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Sandy Annabi drug treatment 'attempt to game the system,' feds say

Former Yonkers City Council member Sandy Annabi leaves

Photo credit: Rory Glaeseman | Former Yonkers City Council member Sandy Annabi leaves federal court after her sentencing in Manhattan. (Nov. 19, 2012)

Federal prosecutors say that former Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi's drug addiction, disclosed in advance of her sentencing, may be an attempt to shave time off her six-year prison sentence.

In a report compiled by the U.S. Department of Probation, Annabi detailed her addiction to the prescription sedative Xanax and said she will need treatment when she heads to prison on her bribery...

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