January 05, 2010
More dubious firms got Citi Field contracts
Because everyone is emailing me about it: The New York Post ran an "exclusive" report yesterday that the Mets used contractors with suspected mob ties in the construction of Citi Field:
The Mets shelled out $51.6 million in taxpayer money to contractors shunned by the city for their ties to the Mafia, labor corruption or bribery, The Post has learned.
At least seven contractors the city avoids were hired by the team to build Citi Field between 2006 and 2009, according to government records.
The tainted companies were paid from a $91 million pot the city Economic Development Corp. gave to the Mets.
This is big news — or at least, it was back in April, when the New York Times first reported it. The Post did uncover some additional names of questionable companies that worked on Citi Field, though these were because of bribery allegations and other unethical practices, not specifically mob ties. But then, the Post has a notoriously hazy notion of what constitutes an "exclusive."
Posted by Neil deMause in New York Mets
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