story he has been telling for years about how the fallen jail guard rep once solicited him for a bribe, The Post has leFormer Sen. Al D'Amato was this close to being called as a witness at the corruption trial of the former head of the city's correction officers union — which gets underway this week — over a story he has been telling for years about how the fallen jail guard rep once solicited him for a bribe, The Post has leformer head of the city's correction officers union — which gets underway this week — over a story he has been telling for years about how the fallen jail guard rep once solicited him for a bribe, The Post has learned.

Those include a lead paint scandal at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the city's involvement in a discussion about whether to lift a deed restriction on a nonprofit AIDS hospice, the Administration for Children's Services» (ACS) mishandling child neglect cases, and former Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Joseph Ponte and other agency brass using city vehicles for personal trCity Housing Authority (NYCHA), the city's involvement in a discussion about whether to lift a deed restriction on a nonprofit AIDS hospice, the Administration for Children's Services» (ACS) mishandling child neglect cases, and former Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Joseph Ponte and other agency brass using city vehicles for personal trcity's involvement in a discussion about whether to lift a deed restriction on a nonprofit AIDS hospice, the Administration for Children's Services» (ACS) mishandling child neglect cases, and former Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Joseph Ponte and other agency brass using city vehicles for personal trcity vehicles for personal trips.

If the first day of Norman Seabrook's trial on federal corruption charges was any indication, the fear and loyalty that Seabrook, the former president of New York City's correction officers» union, instilled in his members remain undiminished.

Former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced the members of a commission he'll lead to study Rikers Island today — a group that does not include correction unions or management and that he vowed would take an independent and «no holds barred» look at the city's jails.

Platinum Partners is considering buying out a $ 20 million investment from the New York City correction officers» union, weeks after a former executive at the hedge fund and the union's ex-president were charged in an alleged bribery scheme.

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty to charges of corruption, alleged at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, that he gave money to the mayor's campaign in exchange for favors from City Hall.

They were among 106 alleged scammers arrested in a $ 400 million Social Security rip - off — one of the largest in history — that also included city Correction officers and a former Nassau County cop.

This seemingly simple question — the heart of the commissioner's defense against accusations that he misused the vehicle — threatened to engulf him in yet another scandal on Monday when two former senior correction officials all but accused him of lying under oath at a City Council budget hearing.

The city comptroller's office has stopped the city from paying the former correction commissioner, Joseph Ponte, $ 24,000 in compensation for unused vacation days, citing the possibility of further investigations related to his improper use of city vehicles, his office said on Tuesday.