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https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/nyregion/09haggerty.html
As directed, aides to Mr. Bloomberg soon wired over $1.2 million — $1.1 million to cover the cost of services overseen by Mr. Haggerty, plus the extra $100,000 that he suggested be “washed in.”
Mr. Haggerty now stands accused of stealing most of that money from the mayor, but his high-profile prosecution by the Manhattan district attorney is already providing an unusual and, for Mr. Bloomberg, unwelcome glimpse into the casual intermingling of money, politics and government staff that prevailed in his $110 million re-election bid two years ago.