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Bribery Case 3500 For
Trial of Cartagena Now
Delay Sought to October 6
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 2 – For days Inner City
Press had heard from its
sources there would be a
"takedown" on February 6, each
SDNY Magistrate Judge would
handle seven to 10 defendants.
Arrests happen at
6 am. So at 5:55 am Inner City
Press tweeted it, first to X
subscribers with the spoiler
alert: the expectation was
that each of the current or
former NYCHA employees would
be released on bond the same
day.
And then hours
later at 9:39 am the
prosecutors announced it.
Media rushed around reporting
it. Inner City Press had
it first, and after discretely
waiting, published it first.
Then this thread of
presentments, here
On October 9,
NYCHA defendant Joy Harris was
on trial, the first trial. On
the stand was an immunized
witness, Mr. Singh, who said
he twice paid bribed to Joy
Harris. He described her
saying, I need something;
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said for
the record, rubbing his index
finger and thumb together.
On October 17,
Harris was found guilty by the
jury of bribery and extortion
under color of official right.
On February 26,
2025, Harris was sentenced to
41 months in prison.
That trial was
USA v. Harris, 1:24-cr-00207
(Kaplan)
Now teed up for
another NYCHA trial is Roberto
Cartagena, initially charged
with taking $12,500 in bribes,
with the Johnson Houses cited.
The trial is set for May 27 -
and on May 9, the US
Attorney's Office wrote it was
providing 3500 material that
night, "well in advance of
trial."
But on June the
AUSA wrote in, noting the
request for a suppression
hearing and proposing to push
trial back to October 6.
This trial is USA
v. Cartagena, 1:24-cr-516
(Gardephe)
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