Group Call On Commission To Investigate Monserrate Fund
NYPIRG, Citizens Union, Common Cause and League of Women Voters today sent a letter to the Legislative Ethics Commission calling on it to investigate whether Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, has illegally set up a legal defense fund as he faces sentencing in December for misdemeanor assault involving his girlfriend.
The groups said Monserrate should disclosure of the names of the contributors and amounts of the donations and ban the creation of legal defense funds.
Sen. Neil Breslin, D-Albany, said he plans to put in legislation to do just that.
The commission said earlier this week it has not provided an opinion on Monserrate’s defense fund.
But then again, the commission has never taken action publicly against any lawmaker in its two decades in existence.
Here’s the groups’ letter.
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It would be nice if these groups publish the names of who gives to them, I wonder if any of their donors are giving to the Monserrate defense fund ??????
So I hope you get the names and then check it against your donors and tell us if they support you guys too.
VJ Machiavelli
No More Schumer
No More Pelosi
No More Rangel
No More Engel and his Million Dollar Home in Maryland, and
No More Arthur Finkelstein & Co