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NYC councilman found guilty of corruption

Originally published: July 26, 2012 3:53 PM
Updated: July 26, 2012 10:32 PM
By JOHN RILEY  john.riley@newsday.com

Ex-New York City Council member Larry Seabrook during

Photo credit: Julia Gaines | Ex-New York City Council member Larry Seabrook during a news conference on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan. (June 23, 2003)

New York City Councilman Larry Seabrook was convicted Thursday of channeling city funds to his girlfriend, relatives and cronies through a group of nonprofits he controlled, seven months after another federal jury in Manhattan deadlocked on the same charges.

Seabrook, who has represented the north Bronx, was acquitted of taking a bribe to influence a Yankee Stadium boiler contract and using...

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