Disgraced former NYC building commissioner facing possible criminal chargesBy Bernadette Hogan, Priscilla DeGregory and Steve Janoski
July 17, 2023
A Manhattan grand jury has been hearing evidence involving disgraced former city buildings commissioner Eric Ulrich, who resigned last fall during a gambling probe by the district attorney’s office, The Post has learned.
The criminal probe includes allegations of misconduct from before Ulrich was the buildings department head, and may relate to favors that date back to his time as a city councilman from Queens, sources said Monday.
The grand jury has been hearing evidence for about two months, one source said.
But it is winding up its work — charges drop as soon as this week, according to The New York Times.
Ulrich’s attorney, Sam Braverman, would not confirm that.
“Anything anyone says is just a guess — and probably without merit — so I will await the indictment,” Braverman told The Post.
Ulrich — a 38-year-old former career politician who as of January had been selling insurance to make ends meet — stepped down from his lucrative city government position in November 2022 after investigators in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office seized his phone and interrogated him for hours about a criminal gambling investigation.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/17/disgraced-former-new-york-city-building-commissioner-may-be-indicted-as-soon-as-this-week/
