Wow. Just read some of the NY Times-picked commentary at the article.
Why, this wrongly-accused hero from lower Manhattan was just fighting for the people to prevent the Republicans from lining the pockets of their wealthy cronies at the expense of the poor and downtrodden! Are we so hasty to forget the good things this man has done for the people? He’s being hauled before a kangaroo court on trumped-up charges for standing firm against the exploitation of the common folk of New York City!
New York City liberal democrats are straight-up Stalinists.
All roads lead to Shelly
EXCERPT---the stench of scandal wafts over New York....a man whose non-profit received millions from taxpayers finds himself under criminal investigation for stealing millions.
And the connections reach to the top: to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver......under investigation is the husband of Silver's top aide----William Rapfogel, who was fired last week as executive director and CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty which relies for a good chunk of its money on tax dollars, much of which has been provided by Silver and his allies via member items.
(Now in jail), Rapfogel is married to Silver’s chief of staff. Rapfogel allegedly engaged in a money-laundering scam in which the non-profit's funds were used to buy insurance policies from Century Coverage at inflated prices.....and allegedly kicked-back to the Rapfogels.
Now, Silver dispensing untraceable tax dollars to an agency run by your chief of staff’s husband would strike most people as a blatant conflict of interest. But not in Shelly Silver’s Albany. There it’s another day of business as usual. (NY POST REPORT 2014)
SOURCE http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/all_roads_lead_to_shelly_vbv7P6J2Zmo26jP1dKF3tO