Posted by The attorney general’s office is investigating if Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. submitted false statements in a grant application seeking $3 million from the state for his health care company.
The state Department of Health confirmed Wednesday it referred concerns about the Espada organization to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office after reviewing the vendor responsibility questionnaires signed by the Bronx Democrat and notarized by Alexander M. Fear, his lawyer.
DOH spokeswoman Claire Pospisil declined further comment. Conflicts in answers on the questionnaires and disclosure of numerous tax liens against Espada’s organization were reported in the Times Union in June, leading to a freeze on the $3 million grant and a review of the contract award.
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