Feds Arrest Two NYC Fire Chiefs On Bribery Charges

Politico reports:

Federal authorities arrested and charged two chiefs in the New York City Fire Department in a corruption scheme, alleging they took at least $190,000 in bribes to expedite FDNY building inspections.

Brian Cordasco and Anthony Saccavino are accused of secretly partnering with a co-conspirator to start a fire safety company while the pair were both FDNY chiefs. Businesses would pay the company to speed up their building inspections with the fire department, according to an indictment unsealed Monday morning by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Monday’s news comes as scandal engulfs City Hall. Members of Adams’ inner circle had their phones taken by federal agents this month, leading to the resignation of his police commissioner and chief counsel.

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