Change could be coming to the New York State Senate soon!
Because Republican State Senate Leader Joseph Bruno is now the target of a federal investigation, the AP reports.
Bruno, a Rensselaer County Republican, said he was told by the FBI in late spring that he was being investigated. Bruno said he does not know what exactly investigators are looking for, but said he has been cooperating with the inquiry.
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Earlier this month it came to light that Bruno directed $500,000 in state funding in the past two fiscal years to a private company connected to a businessman being investigated for providing Bruno with free air travel, state records show.
The Empire State Development Corp. grants to Evident Technologies Inc., a private nanotechnology company based in Bruno’s district, received the “pork-barrel” spending at Bruno’s request.
Update: btp here. Late spring, he knew about it. Sooo….
Bruno said he doesn’t believe that this inquiry will affect his ability to serve as majority leader - a post to which he was recently re-elected by Senate Republicans. It’s unclear whether the senators had any inkling of the FBI probe when they unanimously tapped Bruno to serve another two years as leader.
(h/t The Albany Project.)
So, are GOP state senators feeling punked? And how about Bruno’s constituents? Good thing this came out after the investigation. Election, I mean. Yeesh, gotta get more sleep…
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Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.
[...] Uh-oh, Joe, there’s a new sheriff Spitzer in town, I hear tell. So it’ll be interesting to see how that clips Bruno’s wings on this kind of thing. At least Bruno’s not the subject of an FBI investigation or anything. [...]