| Two Former FDNY Officials
Indicted for Bribes Now Cordasco
Set to Change Plea on Oct 8
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 2 – Amid the scandals
swirling around NYC Mayor Eric
Adams and his inner circle, on
September 16 SDNY US Attorney
Damian Williams announced two
indictments, limited to the
FDNY.
"Anthony
Saccavino and Brian Cordasco,
two former chiefs of the New
York City Fire Department
Bureau of Fire Prevention, are
charged with bribery,
corruption, and false
statements offenses… in
connection with a scheme to
solicit and accept tens of
thousands of dollars in bribe
payments in exchange for
providing preferential
treatment to certain
individuals and companies with
matters pending before the
BFP."
At a press
conference in 26 Federal
Plaza, Williams declined to
comment on requests to City
Hall; he said one Henry
Santiago Jr. is cooperation in
this
investigation.
Inner City Press
covered the presentment, then
separate arraignment:
Both defendants
are being released today on
$250,000 unsecured bond, 2
co-signers each, no
communications with
co-defendants or Santiago Jr
without lawyers present. Turn
in guns in 24 hours...
Now at
arraignment of FDNY duo before
Distrct Judge. Both plead not
guilty. AUSA: There are
3 terabytes of discovery,
iCloud accounts. We'd like 2
months to produce discovery,
conference in 90 days.
Judge Lewis J.
Liman: I'll set a trial date
at that time - December 17 at
11 am.
Defense (lawyer
of Cordasco) Sounds
reasonable. (Saccavino's)
Works for me
On October
2, Judge Liman set a change of
plea proceeding for Brian
Cordasco on October 8 at 10
am. Inner City Press is on the
case(s). Watch this
site.
This case
is US v. Saccavino, et al.,
24-cr-537 (Liman)
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