Larry Seabrook sentenced to 5 years in prison
Photo credit: Julia Gaines | Ex-New York City Council member Larry Seabrook during a news conference on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan. (June 23, 2003)
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Former Bronx councilman and state legislator Larry Seabrook was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison Tuesday for a scheme to channel city funds through nonprofits he controlled to a girlfriend, relatives and cronies.
Seabrook, 61, a Democrat, had asked U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts to give him no jail time despite his conviction last year on nine counts of fraud and conspiracy in recognition...