The answer determines whether I sympathize or wish good luck to both sides.
The FBI is on the tail of NY state Sen. Adriano Espaillat (Dem-Manhattan), who is from the Dominican Republic, and his penchant for sucking up tax dollars for so-called “needy latino community groups.” Espaillat sucked up 100 “member items” as an assemblyman, including $500,000 public monies for his nonprofit, the grandiously named, “Northern Manhattan Coalition for Economic Development.” (NOTE: “Member items” is a nauseating extortion scam for greedy NY state legislative members).
DOMINICAN ESPILLAT KNOWN AS SENATOR PORK-—FBI agents want to know about Democrat Espillat’s use of public monies for “needy groups” that employed a covey of Dominican Republic natives including Espaillat’s sister-in-law, a Democratic district leader and several campaign consultants.
FBI scrutiny comes as Espaillat’s former chief of staff (elected to the Assembly-—now resigned in disgrace) admits he got wired for the FBI. Nelson Castro, a Dominican Republic native, got wired to save himself-—he lied to the FBI WRT a parade of Dominican Republic illegals corrupting the US election system-—unlawfully registered to vote using Castro’s address. Espillat zipped his lips when asked whether vote-buying Castro assisted in FBI probes of Espaillat.
BTW, Espaillat’s economic development scam closed down in 2011 (member items became extinct-—the needy Dominican Republican commuity has to do without (/snix) ). But Espillat appointed the n/p’s executive director-—Dominican Republic native Nurys de Oleo-—to a $50,000-a-year job as Sen Espaillat’s “special assistant.”
(Sure would like to see de Oleo’s job description up against his actual duties.)
SOURCE http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/feds_put_senator_pork_on_the_grill_kDKevEOI2MGBkyoBqBixoM
NY TIMES-—June 22, 1992
‘Three generations of Adriano Espaillat’s family have lived in the 34th Police Precinct in Washington Heights, a neighborhood where relatives’ businesses have flourished and some still greet the family members by name when they walk down the street.
Mr. Espaillat, who has lived in Washington Heights for 29 years, directs the Victims Services Agency there. He and his parents moved there from the Dominican Republic when he was 10 years old. His grandparents were already living in Washington Heights when he was born.