Sam Antar, Author at White Collar Fraud

DA Alvin Bragg’s Statistical Shell Game Backfires Spectacularly

November 15, 2024 / 4 minutes of reading

DA Bragg’s Social Media Victory Lap Accidentally Exposes Higher Murder Count In what might be the most spectacular self-own in recent criminal justice history, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s attempt to showcase his crime-fighting success has instead exposed an alarming truth: murders in Manhattan have INCREASED during 2024, not decreased as the NYPD claims. Here’s the […]

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NYC Officials Preach Transit, Ride in Limos

November 14, 2024 / 7 minutes of reading

The Backseat Hypocrisy of NYC’s Progressive Leaders While the mayor of America’s largest city might reasonably require secure transportation, there’s no compelling justification for any other New York City official to travel with a taxpayer-funded chauffeur in a metropolis renowned for its public transit system. Yet on a sweltering July morning in 2022, barely six

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Antonio Reynoso, Donovan Richards, Jumaane Williams, Mark LevineCorruption

Manhattan’s Crime Crisis: Two Decades of Progress Lost

November 13, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading

Manhattan’s Descent: The Human Cost of Failed Reform As winter approaches in 2024, Manhattan’s streets tell a story of profound failure. In the gathering darkness of November evenings, grandmothers hurry home earlier, students travel in groups, and store owners eye each passing shadow with growing unease. This isn’t the safer city that District Attorney Alvin

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Alvin Bragg, CrimeCrime

Cooking New York’s Crime Books

November 12, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading

Albany’s Crime Numbers Game Through October 2024, Governor Hochul freely pushed her narrative of declining crime across New York State – conveniently excluding New York City’s numbers, which weren’t available on the state’s website. Then in early November 2024, months after they should have been released, the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

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Crime, FBI, Kathy Hochul, NYCCorruption

Manhattan’s Community Boards: A $382,716 Black Hole

November 11, 2024 / 4 minutes of reading

How Manhattan’s Community Boards Shield Public Spending from View Your tax dollars are disappearing into a black hole of secrecy in Manhattan. Since 2021, twelve community boards have hidden $382,716 in public spending behind a simple yet troubling label: “N/A (Privacy/Security).” They’ve marked both payee names and purposes as “N/A,” turning public expenses into private

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Brad Lander, Eric Adams, Mark Levine, NYCCorruption

NYC: Where Transparency Takes a Vacation

November 8, 2024 / 8 minutes of reading

When Transparency Takes a Vacation Amid the swaying palms of Puerto Rico, New York City officials and their growing entourages continue their annual ritual of luxury networking at taxpayer expense. The SOMOS conference, nominally about Hispanic legislative priorities, has devolved into New York’s premier Caribbean junket – where politicians and their staffs strike poolside deals

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Antonio Reynoso, Brad Lander, Donovan Richards, Eric Adams, Jumaane Williams, Luis Miranda Jr., Mark Levine, NYC, SOMOS, Vanessa Gibson, Vito FossellaCorruption

NYC Council’s $1.2M Black Box: A Study in Financial Opacity

October 30, 2024 / 9 minutes of reading

A Study in Strategic Opacity Despite today’s expectations of government transparency, the New York City Council under Speaker Adrienne Adams has mastered financial opacity. This persists even with oversight from City Comptroller Brad Lander and Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan – both wielding significant fiscal authority yet remaining silent on how council funds vanish into

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Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander, Justin Brannan, NYCCorruption

Racial Disparities in NYC Violent Crime Victimization

October 26, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading

The trend of violent crime victimization in New York City up to September 2024 highlights persistent racial disparities and troubling trends. During this nine-month period, violent crime victimization increased by 5.4% in 2024 compared to the same timeframe in 2023. This rise has disproportionately impacted different communities, with minority groups experiencing the majority of the

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Crime, NYCCrime

NYC Council Speaker’s $1,393 Car Service: Questions of Coincidence

October 24, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading

The Investigation A thorough examination of public records has revealed a questionable expense in the NYC Council’s spending: a car service bill that raises significant questions about the use of public funds. After multiple unanswered requests for explanation, the matter has escalated to a formal Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request to uncover the details

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Adrienne Adams, NYCCorruption

The $4.2 Billion Vanishing Act: NYC’s Creative Accounting of 2023

October 22, 2024 / 4 minutes of reading

Part 3 of “NYC’s Creative Accounting Chronicles” – Following “Fiscal Follies: Unveiling NYC Officials’ Creative Accounting Circus” and “NYC’s Financial Circus Continues: Board of Elections’ $29M Car Service Splurge“ Introducing Our Latest Discovery Welcome to New York City’s most impressive disappearing act yet. Following our previous exposés of fiscal acrobatics and car service extravaganzas, we

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Antonio Reynoso, Brad Lander, Donovan Richards, Mark Levine, NYC, Vanessa Gibson, Vito FossellaCorruption