Rodrigues v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
In October 1987, defendant Melvin Eckhaus, an employee of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 135 (Local 135), and a delegate of the Local to the District Council, was arrested for accepting a bribe from a *82contractor. Thereafter, in exchange for an agreement "voiding” his arrest, Eckhaus became a paid informer for the New York County District Attorney’s office in an investigation into corruption in the construction industry. He was "wired” with a recording device and, over approximately an 18-month period, recorded his conversations…
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