Any NYer remember the story of corruption/racketeering with Mario Biaggi?, [View all]

What I can find:

Congressman Mario Biaggi, who was charged and convicted in 1987 of accepting illegal gratuities and obstruction of justice, sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison. He was facing expulsion so he resigned. In 1988 he was also convicted of corruption/racketeering and sentenced to another 8 years in prison. The prosecutor was Rudy Giuliani.

Mario Cuomo was Governor when Mario Biaggi was convicted in 1987/1988
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Just wondering if anyone recalls more on this case of corruption & racketeering by Biaggi.
Was Congressman Mario Biaggi in with the NY mob as well?

NY's history of mob corruption & bribes & is just fascinating.
Just asking.
Thanks

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Any NYer remember the story of corruption/racketeering with Mario Biaggi?, [View all]	Budi	Mar 2021	OP
That's interesting OP - I never realized this	MisterNiceKitty	Mar 2021	#1
Not familiar with her.	Budi	Mar 2021	#2
She is a fairly impressive up and coming NY State politician.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#40
Yes, and she represents my district in Albany	Sanity Claws	Mar 2021	#17
I do remember Mario Biaggi	choie	Mar 2021	#3
So what did Mario Biaggi do to earn Racketeering/Corruption charges	Budi	Mar 2021	#4
See my post #8 just below yours:	George II	Mar 2021	#9
She's a State Senator from the Bronx. She was the first member of the state legislature...	George II	Mar 2021	#8
He may have had connections to Joseph Ippolito who had mob connections.	Jim__	Mar 2021	#5
Biaggi was involved with the Wedtech scandal...	PoliticAverse	Mar 2021	#6
Cripe. Just another day in the owning & being owned by the NY mob.	Budi	Mar 2021	#10
Here's An Interesting Side Note	Me.	Mar 2021	#7
Aaaaha! The mob corrupted Biaggi family wants to govern the State of NY? Hmmm	Budi	Mar 2021	#12
Alessandra Biaggi and Lindey Boylan are close, and you're right, Boylan has threatened to support...	George II	Mar 2021	#16
THe Plot Thickens	Me.	Mar 2021	#31
Some deep NY political gamesmanship right before our very eyes.	Budi	Mar 2021	#46
Alessandra Biaggi	choie	Mar 2021	#18
She was the first to call for his resignation, and has been the most outspoken about it for weeks.	George II	Mar 2021	#20
Women's issues is one of her main legislative priorities.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#44
Lol. Sure its not. It's totally innocent.	Budi	Mar 2021	#47
Do you have something other than Governor Cuomo's dad	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#54
LOL. Suuurrre she is..	Budi	Mar 2021	#57
Calling for her grandfather to resign by Cuomo's father isn't disqualifying, but it certainly....	George II	Mar 2021	#82
She worked in Cuomo's administration for 7 months.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#88
It's more than that. There are these tweets AND one that she deleted blaming Biden and Harris....	George II	Mar 2021	#52
Really? It's not a stretch either. Jfc	Budi	Mar 2021	#22
She also was a protege of Joe Crowley and Deputy National Operations Director for Hillary Clinton's	Celerity	Mar 2021	#38
That doesn't mean people can't have personal grudges. Similar to Kushner and Chris Christie	JI7	Mar 2021	#49
Sorry, I am not going to promote fantasyland hit jobs on elected Dems based off	Celerity	Mar 2021	#55
My point is	JI7	Mar 2021	#59
The OP already was caught downthread making another factually untrue statement.	Celerity	Mar 2021	#61
Shambolic describes the whole 'he touched my arm'!!! RESIGN!!	Budi	Mar 2021	#63
Much of this comes from the nursing home scandal as well.	Celerity	Mar 2021	#64
Ok. Now we've moved off the sex scandal & on to the nursing home scandal.	Budi	Mar 2021	#66
I did not move anywhere, the nursing home issue was always the more problematic one for me	Celerity	Mar 2021	#68
Ok. Well enjoy your evening. I'm going to watch a gardening show	Budi	Mar 2021	#73
cheers	Celerity	Mar 2021	#75
Rolf. Ok let's talk "Character Assassinations" K?	Budi	Mar 2021	#60
You should really self delete the OP, the thread is a baseless smear job on an elected	Celerity	Mar 2021	#62
No its not. The OP posed a question & a connection .	Budi	Mar 2021	#65
lol, now you just outed yourself in regards to another untrue statement, this one exposes your	Celerity	Mar 2021	#67
No, actually You outed yourself	Budi	Mar 2021	#69
I did not out myself as I have nothing to out, other than my tendency to debunk bollocks on all	Celerity	Mar 2021	#80
The smears against Governor Cuomo are baseless,	radius777	Mar 2021	#71
Interesting take. You seem to not be a fan of having a full investigation, as you've already made	Celerity	Mar 2021	#74
I don't decide anything, the AG should investigate	radius777	Mar 2021	#76
I have not called for him to resign, nor have I tried to smear anyone, and I, as stated before, am	Celerity	Mar 2021	#77
That is fair. AG Tish James is respected by all camps,	radius777	Mar 2021	#79
Yes. I read about her, her record is both impressive and apparently very clean. nt	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#43
Actually Cuomo tried to choose who did the "independent investigation" but that failed...	PoliticAverse	Mar 2021	#23
No he did not. He allowed AG James to make the apointments	Budi	Mar 2021	#25
Cuomo's people chose Barbara Jones to do the investigation...	PoliticAverse	Mar 2021	#30
Cuomo called for a shared investigation that would involve AG James	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#45
She is a pretty straight arrow.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#42
Not with her bonafides!	Budi	Mar 2021	#48
A pretty cryptic reply.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#51
LoL. I have no idea what you're talking about.	Budi	Mar 2021	#53
I don't remember anyone claiming he had serious mob ties, but he was a NYC politician...	TreasonousBastard	Mar 2021	#11
Yes, he was close to Meade Esposito, who had mob ties.	George II	Mar 2021	#13
Meade Esposito..	choie	Mar 2021	#15
Esposito was a big backer of Ed Koch for Mayor, too. As it turned out, Koch's administration was...	George II	Mar 2021	#19
"City for Sale" - yes an excellent book on the corruption of the Koch years.	PoliticAverse	Mar 2021	#26
I absolutely LOVED Ed Koch, and I too pooh-poohed lots of what was in the news. It wasn't until....	George II	Mar 2021	#29
ooh thanks George II!	choie	Mar 2021	#85
When I googled the exact title yesterday, I saw that it's for sale on ebay or Amazon, but....	George II	Mar 2021	#86
I found it for a little over $7	choie	Mar 2021	#87
1985, during an FBI investigation into the Genovese crime family,	Budi	Mar 2021	#21
Tammany Hall was a name that I recently read. I haven't looked further but I will now!	Budi	Mar 2021	#14
That's the mother of all NYC political corruption. "Boss Tweed"...	PoliticAverse	Mar 2021	#33
God, They Were Notorious Here	Me.	Mar 2021	#35
They held power. Whatever people think of Teddy Roosevelt now he was not a wimp.	JanMichael	Mar 2021	#41
I hate to break it to Non NYers. NY has a history of corrupt politicians and politicians behaving	tulipsandroses	Mar 2021	#24
Doesn't matter the past corruption. The fact tha Trump sees a way to be pardoned & his life of Mob	Budi	Mar 2021	#27
What way is that?	brooklynite	Mar 2021	#32
it sure is such a theory, with the added benefit of ethnic-based stereotype smear attempts and CT	Celerity	Mar 2021	#72
Since he ran on cleaning up corruption, and has been embroiled in corruption scandals	tulipsandroses	Mar 2021	#37
This message was self-deleted by its author	Budi	Mar 2021	#28
Disgusting thread	Gruff B. Gus	Mar 2021	#34
Says You	Me.	Mar 2021	#36
Says you.	Budi	Mar 2021	#39
Unfortunately, several people seem to be trying to paste dirt on Alessandra Biaggi,	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#50
+100000000	Celerity	Mar 2021	#56
+100000000	Celerity	Mar 2021	#58
Alessandra Biaggi and Boylan are Cynthia Nixon clones,	radius777	Mar 2021	#70
K & R Thank You!	Budi	Mar 2021	#78
Biaggi might be helping to pave the way for a second Cynthia Nixon primary run.	lapucelle	Mar 2021	#81
Cynthia Nixon doesn't seem like a serious candidate. I can understand wanting to challenge	JI7	Mar 2021	#83
Nixon ran against Cuomo in 2018.	lapucelle	Mar 2021	#84