The NYPD and Department of Investigation raided the downtown offices of a developer who, the Daily News reports, "funneled thousands in campaign cash to local politicians, including White House aide Adolfo Carrión." A van full of boxes of files was taken from the Atlantic Development Group and the Post says "investigators were looking into such alleged bribery tactics as using expediters to pay off city officials to move projects along, or bribing construction companies to use nonunion, cheaper labor." ADG is behind the "ambitious" Boricua Village development in the Bronx; the project came under the spotlight when the Daily News drew attention to the fact that the project's architect did design work for former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion—but Carrion never paid him.
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