Bronx state assemblyman receives federal subpoena investigating Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
by Kenneth Lovett
June 2, 2016
The treasurer of the Bronx Democratic Committee was recently subpoenaed and interviewed by federal investigators looking into Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, the Daily News has learned.
Michael Benedetto, who is also a Bronx state assemblyman, said Wednesday that a federal subpoena he received within the past six weeks sought information on all reimbursements made to Heastie by the Bronx Democratic Committee that the powerful pol headed before becoming speaker in February 2015.
The News reported in April 2015 that around the time Heastie became speaker, the Bronx Democratic Committee began quietly fixing years’ worth of financial filings with the state Board of Elections. The Board of Elections had begun a formal review of the county committee’s activities just weeks before Heastie became speaker. That investigation was prompted by a large amount of missing information from the committee’s two campaign accounts.
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