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March 16, 2011
Filling in the gaps in the Post's Bruce Bender story: questionable behavor in Yonkers
Atlantic Yards Report
In Scandal follows top exec, the New York Posts reports on Forest City Ratner executive Bruce Bender's record not only in lobbying "scandal-plagued state Sen. Carl Kruger" but also the Ridge Hill case in Yonkers.
The Post reports:
In 2006, Bender, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing, was the point man for Forest City's efforts to win approval from Yonkers for a $630 million commercial and residential development.
A Yonkers councilwoman, Sandy Annabi, stunningly switched her position on the development, and helped pass it. Last year, Annabi was charged by federal authorities with accepting more than $166,000 in bribes to vote for that deal and another development.
A Forest City spokesman said the company backs Bender, and noted, "We cooperated fully with the [Yonkers] investigation, and neither the company nor any of its employees were found to engage in wrongful behavior."
The missing connection
Here's what's missing: Forest City hired the alleged briber, Zehy Jereis, for a no-show job.
Posted by eric at March 16, 2011 12:02 AM