Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a fresh lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. today, accusing the Democrat and his son of siphoning dough from a not-for-profit they controlled to run a fake job-training program that bilked workers and skipped state taxes.
From the release, the suit claims the senator created the for-profit Espada Management “as a vehicle to siphon money from Comprehensive Community Development Corporation (“Soundview”), the Bronx-based not-for-profit where Espada is founder and CEO.
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