Al Pirro in the news again
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It always seems that whenever Jeanine and Al Pirro start fade off the radar screen, something happens to bring them roaring back. Today’s its word that federal prosecutors are asking questions about Al Pirro’s role in the controversial Ridge Hill project in Yonkers.
In case you missed it, today’s Journal News has the story that investigators have subpoenaed records from Yonkers City Council members Sandy Annabi and Patricia McDow. They have asked for Annabi’s financial disclosure form from 2006 and all e-mails she sent and received from 2004 until March 28, the date the subpoena was issued to the city.
And City Council President Chuck Lesnick says investigators also asked him about his dealings with Pirro, served as a lobbying consultant to developer Forest City Ratner.
Read more about that here.
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Missing from this item but not from the article itself is Zehy Jereis, the deposed Yonkers Republican chairman, friend and associate of mobsters, and the master of puppet Sandy Annabi. It was evident from the start that Annabi and Jereis were possible targets.
Many who follow these things also suspected from Day One that Al Pirro’s name would eventually surface. Sure enough. Ooops, there it is!
Mmm….A local area blog, and no else has anything to say about Al Pirro, Zehy Jereis and the Yonkers Council? The Consultant is a big defender of the Pirros. Cat must have got his tongue today.
The more time Pirro spends lobbying and consulting, the less time he has to drive around like a jackass endangering children in school zones.
watch newsmakers MEOW!
That channel does a terrible job of promoting that program. They really don’t promote it at all. It’s not exactly “appointment TV” no one needs to be reminded about. If not for the Consultant’s note I wouldn’t have seen it. But as expected it was a standard defense of Al Pirro by the Consultant. Al Pirro is a tough person to stick up for.
read todays new york times…according to
federal sources they quoted they are “inclined to indict”
sandi annabi…my bet is that al pirro will not be indicted
because his involvement with forrest city ratner was
terminated before the vote…ie if there was any quid
pro quo he was not the intermediary…but I have heard
some other interesting names which lead me to believe
that if there was any quid pro quo it was done out
of new york ..not westchester….
Thanks for the tip. I read it. About Al Pirro, time will tell, but he may not be in the clear. If a “New York” name you are referring to is that of an African-American activist, that could relate more to the Milio project than to Ridge Hill. But I’m speculating there. It could relate to both projects.
But if Annabi is indicted, it looks like Zehy Jereis probably also would be indicted. And then someone else or more to complete the picture.
if annabi is indicted for corruption as the article suggests
someone else has to be indicted for bribe giving, or
some other conpiratorial crime…because you cannot engage
in corruption (barring your own theft from a municipality)
without the person to facilitate it ie the person who
gives the quid pro quo ..which will be the interesting
portion of this whole story…If annabi received something
of value for her vote..from whom did she receive it…
and what was it that she received….those are all questions
that the indictment has to spell out if a grand jury votes
a true bill