Shirley L. Huntley

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• Letter: Huntley must be held accountable

  read the about the accusations against and conviction of former state Sen. Shirley Huntley ["Jail for politician," News, May 10]. This is corruption and greed personified. I also read the "Support for Huntley" [News, May 10], which ends with her granddaughter's   Read more »

• Supporters want leniency for Shirley Huntley

  derogatory remarks about minority students.Charles Fisher , former manager for rapper and actor LL Cool J , has worked with Shirley Huntley to reduce gun violence and improve graduation rates."Jail time will not change anything, but having her donate countless   Read more »

• Shirley Huntley sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison

  Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley , who wore a wire for the FBI from June through August of last year in a bid for leniency after she was caught embezzling money from a nonprofit she founded, was sentenced Thursday to one year and one day in prison.A month   Read more »

• Memo shows Shirley Huntley taped six fellow state senators

  Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley taped six fellow senators last year at the behest of the FBI , according to a sentencing memo from her lawyer that was unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn.According to the filing, the FBI recorded and photographed   Read more »

• Feds: At least 6 elected officials recorded by Shirley Huntley under investigation

  prosecutors in Brooklyn said Tuesday that eight individuals secretly tape-recorded by former state Sen. Shirley Huntley , including at least six elected officials, are the subjects of ongoing law enforcement investigations.The disclosure came as U.S. District   Read more »

Around the web

• Head of Queens nonprofit accused of grand larceny

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The head of a Queens nonprofit tied to former New York Sen. Shirley Huntley has been accused of spending $88,000 in state and city funds on himself instead of youth summer camp and after school programs. The New York attorney general' 44 m ago from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Nonprofit Leader With Alleged Ties To Convicted Queens Pol Surrenders

  The head of a Queens nonprofit tied to ex-State Senator Shirley Huntley turned himself into authorities this morning. Van Holmes, the head of the Young Leaders Institute in Laurelton, is accused of misusing about $85,000 he received from the City Council 9:18 AM from NY1 Read more »

• New ‘Huntley’ bust

  The head of a Queens nonprofit tied to ex-state Sen. Shirley Huntley is expected to surrender to police today on charges he stole $88,000 in taxpayer money to fund personal expenses like dining out and new clothes, The Post has learned. Van Holmes, presi 12:29 AM from New York Post Read more »

• A warning from convicted Sen. Huntley: Sampson and Smith could take down the whole Senate (and what about Forest City?)

  A rather self-justifying Daily News interview with convicted state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Queens), who wore a wire to entrap colleagues (no indictments yet), ends with this quote: “If [Sens.] John [Sampson] and Malcolm [Smith] would talk, oh my God,” sh   from Atlantic Yards Report Read more »

• EXCLUSIVE: Former state Sen. Shirley Huntley used James Bond-like spy gadgets, inclduing a camera hidden in a water bottle, to nail crooked politicians

  Ex-state Sen. Shirley Huntley has no regrets about turning the family room of her Queens home into a sound stage for the feds to secretly record elected officials and document Albany’s “mess.” Huntley said she agreed to become an informant — spying on po   from New York Daily News Read more »