DON'T BLAME THE SANDMAN

By Michael Cusenza
Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton) clarified this week the nature of a questionable payment detailed in the recently-released City comptroller’s Audit Report on the Other Than Personal Service Expenditures of the New York City Council. The report stated that the Council made a questionable payment of $1,496 on a voucher that had no council member certification stamp or signature. According to a source, this payment was attributed to Sanders.

Mike Duncan, Sanders’ chief of staff, said the voucher in question refers to an invoice for newsletters over which the councilman had no control. Sanders never saw the invoice because it was sent to the attention of Angel Lopez at the office of the City Council at 250 Broadway in Manhattan. Duncan said that’s where the invoice was signed-for and handled.