Hours after Councilman Miguel Martinez admitted being a thief, prosecutors and investigators emphasized their inquiry into City Council slush money was far from over.
Already on their radar screen is Bronx Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo.
Like Martinez, Arroyo funneled hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars from the slush fund into a nonprofit controlled by relatives.
The relative [...]
Despite the Big Apple’s fiscal crisis, City Council members went on a spending spree with taxpayer money last year, snatching up expensive furniture, flashy electronics, wedding invitations and a bizarre order of school supplies.
A Post review of the council’s expense reports at Staples and J&R, where city lawmakers have tax-free business accounts, revealed a slew [...]
A member of one of the Bronx’s most powerful political families went on a lavish spending spree with taxpayer money — taking trips to Puerto Rico, dining at fancy restaurants and snapping up designer clothing — with big bucks swiped from a federally funded nonprofit, authorities charged yesterday.
Richard Izquierdo Arroyo — a nephew of City [...]
