Jacono back as Republican leader in Yonkers
Former Yonkers Republican chairman John Jacono is back for a second time around. Republican district leaders voted him party chair last night. Jacono said an agreement had been worked out with Steve Levy and Justin Tubiolo, who also had sought the post. Jacono said Tubiolo agreed to take the party’s vice chair post and Levy, the party’s executive director.
As recent as last week, Levy and Tubiolo were said to be the favorites by then-chairman Zehy Jereis, who opposed Jacono. Together with some supporters, Jereis stayed away from last night’s meeting. Responding to Jereis’ assertion that Yonkers Repubican Mayor Phil Amicone pushed Levy and Tubiolo out of the race, Jacono was emphatic. “I don’t want to speak ill of anyone, but Zehy Jereis does not know what is going on.”
Jacono has the good fortune to take over the party whose top candidate is an incumbent mayor with a flush campaign treasury. But longer term trends are more challenging for Republicans in Yonkers and Westchester. “There was a time when you came up to Westchester you became a Democrat. But now-a-days, people stay Democrats,” Jacono said. There is a silver lining, however, at least in Yonkers, the retired special-education teacher and administrator said. Yonkers Democrats tend to be conservative “and they will vote Republican if they think you are doing a good job.”
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John Jacono will not be a controversial leader with
his own agenda…he will be supportive of all candidates
nominated by the party….his stock will go up
when phil amicone soundly beats dennis robertson
and when john murtaugh easily drubs jodi moseillo
However the story that is breaking as we speak is
the alleged violation of the election laws committed
by sam zherka in paying for ads both in the guardian
and on news 12 without the requisite political committee
registration and filing..I am hearing that the state
board is going to take a close look at this because
it involves a D felony
I guess one might surmise that from what the Board of Elections spokesman said in today’s paper.
len..a complaint has to be files.in order for the board
to take legal action….but let me correct the class
of the crime..it is a misdemeanor
GREAT SLATE! GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO WERE ELECTED.
Len, That’s only the tip of the old iceberg.
If you read the blogs, and I assume you do,
you already know that.
It is perplexing to me that certain relevant
facts about Sam Zherka have not been published
in the JN yet. He IS a strip club owner,
and he has a list of corporations totaling
at least a dozen. He is now investing
in slums in Springfield, Mass., to the tune
of $10 million, along with some partner named
Genaro Morales. You can easily look that up, too.
Sam Zherka also is a “serial litigant.” You can
easily locate that data, too.
His brother Ali is now indicted as member of
the Albanian mob. I assume you confirmed that.
Actually, all it takes is a Google search to see
the Federal indictment.
In ‘96, Ali also was involved in the double murders
at the Gambino-controlled Scores strip club
in Manhattan, along with two other prominent
Albanian mobsters, who are now doing long prison terms.
There is much more than that, too.
But to speak of Sam Zherka merely as a “newspaper”
publisher is somewhat short of full disclosure,
I would suggest.
Consultant,
Are you filing the complaint, or will someone
else do it? It must be done.
Hopefully, it’s an “A” misdemeanor.
is jewell still the secretary?
what happened to jeannie martinelli?
Levy should have beeen Chair
“GREAT SLATE! GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO WERE ELECTED.”
About as appealing as nails on a blackboard. Same ole garbage.
it is a misdemeanor..probably unclassified…because
not in the penal law….that is just a guess..
but it is a crime….and I will not file the complaint
a resident and yonkers voter has standing to do
so..that is the election this pertains to..
by the by…ethan..your research is absolutly
marvelous….you should write a blog
of your own…your insights are refreshing and
I know you are not particularly partisan..so
you would be doing it no matter who was
engaging in the kind of conduct that
dennis is engaging in..why on earth would a major
candidate fail to recognize that relying on sam
zherka for money, for advertising etc would not
come back to bite him in the butt…can he be that
naive…or is he simply that desperate..
at this point I have to see that notwithstanding
the democratic edge in enrollment I believe that
the mayor will get betwee 63 and 65 per cent
of the vote….I may have to revise depending on
how this robertson/zherka connection plays out
because if the new york media catches on..
or if the journal news actually does some
investigative reporting phil could wind up
closeer to 70% which is what our original
polling indicated if you extrapolated the undecideds
and simply broke them down the same as the sample
that had a preference…..give me a few more weeks
to lock on to a permanent prediction
if this all involved republicans i can assure you the
press would be all over it. that has been my experience
the media generally are liberal democrats…who if given
their druthers would just as soon have mostly democrats
in office…
Mob Buster, Thank you much for that
extremly relevant information. I, and I’m sure
the Consultant and others, will read it carefully
and perhaps post a “safe” follow up question or two.
I was familiar with many of those corporations,
but not all of them.
What do you know about Morales?
Now, or when appropriate, you might also
consider posting that info on the Yonkers Tribune
web site, where this subject is also hot and heavy.
I believe the Zherka sister is also one of those
litigants, though not listed here. She also was
a co-plaintiff in about 1996, when she and
Ali Zherka sued Knicks player Anthony
Mason after an alleged incident in Manhattan’s
China Club. That must have been before the
two murders at Scores, at which Ali was present
with two Albanian mobster brothers.
Based on your posting, someone in Yonkers Govt.
will be happy to have your information, I’m sure.
How they get it from you is another story, because of course you are anonymous here. That can be worked out.
It is not a shock to see Nader Sayegh and Spiezio
mentioned. I suspected that, but you nailed it.
Are you familiar with Kevin Morgan, the retired
Greenburgh detective and now a political
candidate? I have a reason for asking that. It
concerns an investigation of an arson in Greenburgh
some years ago. It may matter.
Mob Buster,
Are you aware of Joni Management, which
Spiezio, etc. is part of?
I believe “Prenjoni” is a combination
of JONI and something else.
Be alert at the Tribune site. Spiezio
is the boss of its editor, Hezi Aris.
No comments over there have been deleted,
so far as I can tell. But then, Spiezio
and Sayegh have not been mentioned yet.
“Integrity Committee,” LOL. Zherka was
a full-time, card carrying member of that
motley political organization which just
lost a battle for the Independence Party.
The courts found fraud on the part of Sayegh,
and the judge also called his own testimony
“incredible.” Another word for perjury.
Mob Buster,
I don’t work for the city of Yonkers or for the
Amicone campaign. But I can (as can the Consultant)
certainly speak to officials there about your data.
If you wish to remain anonymous, we will have to
create a way for your info to get where it needs
to go. It also would be helpful if some way could
be found to direct any follow-up questions to you.
All that can be figured out….soon.
If you check this blog, and this story, something
will be here for you before long. It will move
to page 2, etc. shortly, but you can follow this
story as it “travels.”
Thanks for the added data on Morales. And, I
suspected that about “Penjoni” the second I saw it,
which was at least five or six weeks ago.
Glad you know about Kevin Morgan. There is another
tie there which you and he might not even know about. It
may be a crucial tie. It’s too sensitive to post here.
But I can and will talk to Morgan.
You are 100 percent correct about that “Integrity
Committee. That name is about as bizarre as one
could find for such a group of…...
Mob Buster,
Still waiting to hear on the arrangements.
Am I correct that you wish to remain anonymous,
or is that not necessary?
(Please, no fake replies from fake “Mob Busters.”)
OK. Great. I answered you under the Financial filings
story on page one right now. Thank you again.
i think you guys forgot or didnt get the other 30-50 entities that Zherka is involved in. By the way I hear he is hiring and you guys will probably be out of a job after election day, so if thats the case Im sure he will pay you what you guys are worth, at least 7bucks and hour. Sounds like Zherka is doing a great Job, I love it. Keep is up Sam
Dom or better yet- Joseph Spezio III, you are such an imbecile. All the entities are known, but some have been ommitted for reasons the F.B.I already knows. Birds of a feather flock together. You and Zherka deserve each other. Hopefully sometime soon you and Zherka will be room mates in the Federal Penitentiary, and earning 7cents for cleaning fecel matter.