May 18, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a lifelong union steamfitter who became a labor power player as head of New York State's Building and Construction Trades Council to 51 months in prison Thursday for taking more than $144,000 in bribes from a shady contractor-turned-informant.
December 12, 2022
The former boss of the New York Building and Construction Trades Council and 10 other former labor leaders have pled guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for helping the construction industry steer clear of union labor, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday.
October 01, 2020
The president of the New York State Building and Construction Trades Council and 10 other labor leaders were indicted in Manhattan federal court Thursday for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for helping the construction industry steer clear of union labor.