Cuomo suit accuses NY sen of sham training program (sues him again)

[LeighAnn]

Source: Business Week

Embattled state Sen. Pedro Espada enriched himself at the expense of poorly paid laborers by setting up a sham job training program, state authorities charged Wednesday in a civil lawsuit.

The suit, filed by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, claims that a property management company set up by Espada and his son to perform work at health clinics they controlled paid janitorial workers as little as $1.70 per hour by mislabeling them as trainees.

In lieu of a full paycheck, the suit said, workers earned a worthless certificate recognizing them for completing a "healthcare maintenance internship."

"The job training program was a sham. There was no training, there was no program," Cuomo said Wednesday. He said at least 100 workers had been victimized since 2005.



Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FC85B01.htm

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More at the link. This is the second lawsuit Cuomo's filed, this one was filed today.

Edited to include details about first suit at this link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jb2Pb7ZdJnQR92Na4WS4V0lSeCBgD9F7H4S00

[Me.]

1. Espada: The Stupidest Man In NY

What did he think when he pulled his shenanigans in the senate, that they wouldn't get him, and that with all his dirty little deals, that payback wouldn't ne a bitch?