Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a Brooklyn City Council member and her sister, an aide to Governor Kathy Hochul, accepted bribes or kickbacks in connection with the appropriation of city funds to a migrant shelter provider, according to a copy of a search warrant obtained by The Associated Press.
The warrant, signed March 19, seeks evidence of possible criminal violations involving Council Member Farah Louis and Debbie Louis, who serves as Hochul’s assistant secretary of New York City intergovernmental affairs, the AP reported.
It also names Edu Hermelyn, the husband of state Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, who chairs the Brooklyn Democratic Party, the wire service said…