brian_mclaughlinYesterday, Brian McLaughlin, the former Queens Assemblymember and ex-president of NYC Central Labor Council, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing more than $3 million through bribes, embezzlement and fraud from labor unions, taxpayers and even $95,000 from a Queens Little League team. The judge noted that his crimes confirmed “the harshest critics of organized labor who accuse the leadership of corruption, and point to you as an example of that corruption.” |NYT|