Pedro Espada, former state senator and Mamaroneck resident, sentenced to 5 years

... credit card to bill the nonprofit for lavish meals, a car lease, parties and improvements on his house in Eastchester. Espada, a Democrat, was best known for a 2009 episode in which he briefly gave Republicans of the Senate control by switching his ...

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