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  • NY: Labor leader arrested for racketeering (a seven-term Democratic state assemblyman)

    10/17/2006 2:52:00 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 16 replies · 396+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/17/06 | Pat Milton - ap
    NEW YORK - The president of the nation's largest municipal labor council was arrested on federal racketeering charges Tuesday, accused of stealing more than $2 million from the state, labor unions and even a Little League fund. Brian M. McLaughlin, a seven-term Democratic state assemblyman and president of the New York City Central Labor Council, has been under investigation for several years. He surrendered Tuesday morning and was released on $250,000 bail after a brief appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis. McLaughlin and his lawyer, Jonathan Bach, declined to comment as they left U.S. District Court in Manhattan....