| After NYCHA Extortion
Take Down Defendant Newby
Mulled Synder Now on
Restitution
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Aug 6 รข€“ For days Inner City
Press had heard from its
sources there would be a
"takedown" on February 6, each
SDNY Magistrate Judge would
handle seven to 10 defendants.
Arrests happen at
6 am. So at 5:55 am Inner City
Press tweeted it, first to X
subscribers with the spoiler
alert: the expectation was
that each of the current or
former NYCHA employees would
be released on bond the same
day. And then hours
later at 9:39 am the
prosecutors announced it.
Media rushed around reporting
it. Inner City Press had
it first, and after discretely
waiting, published it first.
Then this thread of
presentments, here. On May 7, amid
guilty pleas by others, Vernon
Chambers pled guilty - to a
misdemeanor; the Information
lists $5,500 in bribes for
contracts worth $24,000. His
sentencing control date is
August 20. On June 14, Inner
City Press went to cover the
case of a defendant who has
not pled guilty. Frankie
Villanueva is charged with
taking $50,000 in bribes from
"four or five contactors," the
AUSA said, worth $200,000. The
AUSA said he will get contents
of the phones of 10 or more
contractors. Judge Engelmayer,
after asking questions, set
the next conference for August
6 at 11 am, saying he might
set a trial date at that time. On July 29,
Villanueva's counsel wrote in
requesting an adjournment of
the August 6 conference,
saying there may be a
suppression motion. That case is US
v. Villaneuva, 24-cr-366
(Engelmayer) On August 6, the
US Attorney's Office asked for
a delay in the preliminary
hearing deadline in the NYCHA
case of Denise Newby-Bovian in
light of an August 23, 2024
deadline "for any arguments
pertaining to US v. Snyder,
603 U.S. __ (2024)." Jump cut to
February 2026 when, from
Danbury Federal Prison Camp,
she wrote in citing among
other things the need for knee
replacement surgery and asking
that interest on restitution
be reduced, taken off. This case is USA
v. Denise Newby-Bovian,
1:24-cr-640 (Readen) Watch this
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Saturday, March 7, 2026
After NYCHA Extortion Take Down Defendant Newby Mulled Synder Now on Restitution
