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Police unions implicated in waterfront agency probe

August 17, 2009 8:55 AM By DAN JANISON dan.janison@newsday.com

Quick ReadReport shows applicant was favored.

A report found Michael Madonna, as head of

Photo credit: Newark Star-Ledger/GENE BOYARS | A report found Michael Madonna, as head of an N.J. police union and the Waterfront Commission, tried to help an applicant.

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The state report that charged corruption, conflicts and favoritism in the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor also sheds harsh light on the role of certain police union officials.

The stinging 60-page report released last week by Gov. David A. Paterson's inspector general Joseph Fisch describes how an insider-favored applicant for a commission police post failed the required test twice...

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