N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters

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NYC District Council of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Carpenters District Council of New York City and Vicinity
Founded1900
Location
Members
23,000
Key people
Joseph Gieger, EST
Affiliations United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Website www.nycdistrictcouncil.com

The N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters maintains jurisdiction over carpentry, dock builder, timber man, millwright, floorcovering, specialty shops and exhibition work in the New York City area.

Contents

As of 2015 the council oversees 7 member locals: 157, 740, 926, 45, 1556, 2287 and 2790.

Locals

Member locals include:

Leadership

The most senior position since 2000 has been the Office of the Executive Secretary Treasurer; prior to that, it was the Office of President.

RICO case and disposition

In September 1990, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a RICO lawsuit against the District Council under the leadership of Paschal McGuinness. [6] To settle the charges, the District Council eventually agreed to a consent decree in 1993. The consent decree installed oversight over the District Council operations via Judge Haight, and also brought in the office of the Investigations and Review Officer, now called the Independent Investigator.

Vital data about Genovese influence at the Javits Convention Center was supplied in reports issued by Kenneth Conboy, a former U.S. District Court Judge, who in the early 1990s was a court-appointed investigator of the carpenters' union, and his law partner, Geoffrey S. Berman. [7]

When Walter Mack was the II, a good effort was made to remove corruption from the District Council operations. He was able to conduct several investigations which led to indictments, convictions, and procedural changes. Mack was forced to give up the position of II after several objections from the District Council [8] – and being accused of being "too thorough" in his investigations. Some of his work is still being used to fight the corruption in the NYC Carpenters Union. Even though there is large oversight of the operations, corruption still exists [9] [10] and the leadership has again been under Federal Indictment. [11] On June 3, 2010, Judge Haight appointed Dennis Walsh [12] as the Review Officer, with increased powers and authority then previous investigators had. Judge Haight also removed himself from the case, as he had been moved out of the Southern District of New York court (Brooklyn) to Connecticut, and felt that the case will need a local judge.

Independent Investigator

The title of IRO or II has been held by the following individuals:

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.nycdistrictcouncil.com/pdf/Newkirk%20n.pdf [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2010-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1999/12/06/1999-12-06_embezzle-case_ex-union_chief.html [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ http://labor-unions.org/lexisnexis/articles/ten_years_of_court-supervised_reform.htm Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Docket U.S. Vs NY Carpenters District Council RICO Suit". Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  7. ↑ Raab, Selwyn (2006). Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires . New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 735. ISBN   978-0-312-36181-5. LCCN   2007271271 . Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ Robbins, Tom (October 24, 2006). "The Man Who Wanted to Know Too Much". The Village Voice . Archived from the original on February 15, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Mack's brief on why the NY Carpenters District Council is still corrupt". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  10. ↑ "Ten Years of Court-Supervised Reform: A Chronicle and Assessment". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  11. ↑ Kates, Brian (August 12, 2009). "Indicted head of Carpenters union head Michael Forde replaced by national labor leaders". New York Daily News . Archived from the original on August 17, 2009.
  12. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2020-11-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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