According to the Daily News,
Queens Assemblyman Jose Peralta landed more than $500,000 in taxpayer money for a nonprofit that never filed federal tax records, has no employees and has been inactive for more than two years.
Peralta is the Queens Democratic machine's choice to primary Senator Hiram Monserrate in September, if he's not removed from office by the Senate before then.
The article outlines activities on the part of Peralta that sound very similar to Senator Pedro Espada's request for $2 million in Member Items for non-profits that had no address or staff or, well, much of anything except ties to Espada's friends and family.
One of the reasons for Espada's participation in the coup this past summer was the fact that the Democratic leadership essentially told him jump in a lake about the requests...so he went somewhere else to get the money...like Dean Skelos. (Ever wonder what was on tap for the Senate on the day of the coup? It was approval of the Member Items distribution that didn't include Pedro's request.)
Just what we need in the Senate. Another Pedro. |
