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Pedro Estrada Gets Last Word In Feud With Andrew Cuomo: "Guilty." Former Senator Faces 43 Years In Prison

Governor Andrew Cuomo and Disgraced former state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada have had a fairly touchy relationship -- the gov accused Espada of being a criminal back when he was attorney general, and Espada charged that Cuomo was just an overzealous prosecutor on a witch hunt. Today, as the ... More >>

Diaz Family Values

While Rubén Díaz Sr. lobs bombs against gay rights, son Rubén Jr. and lesbian granddaughter Erica run for cover

Runa Ahmed, 29, Missing in the Bronx

Where is Runa Ahmed?​Cops are asking for help in finding Runa Ahmed, 29, of 1837 Gleason Avenue in Soundview, the Bronx. She was last seen Friday, February 7, at about 7:30 a.m. after being discharged from Metropolitan Hospital. She's 5-2, 160 pounds. Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577 ... More >>

Bronx Cops Find Teen Fatally Shot in the Head, Another One Wounded

​Two teens were found shot in the Bronx at 1:56 this morning, an 18-year-old killed by a bullet to the head and at 19-year-old wounded with a shot in the torso. The latter kid is stable at Jacobi Hospital Cops responded to a 911 of gunfire and found the boys at Wheeler Avenue and Westchester ... More >>

State Health Bigs Gave Pedro Espada a Five-Year Pass to Keep Buying Subsidized Sushi

​The Wall Street Journal's Greater New York section lives up to its name today with a revealing story by reporter Jacob Gershman about how state officials blithely ignored warnings five years ago that Pedro Espada's health care empire was running wild. The warning was raised in a January 2005 ... More >>

Pedro Espada and Son Indicted on Charges of Embezzling $500K

​Pedro Espada Jr., 57, the outgoing Bronx state senator, Democrat, sushi-lover, has been indicted along with his son, Pedro Gautier Espada, on federal charges of embezzling more than $500,000 from their nonprofit, the Soundview HealthCare Network, reports the New York Times City Room blog.

Snakes Now Enjoying Fine New York City Toilets

Seriously.​We didn't include snakes, specifically, in yesterday's run-down of most terrifying urban wildlife, but apparently we should have. Put this in the category of Sewer Lizard and raise the threat level to High, 'cause a man in the Bronx stumbled to his bathroom last night to find a thre ... More >>

Slumlord Sam Suzuki Turns Himself Into Court

Bronx slumlord Sam Suzuki, slapped with a rare arrest warrant earlier this month by an angry Housing Court judge, has finally turned himself in. But Suzuki, one of the Voice's 10 Worst Landlords, still hasn't fixed that damn stairwell.

Pedro Espada's Enablers

The people who brought you Albany's greatest scoundrel

Pedro Espada Does His Part to Get Andrew Cuomo Elected Governor

​Pedro Espada's mad-hat denunciations of Andrew Cuomo as "the prince of darkness" are made-to-order commercials for the Cuomo gubernatorial campaign. In a year when anti-incumbent and anti-Albany feelings poll so high, Espada's very personal outrage at Cuomo over the lawsuit that the Attorne ... More >>

Alleged Dirty Crook, Poor Tipper Pedro Espada, Jr. Didn't Do It, Says Facebook

​State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. is in a fair amount of shit. It seems New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo has it out for him, or at least has it out for politicians who brazenly break the law and shadily shuffle around big dollar amounts like they're the villain in a comic book. ... More >>

Who Knew? Pedro Espada a Sushi Fiend, Cuomo Lawsuit Says

We'll sort out the politics and the numbers later, but for starters, the best sound-bite in this afternoon's tele-presser by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo about his new civil lawsuit against that rascally state senator from the Bronx, Pedro Espada, was the back and forth between Cuomo and an old fri ... More >>

The Case of the Disappearing New Yorkers

OK, New Yorkers, stop screwing around. Late last week, city officials said only six percent of you had actually mailed in your 2010 census forms. (That compared with a 16 percent rate nationally.) That low rate might mean that many New Yorkers are confused or even afraid, says Ana Maria Archila, a ... More >>

Andrew Cuomo's Office: "Evidence" Espada Companies Broke Tax, Campaign Finance Laws

Attorney general Andrew Cuomo's investigation of Soundview, the medical business run by state senator Pedro Espada Jr., is getting bigger. His office released an "affirmation" by Mitra Hormozi, one of Cuomo's lawyers, which Liz Benjamin calls a "bombshell," as it alleges "extensive evidence" of va ... More >>

Missing Person: Francisco Luna, 13

​Francisco Luna, 13, was last seen at his home on Boynton Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of The Bronx on December 18. Nevertheless his family only reported him missing this week. He's 5'6", 160 pounds, and has brown eyes. If you've seen him, NYPD asks that you call 800-577-TIPS, visit w ... More >>

Andrew Cuomo Subpoenas E-mails, Etc. in Pedro Espada Investigation

Attorney general Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed a bunch of files relating to Soundview Health Care Network, the medical business empire of state senator Pedro Espada, Jr (pictured). E-mails, text messages and cell phone records are demanded. Espada pledges his full cooperation with the investigatio ... More >>

This Is, Apparently, Who We Have To Blow

​ ...or rather, blow away, in the next election. Ladies and gentlemen, the 'No' votes...

Espada intimidates some Soundview Healthcare employees

​Pedro Espada sent letters to workers at his perenially-investigated Soundview Healthcare Network in October instructing them to "immediately" contact Soundview lawyers Hafetz & Necheles if they're contacted by law enforcement in any form. Espada claims he was just letting his employees know ... More >>

Espada's Son Quits $120K Fake Job

The sweet $120K job given to Pedro G. Espada, son of state senate boss Pedro Espada (pictured), caused some speculation that Pedro G. had not risen to the exalted and newly-created post of "deputy director of intergovernmental relations" through merit alone. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo got interes ... More >>

New Legal Woe for Espada: Don't Mess With Raffie!

That rascally state senate rebel Democrat-turned-GOP hugger Pedro Espada Jr. can add one more investigation to the list of probes he's already fending off. Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson yesterday subpoenaed video tape from a push and shove match last year between one of Espada's sons and ... More >>

The Taking of the State Senate 1 2 3

For Espada and Monserrate, the future is all used up

Coup Update: Weird Scenes Outside the Senate Chamber

The defenestrated Dems of Albany are fighting back against the Skelos-Espada-Golisano coup -- not in the state senate chamber, which remains locked and where they were pretty useless anyhow, but with picket signs and press conferences. The Albany Times-Union reports protesters outside new senate pr ... More >>

Espada Won't Pay Rent to GOP Mayor Hopeful

It's a lovely thing when two of the Voice's favorite people lock horns. State senator Pedro Espada, whose political career both on the hustings and under investigation we have much covered, is complaining that he can hardly make a living in his job outside the political arena -- head of the Soundvie ... More >>

Espada Still Owes $61K for Violations, Says Court

Our hero Pedro Espada, incoming state senator and linchpin of the Gang of Three blocking Malcolm Smith's dream of power, said his unpaid campaign violation fines were a "clerical error" that would be cleared up in court. An appellate court has indeed cleared it up, but not in Espada's favor. The cou ... More >>

Dear Leader: The Pedro Espada We Have Known

Bronx Taste Test: Efrain Gonzalez Jr. or Pedro Espada Jr.?

A lesser-of-two-evils primary plagues Democrats

Troubled Bronx Pol Turns Health Fair into Campaign Event

Can Bill Gates Rescue Evelyn Cabrera?

The journey of one high school senior through the small-school experiment of America's most generous philanthropist

Ferrer The Flier

A List With Bullets

NYPD shooting deaths of civilians, starting with Diallo and not ending

Charlottesville Family Values Give True-Schoolers a Tasty Meal, Cause for Hope

Close-Up on Castle Hill, the Bronx

Close-Up on Parkchester, Bronx

Digital Deterrence?

Battling a Rise in Domestic Violence

Deflowering the Bronx

Parks Department Paves Green Spaces Saved by Volunteers

Toil and Temptation

From the Car Wash to the Chicano Club, a Mexican Teenager Learns to Survive in the Bronx

A Link in the Chain

Bound for The Bronx, A Mexican Teenager Says Farewell to His Family and Culture

Portraits in Racial Profiling

When Clothes Make the Suspect

Malcolm F’s Struggle

Did a Paroled Drug Dealer’s Outrage Over the Diallo Verdict Cost Him His Life?

The Fire This Time

Animosity and Fear Follow the Verdict

Music

Blood Sport

Race Teams Face Off At the Diallo Trial

Alternating Currents

Raging Bull

Giuliani's Knee-Jerk Cop Defense Is as Incendiary as It Is Inaccurate