Hevesi Uses $750,000 in Campaign Funds to Pay Defense Lawyers

By: Randy Penn
NEW YORK,NY

Hevesi Uses Campaign Funds to Deflect Fraud Suits

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- State Comptroller Alan Hevesi has used at least $750,000 from his campaign fund to pay defense lawyers as he faces investigations into his use of a state employee to drive for his ailing wife, state Board of Elections records show.

Hevesi, a Queens Democrat, paid $450,000 to the law firm Strook & Strook & Lavan in late October and early November, according to his latest campaign finance filing. He paid another $300,000 from the campaign to defense lawyer Stephen Kaufman.

He also spent millions on television and radio ads to fend off Republican challenger J. Christopher Callaghan, the filing shows. Hevesi, who had $4.6 million in his campaign account as of Oct. 23, was left with about $119,000 as of Dec. 4.

The payments to the lawyers, first reported by The New York Times and the Daily News of New York, are legal under the state's campaign finance laws.

Reference: Ithica Times

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