Gothamist: City Council Budgeted $17.4 Million For Fake Groups

DWM2008

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:26:13 -0500

You see what corruption lies within the people who have given such programs like west side rail, atlantic development, congestion pricing, astro turf your east river park and call it enviornmentalism.... But hey......If you trust the MTA to use 350 million to your benefit and use it wisely....screw drinking the kool-aid, you drank the drug tainted water too much........suckaz And you want to think NYC was all that.... No Protesting now the City Council will have the Police arrest you! Disorderly mofos.... pony up tax payers I gotta communtiy group that will support congestion pricing if we give them money for an after-school program.....thta is actually a way to pay off civic leader to support policy that does nothing "healthy" for anyone other then those in power and their patrons.... Quinn is my Coucil person and I never voted for her.......and Hope she gets her arse handed to her....I smell a lobbying job or a directorship at Bloomberg LP for the Fish loving selll out.... what an example to set for transparent government....fukkin shill

blablanyc

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:08:35 -0500

Bloomberg knew. This stuff gets out and around city hall quickly. Especially with Bloomberg's staff.

berniegoetz

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:53:02 -0500

What's the difference between dumping funds into fake groups and giving it to jackasses like Charles Barron's staff of would-be-assassins, anti-police militants and race-baiting attorneys? I'd prefer to see bags of money literally dumped into the Hudson after being used as toilet paper.

kissel

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:40:15 -0500

PBRK, since Quinn was involved in allocated those funds, she knew very well what was going on. At her level, I doubt she is going to find some underling willing to fall on their sword for her. This is her problem and she'll need to account for it. Saying others have done it in the past also doesn't put her in the clear, it just underscores what a problem the city council and the machinations of city taxes are.

Steven

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:55:09 -0500

Then we see the city complain about a lack of money.

JDSX

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:54:58 -0500

Let politicians seize our money and redistribute it to buy your votes and what do you think will happen?

other_islander

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:53:04 -0500

$4 million for The Human Fund? Hmmmm...

eyekantspel

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:50:37 -0500

How is this Quinn"s fault? For one thing, the article says Quinn learned of the practice last spring and told the finance staff to stop, so she admits being aware of it. Whether or not she's directly involved, it's certainly her responsibility. I mean, wtf, millions of dollars being channeled into fake organizations?? We're supposed to just say "oh, those silly politicians" and forget about it??? Where is the accountability? Outrageous.

PBRK

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:51:09 -0500

How is this Quinn"s fault?

kissel

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:36:05 -0500

smh, that is illegal. besides the fact that setting up these false entities is also illegal since they do not have legitimate tax IDs. Quinn has been a wreck, but she makes a fitting head for the city council which has been a circus of clowns.

Snoopy

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:31:14 -0500

It was an honest mistake. Just because perhaps maybe her girlfriends made a few extra mil doesn't make her a bad candidate for Mayor. That's what politicians need to do to succeed. Give her a break, or is it brake?

smh

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:26:00 -0500

i'm not exactly sure how this is illegal. this might be unethical, but it's not like people were pocketing this money for themselves. they basically used it for pork barrel sending in the districts of those council members who they needed to convince to vote for unpopular measures. how do you think legislation gets passed in DC?

TimSPC

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:20:52 -0500

So, who else wants to be mayor?

TK

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:19:20 -0500

If this is true, I hope people go to jail for a long time. Its blatant fleecing of taxpayers.

Aristocrat

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:15:18 -0500

Quinn should've realized it when one of the groups was listed as "Kong Dong and French Tickler Foundation"

Polemicist

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:08:22 -0500

The politicians who supported this activity should be imprisoned for a very long time. This is pure corruption, and has no place in civil society.