Sentences with phrase «of a civil suit yesterday»
Rice is the first of the would - be Democrats seeking to replace AG Andrew Cuomo to issue a formal statement in the wake of his filing of a civil suit yesterday that accused Espada of bilking his Bronx nonprofit of some $ 14 million worth of charitable funds.
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This comes on the heels of yesterday's bombshell civil suit filed by Cuomo against Espada in which the AG accused the Democratic majority leader of treating Soundview like his «personal piggybank,» looting the nonprofit of more than $ 14 million worth of charitable funds to pay for everything from lavish trips for himself and his family to $ 20,000 worth of sushi — some of which was delivered to his Mamaroneck home.
Attorney General Cuomo filed a civil suit in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday alleging Espada and his family siphoned more than $ 14 million over five years out of Soundview, a clinic he founded to provide care to the people of the South Bronx.
«The legal strategy that we decided was optimum from our point of view was to file the civil suit yesterday, lay out the entire case in a civil suit, seek certain remedies in the civil suit and commence a criminal investigation today on the same basic underlying facts and proceed with the criminal investigation jointly with our federal counterparts.»