Monthly Archives: April 2011

Phantom Organizations

Posted on April 5, 2011 by mattf

“City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s office hid millions of taxpayer dollars by allocating grants to phantom organizations as a way of holding the funds to dole out for political favors later.”

Posted in Fake Charities, Slush Funds |

Lee Richards hired

Posted on April 5, 2011 by mattf

“Ex-federal prosecutor Lee Richards, who charges $600 an hour, has been hired as personal criminal defense lawyer for Council Speaker Christine Quinn.”

Posted in Local & Federal Investigations, Slush Funds |

Lawyer Paid With City Funds

Posted on April 5, 2011 by mattf

“The lawyer retained by Ms. Quinn … will be paid with city funds, as will Sullivan & Cromwell, a firm that the Council has hired to assist in responding to the investigation.”

Posted in Local & Federal Investigations, Slush Funds |

I’m not going to lie

Posted on April 4, 2011 by donny

AFTER: “Did I think, as Speaker, having the [reserve] money to give out through the year might give me political leverage? Of course I did. I’m not going to lie to people that I didn’t think that.”

Posted in Lying to the Public, Slush Funds |

Fix mid-year budget

Posted on April 3, 2011 by donny

BEFORE: “No. These monies were largely used to fix errors and for mid-year budget requests.” (Christine Quinn’s response to the question, “Did you use any of this money to reward Council Members or for favors?”)

Posted in Lying to the Public, Slush Funds |