Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'Assemblyman'
March 8, 2008
Two years after the FBI raided his offices, a former State Assemblyman and labor leader pleaded guilty to racketeering. Brian McLaughlin was charged with over 40 crimes, using his power as a seven-term Assemblyman, division head of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and head of the NYC Central Labor Council to bribe and steal. In court yesterday, he admitted, "I took funds illegally, basically from three areas: employees in the electrical industry, campaign funds,......
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