Friday, March 14, 2008

Brooklyn Assemblywoman's Bribery Trial Begins

Opening statements began yesterday in a Brooklyn courthouse for the bribery trial of Assemblywoman Diane Gordon. Ms. Gordon, 57, of Brooklyn, is accused of accepting an offer for a $500,000 house in Queens in exchange for supporting a developer's bid for a city-owned piece of property in her East New York district.

She was indicted in 2006 after a yearlong investigation in which she was caught on videotape allegedly accepting the bribe from developer Ranjan Batheja.

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