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May 9, 2008
Yonkers councilwoman's lawyers meet with feds in Ridge Hill probe
The Journal News
By Timothy O'Connor
Here's the latest news on the federal corruption probe investigating matters pertaining to the approval of Forest City Ratner's controversial Ridge Hill development project:
Lawyers for Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi met with federal prosecutors and FBI agents yesterday in a long-running probe of the council's handling of the controversial Ridge Hill development.
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Annabi cast the deciding vote in the council's passage of the $630 million development project on July 11, 2006. She had previously voted against the project.
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The council's handling of the proposed 81-acre development is at the center of a federal investigation launched March 1, 2007, with the issuance of a federal subpoena seeking all council records from the time the seven-member body took up debate of the project in 2004.
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Ridge Hill was not mentioned in that first subpoena; but it was cited in the last two rounds of subpoenas federal prosecutors issued Feb. 5 and March 28.In the latest subpoena issued in March, federal prosecutors demanded Annabi's financial disclosure form for 2006, all her e-mails from 2004 to March 2008, as well as all of Councilwoman Patricia McDow's e-mails related to Ridge Hill, Forest City Ratner, and Melvin Lowe, who city council members described as a consultant for the developer.
Posted by lumi at May 9, 2008 6:33 PM