STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island doctor has pleaded guilty to grand larceny after prosecutors alleged that he stole about $1.44 million from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn where he held positions of power and authority for decades.
Dr. Michael Lucchesi, 67, a former chairman of emergency medicine at the medical facility, faces one to three years in prison as a condition of his plea agreement, according to a news release from the District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn.
Lucchesi pleaded guilty before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on Friday to one count of first-degree grand larceny, according to the news release…