jeremy reichberg
Ex-reality TV star nominated to serve as NYC elections board commissioner
Ex-reality legal TV star Michele Sileo husband, retired NYPD deputy inspector James Grant, was engulfed in a corruption scandal but later acquitted of bribery charges.
Adams hires Resorts World exec pal for agency likely to oversee new NYC casino
“It’s totally inappropriate, it’s a direct conflict of interest,” said John Kaehny, the executive director of government watchdog group Reinvent Albany.
Home for the high holidays: Ex-de Blasio donor gets prison furlough
Jeremy Reichberg was convicted of bribing cops with access to hookers.
City Hall admits new budget dismantles unit for placard crackdown
City Hall has pulled the plug on its latest effort to tackle rampant placard abuse by municipal employees, shutting down the NYPD unit meant to enforce the most recent crackdown....
De Blasio donor Jeremy Reichberg appeals 4-year sentence for NYPD scandal
A former City Hall fundraiser convicted of taking part in a massive NYPD corruption scandal is appealing his four-year sentence — claiming he should have been allowed to call Mayor...
Jona Rechnitz asks for time served, says he's suffered enough: lawyer
"Jona has also experienced more than sufficient punishment over the past several years of cooperation with the Government," his lawyers wrote to Manhattan Federal Court judge Alvin Hellerstein, who will...
Jona Rechnitz deserves light sentence for corruption probe cooperation: prosecutors
Manhattan federal prosecutors Wednesday showered praise on Mayor Bill de Blasio donor-turned-cooperator Jona Rechnitz, telling a judge that the businessman deserved the utmost leniency at his upcoming sentencing. "Since making...
Ex-cop who cooperated in NYPD bribery scandal gets no-jail sentence
The ex-cop who broke open the NYPD corruption scandal narrowly dodged a prison sentence Wednesday — but not before sobbing so hard a judge told him to sit down and...
De Blasio donor sentenced to 4 years for bribery scandal
A former City Hall fundraiser who was convicted of taking part in a massive bribery scheme in which NYPD officers were given lavish gifts that included a private junket to...
De Blasio donor convicted of bribing NYPD officers says star witness lied
The Mayor Bill de Blasio donor convicted in January of bribing NYPD officers with gifts that included a $60,000 trip to Las Vegas -- complete with a prostitute hired to...
By ignoring corruption trial, De Blasio 'tunes out' the truth
Mayor Bill de Blasio has decided he’s through talking about the NYPD corruption trial that ended in the conviction of one of his top campaign donors — based largely on...
De Blasio won't say why he's been ducking the NYPD corruption trial
Mayor de Blasio refused to explain Thursday why he ignored the NYPD corruption trial that ended in the conviction of a former fund-raiser — even as the city’s top cop...
James Grant was lucky not to be the big fish at corruption trial
Sometimes, it’s good to be the lowest man on the totem pole. Ex-NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant was acquitted of bribery Wednesday in Manhattan federal court — where the feds...
Crooked donor's trial was another win for public corruption
Will we ever see another public official convicted for a clear-cut case of bribery and corruption? The odds against it keep getting longer. The latest shock came Wednesday, when a...
Jurors say ex-NYPD cop James Grant should never have been charged
Two jurors who helped acquit ex-NYPD cop James Grant on bribery charges said Wednesday that he never should have been charged — and one said that other high-ranking police officials...
NYPD corruption trial ends with cop cleared, de Blasio fundraiser guilty
An ex-hooker’s tawdry tale of sex with an NYPD commander on a private-jet junket to Las Vegas just didn’t fly with jurors — scoring him a stunning acquittal on corruption...
Ex-police honcho tied to NYPD scandal denies taking payoffs
A former top city police official whom the feds have identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the NYPD bribery scandal spoke out for the first time Monday, denying that he...
Jurors in NYPD bribery trial think it's gone too long, want to quit
These jurors have reasonable doubt ... that they're going to make their vacation. After just two days of deliberations, the men and women weighing evidence in a high-profile NYPD bribery...
Juror yells 'Bravo!' after closing arguments in NYPD bribery trial
The defendants in a high-profile NYPD bribery trial were grinning from ear to ear on Friday after a wayward juror called out “Bravo!” from his seat in the jury box...
Corrupt City Hall just got caught red-handed
A batch of previously undisclosed emails The Post revealed Tuesday offer strong new evidence Mayor Bill de Blasio intentionally evaded public-disclosure laws. “Always stay in touch, but please do via...