| Ex FDNY Official
Saccavino Got 36 Months now Bid
to Add Alcohol Abuse Program
Denied
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 22 – 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."
Inner City Press
covered the presentment, then
separate arraignment
On October
2, Judge Liman set a change of
plea proceeding for Brian
Cordasco on October 8 at 10
am.
Inner City Press
went to and live tweeted the
guilty plea. Thread
For Cordasco's
March 31 sentencing, on March
17 his lawyer filed asking for
one year home confinement -
with each and every sentencing
letter withheld in full.
On March 24 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in,
silent as they were in US v.
Greenwood on the mass sealing
of sentencing letters, asking
for 42 months.
On March 31,
Cordasco was sentenced to 20
months in prison to start June
17, thread here.
On April 30
Saccavino's lawyer wrote in
asking for no prison time -
two years probation with
intermittent confinement for
the first year, on May 14.
On May 7, the US
Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for "no less than 30
months."
On May 14, he got
36: "ANTHONY SACCAVINO was
sentenced to 36 months in
prison for participating in a
conspiracy to solicit and
receive bribes in his role as
the Chief of the New York City
Fire Department (“FDNY”)
Bureau of Fire Prevention"
with surrender on August 19.
On November 18
Saccavino hired new counsel...
On December 22
his request was denied:
"MEMORANDUM AND ORDER as to
(24-Cr-537-1) Anthony
Saccavino. Defendant Anthony
Saccavino ("Defendant") moves
for an order "supplementing"
the presentence report in this
case with what Defendant
characterizes as "newly
disclosed evidence" of
Defendant's serious alcohol
abuse. Dkt. No. 67. He argues
that such "clarification" is
necessary so that he receive
"access to evidence-based
treatment during
incarceration." Id. at 2. In
particular, Defendant asks the
Court to supplement the
presentence report with
evidence of his alcohol abuse
so that he can become eligible
for the Bureau of Prisons
Residential Drug Abuse Program
(RDAP). Id. at 78. The
Government opposes the motion.
Dkt. No. 69. The motion is
denied....[*** See this
Memorandum And Order ***]...
Defendant had the opportunity
to provide information to the
Probation Office so it could
conduct its investigation. His
claim now that the information
he provided was not correct
does not provide a basis for
the Court to "clarify" the
report. The motion accordingly
is denied."
More / analysis
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and on Substack here
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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