Bloomberg: City to probe of ex-senator's (GOP) release

[UpInArms]

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--ex-senatorrelease0930sep30,0,7231074.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

NEW YORK -- The city will investigate whether outside influence prompted the early release of former Republican state Sen. Guy J. Velella, who left jail three months into a year-long sentence for a conviction in a bribery scandal.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that the Department of Investigation will try to determine if anyone in his administration pressured a little-known commission to approve Velella's release Tuesday.

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In New York, the commission of four mayoral appointees has released just five people so far this year. Velella and two others were figures in a bribery scandal involving illegal payments by people seeking public works contracts.

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Velella, his father and two other men were charged in May 2002 in a 25-count indictment that alleged he accepted at least $137,000 in bribes from contractors from 1995 through June 2000.

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Uh... let's think about this for a minute - the guy's in prison for a "bribery" scandal and he is one of 5 people let out of prison early.

And, wow! Let's let him keep getting $80K a year from the NY taxpayers! What a deal!

[Zorra]

1. The "Party" must be granting amnesty to all republican criminals.

If Bu$h is re-selected, the laws will only be for non-(republican)party.

Republican party members will be granted special privileges and immunity to legal prosecution or civil action until all other parties are outlawed and wiped out.