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Feds probe whether NYC Council member, Hochul aide took bribes to help migrant shelter provider
Federal prosecutors investigate if local officials received benefits linked to $200 million in homeless services contracts awarded to Brooklyn-based BHRAGS since 2022.
- Federal prosecutors are investigating whether New York City Councilmember Farah Louis, her sister Debbie Louis, and Edu Hermelyn accepted bribes or kickbacks linked to city funding for a migrant shelter provider.
- A search warrant signed March 19 seeks evidence of benefits received in exchange for actions taken on behalf of BHRAGS Home Care Inc., which has secured over $200 million in city contracts.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul placed Debbie on leave last week after learning of the investigation, while the probe also names Edu Hermelyn, husband of Brooklyn Democratic Party chair Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.
- BHRAGS received its first emergency migrant shelter contract in 2022 as asylum seekers arrived in the city; an attorney for executive director Roberto Samedy declined to comment on the inquiry.
- The Brooklyn Democratic Party has faced multiple scandals in recent years; Hermelyn briefly resigned from a senior advisor role to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams over dual government role questions.
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Federal prosecutors investigating if NYC Council member, Hochul aide took bribes to help migrant shelter provider: report
NYC Councilwoman Farah Louis (D-Brooklyn) and her sister, Debbie Louis, who served as Hochul's assistant secretary of New York City intergovernmental affairs, were named in a search warrant obtained by the Associated Press seeking evidence for possible criminal violations.
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Feds probe whether NYC Council member, Hochul aide took bribes to help migrant shelter provider
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City council member and her sister accepted bribes linked to the appropriation of city funds to a migrant shelter provider.
Federal investigation targets NYC council member and sister over shelter deals
Federal authorities are investigating Brooklyn City Council member Farah Louis, her sister Debbie Louis and Edu Hermelyn, the husband of New York State Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.
Feds probe whether NYC Council member, Hochul aide took bribes to help shelter provider
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City council member and her sister accepted bribes linked to the appropriation of city funds to a migrant shelter provider. That's according to a search warrant obtained by The Associated Press. The warrant seeks evidence of possible criminal violations involving Councilmember Farah Louis and her sister, Debbie Louis, an aide to Governor Kathy Hochul. It also names Edu Hermelyn, a Brooklyn…
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