Posted on 03/12/2009 4:46:35 PM PDT by SmithL
New York (AP) -- Prosecutors are looking into why the new White House urban affairs director hasn't paid an architect for house designs made two years ago — the same time he recommended the architect for a lucrative city contract.
Adolfo Carrion, the former Bronx borough president, has said he would pay when he received the bill. But industry experts say the delay of payment is unusual.
"Normally after a project is completed, we get paid," said Chris Thomas, project manager and architect at AENArchitects in New York City. "I don't understand why he waited. That doesn't make sense."
It would be illegal for an elected official to accept renovation plans as a gift from an architect doing business with the city. And if Carrion pays less than fair-market value, his relationship with the architect, Hugo Subotovsky, would be a conflict of interest.
"The facts, as reported, raise questions we are attempting to get answers to," Steven Reed, a spokesman for District Attorney Robert Johnson, said Thursday.
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I’m sure there’s no dishonesty going on here. It’s all a misunderstanding.
Just don't turn any rocks over...
adding to the list
I wonder which political party Mr. Carrion is affiliated with.
Cheers!
You couldn’t write this chit if you tried.
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