Name That Party: NYS Assembly Edition

We've been quite busy here with the Name that Party game as media outlets keep violating basic journalistic principles by failing to mention key facts that might be useful to the public. AP gets to play name that party. The New York Times doesn't.

From the Times:

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced this morning that Anthony Seminerio, a Democratic assemblyman from Queens, had been charged in a fraud scheme in which they said he took more than $500,000 in payments from entities doing business with the state.

Prosecutors charged that the Mr. Seminerio, who has served in the Assembly for about 30 years, began the scheme in 2000 by establishing his own consulting company, called Marc Consultants. But he did little or no consulting work, they said.

A lawyer for Mr. Seminerio could not be reached immediately for comment.

A criminal complaint unsealed in United States District Court in Manhattan said Mr. Seminerio received the money largely in connection with “the performance of his official duties as a member of the Assembly,” and which resulted in favorable treatment for the businesses that were paying him.

The Times has a great new feature that enables you to read criminal complaints and other kinds of pdf documents in line with the reports instead of separately downloading the documents. The criminal complaint can be found here.

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