The campaign of Yonkers Mayoral candidate John Murtagh released the following statement this morning:
On three separate occasions in the past week, Mike Spano has refused to answer direct questions about his role in the Ridge Hill bribery scandal.
Mr. Spano's only response has been to say, and we quote:
"It would be improper to discuss an ongoing investigation."
After consultation with three different former state and federal prosecutors, each of whom agreed, we believe there is only one explanation for Mike Spano's statement: he must be a target of the ongoing investigation into the Ridge Hill bribery scandal.
We believe the voters of Yonkers deserve to know the truth before they cast their vote in the election for Mayor.
We renew our call for Mr. Spano to come clean about:
*Spano's involvement in the Ridge Hill bribery scandal.
* Spano's role in introducing his indicted associate, Zehy Jereis, to the developer who was paying for Mike Spano to lobby for this same project.
* Spano's hiring of Jereis' wife for Spano's own Assembly payroll, after Mr. Jereis had already been indicted in the Ridge Hill bribery scandal.
