Cuomo Sets May 5th Special Election to Replace Grimm

Just hours ahead of a court-imposed deadline, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has scheduled a special election for May 5 to fill the seat of former Congressman Michael Grimm in the 11th Congressional District.

Grimm stepped down last month after pleading guilty to tax evasion. According to an indictment, the tax fraud began in 2007 after Grimm retired from the FBI and began investing in a small Manhattan restaurant.

The indictment accused him of underreporting more than $1 million in wages and receipts in an effort to evade payroll, as well as income and sales taxes, partly by paying immigrant workers, some of them in the country illegally, in cash.

On May 5th, voters will also elect someone to fill a state assembly seat vacated by Democrat Karim Camara, who Gov. Cuomo announced last Month would be joining his administration.