When Queens Dem politico Gregory Meeks, is involved, money seems to disappear into thin air, or into somebody else’s pocket.
To date, the main stream media is ignoring one of the biggest congressional scandals in U. S. history involving Democrats using sham non profits to steal taxpayers’ money.
But, that doesn’t translate as well as going after the greedy bankers on Wall Street.
Gregory Meeks is only the New York version of what’s happening across the country.
From The New Post:
Among the Queens charities to benefit from the largess of embattled Rep. Gregory Meeks is the Greater Jamaica Development Corp.
That relationship has apparently drawn attention from federal investigators, who have reportedly subpoenaed Meeks' records related to the group.
A federal grand jury is probing several Queens nonprofits' connections to local politicians.
In 2003, Meeks helped steer $21 million in tax credits to Greater Jamaica to create an as-yet unbuilt "airport village" complex of housing, shops and a hotel near the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road and JFK AirTrain station stops.
The 10-parcel site, which is just under one acre, will be "made available for development as market conditions allow," according to a Greater Jamaica spokesman.
Meeks, a Democrat from Queens, also secured more than $18 million for the organization, which works to develop downtown Jamaica.
One of his biggest contributions was getting $9.2 million from the Federal Transit Administration to rehab an underpass on Sutphin Boulevard below the LIRR tracks. But the project -- in the works for almost a decade -- is still not complete.
Renovation didn't begin until last year on the project, which will include a shopping area below the train tracks. It is about 30 percent complete.
Greater Jamaica spokesman Lee Silverstein said the project was complex and involved moving trash compactors.
Meeks also secured $8.2 million for an extension of Atlantic Avenue to improve access to the LIRR station, and $950,000 to create a series of open spaces at the station.
Greater Jamaica was formed in 1967 and claims to be one of the city's oldest local development nonprofits. Its board comprises a who's who of Southeast Queens leaders, including the Rev. Floyd Flake, a former congressman and mentor to Meeks.
Flake, along with state Sen. Malcolm Smith, is under a federal probe.
Via New York Post
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