Monday, February 27, 2017

N.Y. Board of Elections Recommended Five Cases for Criminal Prosecution in 2016

 
By Kenneth Lovett

ALBANY — Members of Mayor de Blasio’s fund-raising operation are not the only ones facing potential criminal charges recommended by the state Board of Elections.

The board, at the urging of Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman, made five formal criminal referrals in 2016 to local district attorneys or the state Attorney General’s office, the Daily News has learned.

Sugarman said that by law she cannot discuss the specifics of any cases she formally recommended for potential criminal prosecution.

The News first reported last year that a referral involving de Blasio and his fund-raising operation related to their unsuccessful attempt to help state Senate Democrats capture the chamber majority. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has been presenting evidence to a grand jury. 

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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)

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