A city councilman surrendered Tuesday to face federal charges that he tried to cheat the city of at least $2.5 million in council discretionary funds, funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to his girlfriend and relatives and charging the city $177 for a bagel sandwich. The charges were contained in a Manhattan indictment against Councilman [...]
Federal investigators have begun issuing subpoenas to landlords who leased space to City Councilman Larry B. Seabrook and several nonprofit groups closely linked to him after a published report last week that the groups had billed New York City more than $100,000 in inflated rent payments. At least one of the landlords confirmed receiving a [...]
Since City Councilman Larry Seabrook and two associates incorporated it as a nonprofit organization some 10 years ago, the African-American Bronx Unity Day Parade has left the lightest of footprints. It has never received I.R.S. approval to actually operate as a nonprofit. It has never filed a tax return. And, it seems, it has never [...]
