N.Y.C. Buildings Chief Resigns as Prosecutors Examine Gambling Ties

The restaurant, and its predecessor on the identical deal with, have had frequent interactions with metropolis mob lore. A racketeering and playing case twenty years in the past introduced by the Queens district legal professional linked Aldo’s to a Gambino crime household captain named Ronald Trucchio, who glided by the moniker Ronnie One Arm for his withered proper limb. And within the Nineteen Eighties, it was the positioning of a infamous 14-hour lunch attended by the then Queens district legal professional, a senior police official and a number of other males tied to the mob.

In accordance with marketing campaign finance studies, Mr. Ulrich has spent not less than $6,500 at Aldo’s. The majority of the spending, $5,000, got here throughout his unsuccessful 2019 marketing campaign for public advocate.

Hours earlier than Mr. Ulrich’s assembly with prosecutors started on Wednesday, the mayor defended his commissioner, whom he appointed in Could to go the Buildings Division, which has lengthy been stricken by recurring corruption scandals.

Mr. Adams’s selection of Mr. Ulrich got here regardless of his admitted alcohol and playing addictions, and his having written a letter in 2018 on official stationery in assist of a constituent, Robert Pisani, a reputed Bonanno crime affiliate who was awaiting sentencing on federal prices for assortment of an illegal playing debt, court docket information present.

Brendan McGuire, the chief authorized counsel for Mr. Adams, stated on Wednesday that Mr. Ulrich had undergone a background verify by means of town’s Division of Investigation.

Although the company might flag points in a candidate’s background, Mr. Adams nonetheless makes the ultimate resolution about whether or not the individual needs to be employed. The outcomes of the investigation usually are not shared with the general public.

“For sure, this administration takes very significantly what turns up in these D.O.I. background checks,” Mr. McGuire stated. “And we have now, prior to now, taken motion when needed based mostly on what these investigations discover.”