James Cahill will serve 51 months in a New York medium-security federal prison for accepting more than $140,000 in cash plus other benefits to help a non-union contractor win jobs.
James Cahill will serve 51 months in a New York medium security federal prison for accepting more than $140,000 in cash plus other benefits to help a non-union contractor win jobs.
Union officials accepted envelopes stuffed with cash in restaurant restrooms from a contractor trying to win construction contracts. Details on Equipment World.
Former union officials pleaded guilty in to charges surrounding accepting more than $100,000 in bribes and illegal cash payments, officials said Tuesday. James Cahill, former president of the New York State Building & Construction Trades Council, and 10 other former officials, pleaded guilty to accepting the money from a construction contractor, said Damian Williams, the .