AG, IG Prosecute Public Corruption Cases
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- February
- 6
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Inspector General Kristine Hamann announced the indictment today of a public official in New York City who was allegedly bribing vendors, including a public relations firm associated with Marc Jacobs fashion, to hold shows at a New York City Armory.
Here’s from the release:
“Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and State Inspector General Kristine Hamann today announced a multi-count indictment against James Jackson, the former Superintendent of the 69th Regiment Armory, a national historic landmark, on extortion and bribery charges.
Jackson, 30-year New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs
(DMNA) employee who ran the Armory for more than 8 years, is charged with felonies for demanding over $30,000 from vendors in exchange for allowing use of the Armory for Marc Jacobs fashion shows and Ramsay Art Fairs, among others. Jackson faces more than 20 years in prison.”
Jackson pleaded not guilty, officials said.
They also announced other public-integrity sentencing:
“Cuomo today also announced the sentencing of Victor Molina, a former New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (NYSDTF) employee, for misusing his position to access confidential computerized tax information of a company to benefit his outside law practice in the Bronx. Molina, who is an attorney, worked for NYSDTF as a Tax Compliance Agent since 1998. Molina pled guilty to Official Misconduct, a class A misdemeanor and was sentenced to 3 years’ probation and the maximum $1000 fine. As a condition of his plea, Molina was required to resign from state service and banned from seeking future New York State employment.”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
