An ex-city council aide who is accused of embezzling $145,000 is trying to work out a deal with the feds to try and stay out of prison. What will it take?
By Tomas Zambito New York Daily NEW YORK— A former top aide to Brooklyn Councilman Kendall Stewart is negotiating a plea deal with the feds in the hopes of avoiding prison. Asquith Reid’s attorney told a Manhattan federal judge Friday he has no plans to go to trial on charges that the former chief of staff embezzled more than $145,000 in public funds. “This is a very sad case,” attorney John Moscow said. “This is not someone who enriched himself by the crime.” For Full Story
