NYCkayaker re kayak lawsuit - one little footnote

[Ken Gray]

Mario Biaggi is the attorney.  Check out part of his resume from Wikipedia.  No extra commentary necessary imho.

Ken



Biaggi was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and fined $500,000 for accepting an illegal gratuity and obstructing justice in 1987. He had accepted free vacations from former Brooklyn Democratic leader Meade Esposito in exchange for using his influence to help a ship-repair company that was a major client of Esposito's insurance agency.[1] The House Ethics Committee recommended that Biaggi be expelled — the most severe of penalties.

In 1988, Biaggi was forced to resign his seat after he was convicted a second time in federal court of 15 felony counts for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gratuities, stemming from Biaggi's acceptance of bribes in exchange for federal construction contracts in the so-called Wedtech scandal.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1992 for nomination to the 103rd Congress.