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Assemblywoman Convicted of Bribery
by WNYC Newsroom
NEW YORK, NY April 09, 2008 —Assemblywoman Diane Gordon has been convicted of trying to have a private developer build her a $500,000 home for $1.
Gordon, a Democrat, represented the state Assembly's 40th District in Brooklyn.
Prosecutors say in return for her dream house, she offered to help the builder acquire a $2 million lot in East New York.
Gordon faces a maximum ten years in prison when she is sentenced in May.
The developer worked with authorities, secretly recording his conversations with Gordon.
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