De Blasio Confirms Interview With Manhattan Prosecutors
Source: NYT
Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorneys office have interviewed Mayor Bill de Blasio in connection with an investigation into his fund-raising practices, the mayor said on Wednesday, his first acknowledgment of direct contact between himself and investigators in a set of overlapping inquiries.
The Manhattan D.A.s office asked for an interview and we did an interview, Mr. de Blasio said in response to a question from a reporter at an unrelated news conference on traffic safety. Asked to clarify who was present for the interview, he said, pressing his hand to his chest, Me, and my lawyers.
He did not provide the precise date of the interview, saying it had occurred a few weeks back, or any details of what was discussed, referring questions to his lawyers.
Two people with knowledge of the matter said the interview took place on Dec. 23, lasted 90 minutes and focused on the mayors fund-raising in connection with his unsuccessful effort to help Democrats take control of the State Senate in 2014. One of the people said that prosecutors presented the mayor with a variety of documents related to the fund-raising during the questioning.
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/nyregion/de-blasio-fund-raising-investigation.amp.html?client=ms-android-sonymobile
There might be something to this mayor run talk
tenorly
(2,037 posts)It probably sounded like a Joe Pesci scene.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Top cops were eating guns over it a year ago
http://nypost.com/2016/05/13/cop-questioned-in-nypd-corruption-probe-kills-himself/
It's a little reminiscent of Al Pacino's City Hall. Gotta love New York politics (and a lot of other places besides).
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Again, run by major players in the Orthodox community. It was a Ponzi scheme. The guy who ran it is under indictment for bribing the president of the jail guards union to invest their pension funds (which was lost in the scheme). Other Platinum officials were indicted recently for looting a company.
The Platinum guys are not the kind of guys who go to jail for long. So they probably are looking to give up a big fish they really don't care about or be considered a moser. So, de Blasio.
dawn frenzy adams
(429 posts)You posted a link to Murdoch's rag? Are you kidding?
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)I do not know of a single person that thinks he could hold a candle to Bloomberg.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)I'm intrigued.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Someone that took strong positions and put his heart into them. Someone that added a 3rd term and and made it work. De Blasio seems barely competent. He takes weird positions on things like carriage horses and moving from Brooklyn and does not not seems able to make a decision. And corruption rumors have followed him for years.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)It's always good to have a knowledgeable local perspective like yours.
Being the Mayor of New York - the second-hardest job in the country, as Ed Koch referred to it - is not for just anybody (but what a city!).
mpcamb
(2,855 posts)and lower classes. Die Biasio made initial efforts at correction but got blocked by previous administration leftovers. He's a liberal with an old line Democratic bent, something too scarce in NYS and US politics.
adigal
(7,581 posts)I bet Bloomberg wouldn't have NYC be a sanctuary city.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Not only Bloomberg, but Rudy also favored NY being a sanctuary city.
The NYPD leaves immigration enforcement to the federal government, and there are really strong public health and safety reasons for doing so, said Donna Lieberman, head of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Asking cops to turn in or hold people who may be here illegally makes immigrants less likely to report crimes or fires, she said.
As mayor, Rudy Giuliani was a staunch defender of the policy, she noted, as was Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
New York has one of the most immigrant-protective policies of the dozens of sanctuary cities in the country although not as extreme as in San Francisco, where last year local cops refused to turn over an undocumented migrant the feds had asked for.
http://nypost.com/2016/11/19/new-york-to-remain-a-sanctuary-city-for-immigrants-de-blasio/
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)orangecrush
(19,236 posts)What's up with that?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)want to characterize my statement?
Here's an example of what NY'ers don't appreciate, a 2+ billion dollar street car plan that would never work. Please be sure to read the comments:
Mayor de Blasio to Propose Streetcar Line Linking Brooklyn and Queens
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/nyregion/mayor-de-blasio-to-propose-streetcar-line-linking-brooklyn-and-queens.html?_r=0
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Not so much the swooning over Bloomberg.
Wabbajack_
(1,300 posts)may not be the worst guy but he's pretty right wing on a lot of stuff, sure as shit not my cup of tea. DeBlasio won in a huge landside, a vote for change after 20 years of Republican mayors.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)He only cares about Manhattan and left of the rest of the city to fend for itself.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I am not as worried with the DA as I am with the US Attorney.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)are not anything to write home about.
This is why they are floating Hillary.
The punditry feeling is that the one who can take de Blasio down is himself. He is arrogant and lazy. He takes his base for granted and doesn't do the mundane and necessary neighborhood by neighborhood work a good mayor does.
He doesn't sell his victories well and he lets the tabloids bully him.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)We really have to develop fresh talent.
I wasn't sure about that whole floating of Hillary but I don't think it's a bad idea now. Granted I'm not living in NY anymore so I don't have much say about it but still...
Dorian Gray
(13,469 posts)but he's gaining popularity as a thorn in Donald Trump's side.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)Preet Baharara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preet_Bharara
I've seen nothing that even suggests Bharara is anything but honest and hates corruption. He has successfully prosecuted both Republican and Democratic NY State politicians
Oddly enough he was asked to stay on by both Trump and Sessions
DOJ Bio: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/meet-us-attorney
Interesting NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/nyregion/preet-bharara-says-he-will-stay-on-as-us-attorney-under-trump.html?_r=0
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)That is what I should have said.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)Bharara probably does have an ongoing investigation involving DeBlasio
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Preet put away 2 of them for corruption.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/new-york/2015/05/10/critics-wrong-albany-three-men-room/27091739/
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Might run for Mayor of NYC against De Blasio
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)His pathetic daddy couldn't even win the primary here (went to Kasich). But DiBlasio has to go - he's been thoroughly ineffective.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Never underestimate the stupidity of the voters in this country
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)By thanksgiving 2015, I said he'd he the nominee. We are a celebrity obsessed society and didn't think any of the other dwarfs would knock him off. But celebrities in Manhattan aren't unusual and that degenerate's name here has been mud for decades. Always remember that those who knew him best rejected him from the beginning. That isn't going to change now that he's just screwing up traffic for us for the next 4 years to keep his wife safe. NY will never elect any trump mayor.
UCmeNdc
(9,589 posts)Hillary Clinton, Mayor Bill de Blasio, etc. We must investigate. Donald Trump, Roger Stone, etc. nothing to see here. Why investigate?
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