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State Publication Declares Van Bramer a Winner Following His Ethical Response to Bribe

Van Bramer (Photo: Office of Jimmy Van Bramer)

May 28, 2013 Staff Report

Jimmy Van Bramer was declared a winner last week by a well known political publication.

City and State, a news site for New York’s political chattering classes, listed him a political “winner” based on his response to a bribe offered to him by a Long Island City businessman.

“When the owner of an indoor rock-climbing center in Queens offered Councilman Van Bramer free use of his facility for fundraisers and access to a list of his company’s Facebook friends in exchange for making a stop-work order he had received for doing illegal construction go away, Van Bramer not only refused to accept, he went to the Department of Investigation. Soon after, DOI ran a sting operation that allegedly caught the businessman red-handed. Many politicians claim they would turn in someone who approached them with a bribe, but Van Bramer is the rare elected to actually demonstrate his integrity.”

The losers were listed as Vito Lopez and Sheldon Silver.

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O'shea

Oh silly kids,
They are honest until they run for their second term in the state senate.

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Marilyn S.

I am proud to be from Sunnyside, where we have an honest Councilman.
Keep up the good work, JVB, and hope you inspire others to do likewise.

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Just Saying

Someone tell me that JVB and his biddy Quinn are not in the pockets of real estate developers. These may be legal bribes, but they are still bribes.

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Anonymous

Good job Jimmy. U are doing a terrific job in sunnyside and I hope one u will run for mayor. U got my vote. Keep up the good work.

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86Mets

@Pidgy

Nobody.

I’m amazed JVB didn’t fall off his chair laughing at this pathetic bribe.

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Anonymous

This looks like something you would see in the Woodside Herald next to a big fat advertisement.

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86Mets

“free use of his facility for fundraisers and access to a list of his company’s Facebook friends”

Not much of a bribe. I think the change bum would have turned it down too.

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