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Meet New York's 'smart' and 'humorless' new redistricting master, Ronnie Mann

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Roanne L. "Ronnie" Mann, the magistrate judge assigned yesterday to oversee the state's redistricting process, is a registered Democrat, according to city records, and a "very smart, but humorless jurist," according to an attorney who spent years dealing with her in one high-profile case. More

By Reid Pillifant

February 22, 2012 12:25 pm

 

F.B.I.: Boyland took bribes to pay lawyers defending him from charges that he took bribes

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To help pay attorneys who were defending Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. from bribery charges, the 42-year-old Brooklyn lawmaker allegedly solicited more bribes.

That's according to the latest set of corruption charges filed against Boyland by the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District.

Boyland was arrested today and charged with soliciting bribes and corruption less than two weeks after he was acquitted of similar, but unrelated, charges filed by the U.S. attorney in the Southern District. More

By Reid Pillifant and Azi Paybarah

November 29, 2011 3:24 pm

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