Reichberg and the cooperating witness spent «well over $ 100,000» in gifts that served as bribes, Bharara said, so that they could hold
sway with police — which they used to get friends and themselves
out of traffic tickets, to arrange for police presence at religious sites and events, to get good seats at parades and other events, to get lights - and - sirens escorts to the airport, and even to close down a
lane of the Lincoln Tunnel so a visiting businessman could breeze through without traffic.
This function watched the driver's position within the
lane lines, and alerted the driver if they were drifting
out of the
lane (if a turn signal was used, this alert was not activated), with
Sway warning notified the driver if they appeared to be unable to stay centered in the
lane, suggesting they may be overly drowsy.