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June 19, 2012
Jail for Ex-Westchester Legislator in Tax Case
The New York Times
by Nate Schweber
Yet another sleazeball who has done the bidding of Forest City Ratner is headed to the big house. Say hello to Lipsky and Kruger for us, Nicky.
Nicholas A. Spano, who spent nearly three decades representing Westchester County as a state senator and assemblyman, was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in jail for tax evasion.
“This is an ending to a difficult period of my life and the beginning of the next phase,” said Mr. Spano, 59, flanked by close to a dozen members of his family, one of the most politically powerful in the county.
Judge Cathy Seibel of Federal District Court also fined Mr. Spano, a Republican who left office in 2006, $30,000 and ordered him to spend a year on supervised release. Mr. Spano is scheduled to begin his sentence on July 9 and may be eligible for release from jail after about 10 months. Judge Seibel said she hoped the sentence would send a deterrent message.
“The public is sick and tired of the powerful and fortunate not paying their fair share in taxes,” she said. “And it also seems that the public is tired of politicians treating election to Albany not as an opportunity to serve the people, but an opportunity to line their pockets.”
NoLandGrab: The public is also sick and tired of Teflon Bruce's henchmen taking the fall, while the kingpin remains untouched.
Posted by eric at June 19, 2012 1:22 PM