Day: May 19, 2009

Sanchez Sisters

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 19, 2009
Categories In House

According to a Roll Call report, the Ethics Committee is reviewing staffing issues related to Loretta Sanchez and Linda Sanchez.

Hsu Trial

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 19, 2009
Categories In Courts & Cases

The Post covers Norman Hsu’s trial here. A longtime Democratic fundraiser believed he could get away with breaking campaign contribution laws by using actresses and other political neophytes as straw donors, a prosecutor said Monday in closing statements at his corruption trial. “He thought he covered his tracks,” Katherine Lemire told a jury in federal […]

Public Integrity Chief Quits

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 19, 2009
Categories In New York

The head of New York’s Public Integrity Commission resigned yesterday, according to this Times report. And Mr. [Herbert] Teitelbaum is not going quietly. In a four-page letter, he urged the commissioners “to continue their principled stand in opposition to the governor’s call for their wholesale resignation.” He said the governor’s calls for a shake-up were […]