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You're Now Paying Pedro Espada's Son $120K a Year

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Pedro G. Espada and dad Pedro Espada Jr., holding another future public servant
Observing the behavior of some politicians in Albany is like lifting up a rock and watching the cockroaches flip you off. After bringing the already slothful State Senate to a standstill this summer by aligning with Republicans, megalomaniacal scofflaw Pedro Espada Jr. of The Westchester Bronx was wooed back to the Democratic fold and handed the position of majority leader. But naturally the perks didn't stop there; it's now come to light that Espada's son, Pedro G., has been hired by the Senate for the job of "deputy director of intergovernmental relations."

He's not replacing anybody; it's a newly created position that pays $120,000 a year. Pedro G. is not to be confused with Espada's other son Alejandro, who runs one of his father's controversial health clinics and recently admitted to roughing up a reporter. No, this Espada spawn is a former Bronx assemblyman and City Council member (though his Facebook page says his employer is Soundview Health Center).

You'll now be paying him to help out Indira Noel, who actually earns less as the Senate's $118,000-a-year director of intergovernmental relations. Last month Noel pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a forged instrument, and we sure hope her bad behavior doesn't rub off on Pedro G.!

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  • nyorker555

    Its just a matter of time for Espada to be caught red-handed doing something wrong: he's not very bright.

  • biked00d

    So... which one's the dad and which one's the son?

  • bentb

    i hate his hair, i hate his fake smile, i even hate that vacant-looking baby.

  • JenChungsBaby

    You know what -- I hate the baby too. And I hate Espada's son, his wife, his siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles, mom and dad, friends and anyone who's ever been nice to him in his whole miserable scummy life. I hate his barber, plumber, dry cleaner and and whoever washes his car. I hate the baby's friends too, and their parents and siblings. I hate the god who made the air molecules that allow Pedro Espada to draw breath every day.

  • NannyState

    Poetry!

  • Matt Joyce

    If they'd just undo NY electoral law, and allow free elections... just that...

  • Bubba

    I just went on Pedro Espada's senate website to send a message expressing my displeasure and the captcha was "duped at." I then clicked on contact the senate and the captcha was "Miss untruths."

  • hotstepper

    i hate it, i hate it, i hate.

  • Mr Mel

    Figure A in the Corruption Handbook. Caption reads "Nepotism is acceptable and necessary to get rich and stay in power".

  • UpperEastSighed

    Ha! When I saw the picture next to the headline, I thought the story would be about the 4-year-old kid he's holding. I mean, really, nothing would surprise me with this guy.

  • Bubba

    Time to blow up Albany.

  • Qraymond

    shameless:(adj) unblushing (feeling no shame)

  • I'm torn between being outraged at the blatant corruption of NY politicians, and feeling like a fool for being shocked that Albany is anything but a moneypit cesspool.



    This is what it means to exist as a sane New Yorker--accepting that your are a fool for electing corrupt clowns, and knowing that you are participating in that process every couple of years.



    It's a goddamn circus. They're your hired clowns.

  • Is a "forged instrument" like the ring of power?

  • yamon

    I feel physically ill whenever I see this douche's face or his name in print. How the fuk does he get away with this shit? I've not hated a politician like this since rick santorum, and he was nothing compared to this slime-infested fuck-stick.

  • Bubba

    Goddamnit. Fuck Pedro Espada. When is this piece of shit criminal going to face the music? He is why people hate government. And his shit's for sons should go to prison with him. Fuck each and every Espada.

  • Gothampc

    And yet people still keep voting for Democrats:



    Hillary Clinton - I'm only NY Senator until I can get something better.



    Eliot Spitzer - I can have fun with whores, but it's illegal for you to do it.



    Chuckles Rangel - I can rent four rent stabilized apartments for my personal use.

  • books

    honestlty we need a new form of goverment - fck this representive shit - lets have referedums on everything - with technology a better democracy is possible. imagine a world with no politicians.

  • EastRiver

    Chuckles Rangel - I can rent four rent stabilized apartments for my personal use.



    You left out cheating on his taxes.

  • Gothampc

    You left out cheating on his taxes.



    I left it out because that's a requirement to become a Democratic politician.

  • Steven

    See, This is the problem. Politicians LOVE,LOVE when people starting blaming one side over the another. It lets the energy go back and forth between them.



    Republicans aren't any better than Democrats. Both parties are self-centered pricks who care about their welfare of their own needs.

  • EastRiver

    Both parties are self-centered pricks who care about their welfare of their own needs.



    I agree. I was merely pointing out the truth about Rangel. Doesn't mean I think one side is better than the other. I wonder why you jumped to that conclusion. . .

  • nicemarmot

    Exactly. Repooplicans, Democunts...the only people they care about are themselves.

  • nicemarmot

    Wait, how are the Repooplicans any different?

  • JenChungsBaby

    The Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Relations??



    AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!



    I want to kill Pedro Espada more and more every single day. I want to grease the tracks of the 4 train with his guts and use his blood to paint the line down the center of Jerome Avenue. I want to entomb him in concrete. I want Laurence Olivier to drill his teeth. I hate him more than I can really say.

  • NannyState

    Just knock him senseless and toss him onto the Cross Bronx Expressway. Let the semis turn him into a 120 mile long "erasure" all the way to R.I. After all, his filth gets dragged that many miles North-South, it might as well go East-West.

  • nicemarmot

    Yes, I've officially stopped feeling bad that the first thing I think whenever I see the name "Espada" is DIE!!!!



    Entombing in concrete would be good too. You could mount the concrete in the middle of Albany as a warning to all corrupt politicians.

  • JenChungsBaby

    You can make it in the shape of a fire hydrant so every dog in Albany can piss on it.

  • TrippinJoJo

    bollocks

  • valeriob

    for serious

  • felixthecat2

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnUGlK2FujA

    Love Story of Elephant and Espada

  • swoop

    How do these people get elected.

  • drewo

    The media can only acknowledge two parties. So voters unwittingly think they can only choose between... "red" trash or "blue" trash.



    It's trash either way.

  • My question: Will there be a coup for Pedro G. to be the director of intergovernmental relations?

  • chuzzlewit

    anythings possible in ~*BIZARRO ALBANY*~

  • jibbly

    Yes and the salary will obviously go up. That little kid will take the position of deputy. If that happens, I've heard rumors that he plans to give all four of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles various assistant positions. Cowabunga!

  • felixthecat2

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/11/financial-times-columnist_n_256331.html

    Obama likes Felix the Cat. Time for me to do my happy dance.

  • sowhtifithppnsitwll

    What'cha got in your bag of tricks?lol

  • felixthecat2

    oh wait, columnist compared Obama to Felix the cat. Don't know how to feel.

  • Dead Himmler

    Any single intelligent thought ever fail.

  • felixthecat2

    Workers' compensation fraud creates a drain on our economy. I just send them your comments and hope they find you

  • Dead Himmler

    What the hell Felix. Now people are starting to ask questions from the MTA you idiot!!! Dam those geese to hell!!!

  • felixthecat2

    Say the lazy dumb MTA worker who is committing worker comp fraud. Hello MTA, look at your payroll, he been out for months for a finger and is working on the side.

  • longacre

    Reading comprehension fail.

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