Jeff Klein Received 10K Donation From Mob-Tied Real Estate Firm
Will Bredderman
Klein took a $10,000 campaign donation from a mafia-linked realty company–the same firm he rents his district office space from.
The Bronx pol’s July filing shows that the Hutchinson Metro Center, an affiliate of Simone Development–formerly known as Hutch Realty Partners–kicked in the five figures in June. The donation brings the real estate group’s total contribution to Mr. Klein’s operation to a whopping $93,850 since 2006.
Two principals of the company, Michael Contillo and Joseph Deglomini, were indicted in the 1990s of tax evasion, racketeering, and conspiring to raid the pension funds of building trade unions with the help of organized crime.
Mr. Klein relocated his official district office to the Hutchinson Center in 2011. A spokeswoman for the senator said that the move was based on the site’s central location in the Bronx- and Westchester-spanning district.
Read more at http://observer.com/2014/07/jeff-klein-received-10k-donation-from-mob-tied-real-estate-firm/#ixzz37pnQAkaB
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