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March 16, 2007
More Subpoenas on the Way!
COMMUNITY FIRST DEVELOPMENT COALITION
Folks in Yonkers are keeping a close eye on the FBI's interest in the Yonkers City Council and Bruce Ratner's controversial Ridge Hill project. For the record, last week, a Ratner spokesperson claimed that everything leading up to the project approval was done "properly and legally," which is based on long-term memory loss (link).
Community First Dev. Coalition posted two links on their blog today:
The Journal News, Another Yonkers subpoena expected
A second federal subpoena is expected to be served on the city, this time seeking financial disclosure documents many city employees are required to file, a city councilman said yesterday.
Republican John Murtagh said a "credible source," whom he would not name, had told him the new subpoena would be served, but did not say when. Yesterday, city lawyers dropped off two boxes of council documents at the FBI's office in White Plains, complying with the first subpoena served March 2.
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If federal authorities demand the financial disclosure forms, it would only increase intrigue over the focus of the probe.Under a new ethics law overwhelmingly approved by city voters in a 2005 referendum, all city elected officials and other top officials and employees, including commissioners and members of appointed boards, must annually file a financial disclosure form listing their interests in outside businesses, property and other entities. The forms are intended to increase accountability for officials and address potential ethical problems, particularly conflicts of interest, before they arise.
Yonkers Tribune, Yonkers City Clerk Compliant with Demand of FBI Subpoena by eHezi
Yonkers Corporation Counsel’s legal team today delivered the demanded written, audio, and visual Yonkers City Council archival records to the FBI office in White Plains.
The demand made by the subpoena is so vast in scope, so as to be indecipherable in concluding what specific issue(s) is the focus of the U.S. Attorney’s inquiry. Yonkers Tribune’s acid-tongued bloggers, have learned that subpoenas demanding financial disclosure by individual(s) are allegedly forthcoming.
Posted by lumi at March 16, 2007 7:58 AM