According to the Nassau County district attorney's office, a jury will likely be selected on Feb. 13 for the trial of former Nassau County legislators Roger Corbin and Patrick Williams, who were indicted by the D.A.'s office in July 2010 on corruption, larceny and bribery charges for their alleged involvement in multiple bid-rigging and bribery schemes in the New Cassel Redevelopment Project.
The charges resulted from a three-year investigation by the D.A.'s office, which found that the legislators allegedly participated in a scheme to direct a multimillion-dollar New Cassel revitalization project to a selected developer, Ranjan Batheja, in exchange for $400,000 in bribes.
According to the D.A.'s office, Corbin and Williams partnered with Neville Mullings, North Hempstead 's former Community Development Agency director; and David Wasserman, a past building and planning commissioner for the town. Mullings and Wasserman were indicted on the same charges, and will be part of the upcoming trial. Batheja was charged with bribery, and is part of a separate case.
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