A Staten Island man is facing charges after he allegedly submitted fake COVID-19 test results for five months in order to get workers’ compensation benefits.
The Mario Cuomo Bridge, which replaced the rickety and heavily-trafficked Tappan Zee Bridge in 2017, has structural safety issues that could lead to its collapse, an Albany Times Union investigation found. Cuomo named the bridge after his father, who was New York s governor from 1983 to 1994.
Snapping bolts that are supposed to pin down the bridge s suspension cables were the primary issue, the Times Union reported.
The eight-month investigation also found that Tappan Zee Constructors, the private corporation building the bridge for the state authority, may have committed fraud by concealing the fact that large numbers of bolts had been breaking due to either improper installation techniques, manufacturing defects, or both.
Former N.Y. Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Unearned Wages December 29, 2020
A former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) officer has pled guilty to forging paperwork falsely claiming military service so that he could take time off.
Kyle Bouille, of Corning, N.Y., took time off by falsely claiming he was attending military drills to steal more than $3,300 in unearned wages. He pled guilty Elmira City Court before Judge Ottavio Campanella to petit larceny and attempted fraudulent practices, misdemeanors under the Workers’ Compensation Law.
Bouille was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge, a fine of $50 and will pay restitution in the amount of $3,322.