At his press conference in midtown yesterday Michael Bloomberg was asked why one city agency approved a funding application for the Donna Reid Fund after the same group had been denied funding by another agency.
The mayor defended what had happened and added, "In fact, the process worked."
Two employees of Councilman Kendall Read More
Councilman Kendall Stewart helped steer taxpayer money the Donna Reid Fund, which not only shares an address in Brooklyn with Stewart’s chief of staff Asquith Reid, but allegedly was used to funnel money to Reid and another staff member.
But the relationship between Reid and the Donna Reid Foundation wasn’t a secret.
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The unsealed indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York names Councilman Kendall Stewart’s former chief of staff, Asquith Reid, and another staffer, Joycinth "Sue" Anderson.
The charges include conspiracy to commit mail fraud, money laundering conspiracy and witness tampering and center around an organization called the Donna Reid Fund, Read More
