Is Shady Dom Recchia married to the mob?
It’s not often that a candidate for Congress (on the DCCC’s JumpStart program no less) writes a letter of recommendation for a mobster. But that is exactly what we have here.
Today, the New York Daily News reported that Recchia has “written to a federal judge seeking leniency for a reputed Colombo mobster who will be sentenced this month for money laundering and illegal gambling.”
But get this – it’s not just any mobster that Recchia is going to bat for – it is the son-in-law of official Colombo crime boss Carmine Persico.
Now maybe Shady Dom is doing this out of the kindness in his heart, but no one really believes that do they?
NRCC Comment: “It’s not every day that a Congressional candidate goes to bat for the mafia, but that is exactly what Shady Dom Recchia has done. Whether it’s his good friend Vito Lopez or Colombo crime boss Carmine Persico, Recchia seems far more concerned helping sexual predators and Mafiosos than hard-working Staten Islanders.” – NRCC Spokesman Ian Prior
Brooklyn city councilman asks for leniency for alleged mobster
BY JOHN MARZULLI / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Brookyln City Councilman Dominic Recchia (center) wrote a letter asking a judge to take reputed mobster Angelo Spata’s community service into consideration during sentencing.
A Brooklyn city councilman running for Congress has written to a federal judge seeking leniency for a reputed Colombo mobster who will be sentenced this month for money laundering and illegal gambling.
Dominic Recchia, a Democrat representing Coney Island, Gravesend and Bensonhurst, sent the letter on City Council letterhead extolling the community service performed by reputed mobster Angelo Spata after Hurricane Sandy.
Spata, 39, the son-in-law of official Colombo crime boss Carmine Persico, pleaded guilty earlier this year to the racketeering charges and was arrested on Nov. 8 for shoplifting $164 worth of merchandise from Home Depot in Coney Island.
Recchia’s letter, dated Aug. 23, informs Judge Kiyo Matsumoto that Spata participated in relief efforts and hosted a children’s carnival at MCU Park after the superstorm. “I hope you (sic) that you will take these thoughts into consideration as you make your deliberations,” Recchia wrote.
Spata faces up to 21 months in prison.