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Tearful Annabi gets 6 years, Jereis 4 in bribery case

Originally published: November 19, 2012 12:52 PM
Updated: November 20, 2012 11:42 AM
By TIMOTHY O'CONNOR  timothy.oconnor@cablevision.com

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)

In an emotionally charged courtroom, former Yonkers City Council member Sandy Annabi was sentenced to six years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than a million dollars in restitution and forfeiture Monday for taking about $200,000 in bribes to sell her votes on two developments, including the controversial Ridge Hill project.

Annabi's cousin, Zehy Jereis, the former chief of the...

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