A former New York City real-estate developer testified how he cultivated political influence with gifts and campaign contributions, calling in City Hall favors on property deals, and even closing an entire lane of the Lincoln Tunnel so he wouldn’t have to wait in traffic. Jona Rechnitz, 34 years old, told those stories in Manhattan federal court on Thursday in the corruption trial of Norman Seabrook, the former head of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 26, 2017 22:54 UTC