How well do NYC politicians dine on pork?”
NYC Politicians Dine Well On Pork Barrel Cash.The economy is in a tailspin but Congress still found nearly $1 million ($950,000) for Congressman Jose Serrano to build footpaths for bird watching on North Brother Island, an abandoned spit of land in the East River that you can’t even get to without a boat. And the Italian American Museum is getting $475,000 from Jerrold Nadler and Gary Ackerman to help expand the display of its collection, including a puppet from Sicily and a knife sharpening cart. It’s another of the earmarks — pork barrel projects — larded into the latest federal spending bill by local lawmakers. Senator John McCain said the earmarks betray the promise made by President Obama to end business as usual in Washington.
