Posted by A New York City councilman who has been investigated in connection with council members’ links to nonprofit groups and a slush fund has resigned.
Miguel Martinez wrote a one-line letter to the council speaker on Tuesday announcing his immediate resignation. He gave no explanation for leaving.
A person familiar with an investigation into a slush fund that was used to funnel money to council members’ projects said Martinez was a subject of the probe. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the probe was ongoing.
Martinez, representing parts of northern Manhattan, was elected to the 51-member council in 2001.
Authorities raided the office of a nonprofit group connected to Martinez in March; he had steered hundreds of thousands in council funding to the group.
Source: AP
