Posted on 04/18/2010 11:52:24 AM PDT by jazusamo
Among the Queens charities to benefit from the largess of embattled Rep. Gregory Meeks is the Greater Jamaica Development Corp.
That relationship has apparently drawn attention from federal investigators, who have reportedly subpoenaed Meeks' records related to the group.
A federal grand jury is probing several Queens nonprofits' connections to local politicians.
In 2003, Meeks helped steer $21 million in tax credits to Greater Jamaica to create an as-yet unbuilt "airport village" complex of housing, shops and a hotel near the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road and JFK AirTrain station stops. The 10-parcel site, which is just under one acre, will be "made available for development as market conditions allow," according to a Greater Jamaica spokesman.
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Is this guy just yet another DIMocrat pursuing his perspective of “the American dream”? Nothing to see here...move along...
Yep, seems he’s from the same old school as William Jefferson and just may be joining him in that government building with free room and board.
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