Posted on 04/16/2009 7:45:53 AM PDT by lowbridge
The former chairman of New York’s Liberal Party was charged on Wednesday with accepting more than $800,000 that prosecutors say was a reward for doing political favors for the former state comptroller Alan G. Hevesi.
The former chairman, Raymond B. Harding, 74, was also accused of helping to clear an Assembly seat in a Queens district so that Mr. Hevesi’s son, Andrew, could run for it in 2005. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said that Mr. Harding, once a close political ally of former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and a power broker in state politics, provided “30 years’ worth” of political favors to the senior Mr. Hevesi, including reliably endorsing his candidacies on the Liberal Party line.
Between 2004 and 2006, Mr. Harding collected a portion of the finder’s fees paid by two investment firms for deals to manage more than $100 million for New York’s $122 billion pension fund, according to the criminal complaint filed by Mr. Cuomo’s office. Aides to Mr. Hevesi had the payments directed to Mr. Harding as a reward for political favors he had done for Mr. Hevesi, the complaint said.
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Which leftard was it said “I may be corrupt but I bring home the bacon” recently?
lol.. if this guy had ran the NY Dem Party they would do gymnastics with the language to avoid saying it
Tip of the iceberg for NY State hyper-corruption.
Now he’s almost ready for a cabinet postion.
One last hoop, has he paid his taxes?
bump
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/30/murtha-if-im-corrupt-its-because-i-take-care-of-my-district/
Don't be silly. Corruption and hypocrisy only matter when the GOP is involved.
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