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Vito Lopez associate pleads guilty in contempt case

Assemb. Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn)

Photo credit: Bryan Pace, 2001 | Assemb. Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn)

The former head of a Brooklyn nonprofit founded by scandal-plagued Assemb. Vito Lopez pleaded guilty Thursday to sending out false documents relating to her salary in response to a federal grand jury subpoena.

Christiana Fisher, 57, the onetime executive director of the Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, faces up to 6 months in prison for contempt.

She admitted providing misleading...

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