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stated that. _ _ _ ... _ ' he estimated
these payof 5 0 e In excess 0 SIX 19ures.
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THOMAS M. WHALEN, III,
MAYOR, CITY OF
ALBANY, NEW YORK
HOBBS ACT - CORRUPTION
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
OQ,AL
194C-187
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very upse W1t t e current City Administration, especially
as a result of public upro
area of Alban New York.
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TBQMAS M. WHALEN III
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3/9/87
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the A]himS~law
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COOPER, ERVXNG &
_advised tbis ·£irm I
~AVAGEQ=1
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'W'lffiTiIW, I I I . KQRNSTEIN advi~ed
I of the law firm of
that. as aL
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i I ]partners recognized potential
conflicts. of interest. when WHALEN first came int.o public
office. [ Istated conflicts arose at: the time
WHALEN was presfdent of the Albany COmmon council, and
became more evident and blatant when WHALEN was appointed
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Ma~~O~r~O~f~A1ban~
y , subsequent to the death of ERAST.US CORNING,
advised that a1.though the conflicts existed they
n lly discussed amongst a1.l partners of the firm~
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that these di~cuB~lons often covered
hat WHALEN sQould remore himself from the firm
due to the conflicts~ L a d v i s e d that as a resul.t of
blatant .conflicts often work was "farmed out to the Albany
law firmqf RUTNIK & RUTNIK~ These cQnflicts, according to
j were discussed at Partnership Meetings ~ It was
suggesfed: at these meetings 1:ha.t WHALEN remove himse1.f from
the firm~ WHALEN, however, would not ag~ee to this, nor
' would he accept .a reduction in partner point:;1, but did
subsequently agree to accept an amount le~~
which would have been a senior partner :;1hare. ~
advised initia1.1y this was a sum. of $1.0,000 alii a ruction
thIn t:t I
to WHALEN I s drfw wbi cb Wits to be distribut:ed equally amongst
all partners ~ L ..J advised this figure went up
T"1s GCKum..., o;ont.ln.....;1".. r6C.........nd.t1on. nOl' conc:'llllllonS of '1M "SI. II b , .... fU"OlNrt)' 01 tna "SI II"" It _ned to you. ~,
II _Ill III cont.nll IIr. not leo "dl.trlbut.d olllSkl. YO" _f1CY.
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significantly, possib1y in 1986, when WHALEN's saLary as
Mayor jumped to $60,000.00
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~cal 0fiDions were ever sougb"t from 'the Bar Association.
I_ _advised tha"t .partners of"t.en considered doing this
ever never followed up and actually ask for an opinion.
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adviped that JOSEPH YAVONDITTE wa~ a
former Albany County Clerk 'thin
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COOPER; :RVING & SAVAG .,
I __ ladvised that g
fIrm 'tar ·1:he removal 0
advised thif:i move was cause rouq
with him thq unts the MAIDEN LANE
PARKING accoun"ts. L dviaed 1:ha.t YAVONDrrTE
was no"t considered an empoyee of COOPER, ERVING & SAVAGE,
yet his backers were used on certiary work completed and
billed by COOPER, ERVING & SAVAGE. The backers were used
to give the appearance that: "the enclosed work had been
comple"ted by YAVONDITTE as opposed to COOPER, ERVING &
SAVAGE because of apparent conflicts of interest:.
Irecalled
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on at least. one occasion
rL~~;~~ ~A1ba.ny Ci"ty COur"t befyre Judaq LYNN at: which
p01nt advised by Judge LYNNl ~should not be
• FO.302a (Rev. 11-15-83)
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r Iwas at
t:!i=e""C"'int:"'y'""""of"" Albany
t:hi.~I:.iII......sh<_....a....l.i_Il.S.<L.ac:r<il,ement
ani!
.~ ocwnen was
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r ou pr or 0 e agreemen~
~tween the client and "the City of AIbaiiy, New York.
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WHAL1lN,
I st:ated
Il"I'1I~.-:w'::er=e=-;:never
tha't partners such as THOMAS
an account or client: producer.
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