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March 30, 2007
Yonkers GOP chief sent financial data to state
The Journal News
By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Here's the latest installment of the saga in Yonkers, over possible impropriety concerning Bruce Ratner's controversial Ridge Hill plan.
Embattled GOP Chairman Zehy Jereis did file financial disclosure forms after all - but with the state, not the city, as federal investigators supposed in a subpoena filed as part of a conspiracy probe of City Hall.
Jereis filed disclosure forms with the state Legislative Ethics Committee between 2003 and 2005, while working as a legislative aide to then-state Sen. Nicholas Spano, a Yonkers Republican and longtime mentor to Jereis.
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Federal investigators served a subpoena on City Hall on March 19 seeking financial disclosures filed by Jereis with the Yonkers Ethics Board in his capacity as city Republican chairman. Jereis contends he was not required to file, and the law changed since to exempt him.The subpoena was the second served on the city this month. On March 2, the City Council was asked for records dating to 2004. Two boxes of documents were delivered to FBI offices in White Plains earlier this month.
The subpoenas have led to widespread speculation and prompted at least one council member to consult with an attorney. A source close to the federal investigation told The Journal News the first subpoena sought records relating to the council's actions on Ridge Hill Village, a $600 million residential and retail "mini-city" along the New York State Thruway in Yonkers.
Neither the FBI nor the U.S. Attorney's Office would confirm or deny the existence of the probe.
Posted by lumi at March 30, 2007 9:15 AM