Police raid NY press unions
Posted by Lisette García on November 18, 2009 at 9:49 AM
An industry already rattled by severe reductions in force was further shaken yesterday as police raided production areas of several New York newspapers, CNN Justice reported yesterday. Prosecutors, who refused to further explain what prompted the investigation, limited public remarks to absolving the newspapers themselves.
New York's Newspaper & Mail Deliverers boasts a 1,600-member non-editorial union, long suspected of ties to organised crime, ChattahBox yesterday reported. A similar racketeering probe in the 1990s led to criminal indictment of the union's then-president, accused and later acquitted of involvement with the Lucchese crime family. The same union has yet to shake the taint of allegations it attempted to extort the New York Post into switching delivery companies.
New York's Newspaper & Mail Deliverers boasts a 1,600-member non-editorial union, long suspected of ties to organised crime, ChattahBox yesterday reported. A similar racketeering probe in the 1990s led to criminal indictment of the union's then-president, accused and later acquitted of involvement with the Lucchese crime family. The same union has yet to shake the taint of allegations it attempted to extort the New York Post into switching delivery companies.
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