{"id":288130,"date":"2023-09-04T11:06:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=288130"},"modified":"2023-09-05T08:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:29:14","slug":"ex-new-york-pol-in-eye-of-gambling-storm-pens-childrens-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-new-york-pol-in-eye-of-gambling-storm-pens-childrens-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-New York Pol in Eye of Gambling Storm Pens Children\u2019s Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Embattled ex-New York City councilmember Eric Ulrich<\/a> has written a children\u2019s book while he awaits the unsealing of a probable criminal indictment against him.<\/p>\n

\"Eric
Eric Ulrich and his new self-published children\u2019s book \u201cIf Pets Could Vote…\u201d which he says is about the humane treatment of animals and only a little bit about his former colleagues at City Hall. (Image: New York Times\/Amazon\/Eric Ulrich)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ulrich resigned from his position as Department of Buildings commissioner on November 3, 2022, two days after the Manhattan DA’s Office seized his phone<\/a> pursuant to a search warrant.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> reported<\/a> in July that the Republican had been charged with corruption. The indictment from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is expected to be unsealed imminently, according to sources who spoke to The New York Post<\/em> this past weekend.<\/p>\n

The charges are related to Ulrich\u2019s alleged acceptance of a discounted apartment rental and a couch. Both came from a real-estate developer who wanted to do business with the city, according to local media sources. Investigators have also been probing alleged links to organized crime connected to illegal gambling.<\/p>\n

If Pets Could Vote\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the meantime, Ulrich has been busy. \u201cIf Pets Could Vote \u2026\u201d is a book aimed at three to eight-year-olds, self-published by the former career politician last week. And it seems the imminent indictment has been playing on his mind.<\/p>\n

The book imagines a world where dogs act as the judge and jury in court cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow cute would it be to see 12 little fluffy canines sitting in the court room? Surely, they would give shelter dogs a second chance,\u201d<\/strong> Ulrich wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The book also features a parakeet president that Ulrich writes would \u201cpardon all her feathered friends and set them free from their cages.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBirds don\u2019t belong in cages. God gave them wings to fly,\u201d he elaborated to Politico<\/em> Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n

What may sound like literary wish-fulfilment related to his likely upcoming legal predicament is in fact about \u201chumane treatment of animals,\u201d Ulrich explained.<\/p>\n

Chameleon City Councilor <\/strong><\/h2>\n

But he was prepared to admit that at least some of it was a thinly veiled attack on his perceived persecutors, such as the chameleon city councilor that \u201ccan wiggle its way out of anything and change colors to match [its] surroundings.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was a dig for sure,\u201d<\/strong> he told Politico<\/em>. \u201cThat had less to do with the humane treatment of animals and more about my former colleagues.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ulrich is also annoyed about how the Manhattan DA\u2019s office has \u201cdecided to let this play out in the press,\u201d describing the flurry of leaks about the investigation as \u201cextremely unprofessional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aldo\u2019s Pizzeria <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The investigation reportedly partly focused on a Queens businessman named Joseph Livreri. His Ozone Park pizzeria, Aldo\u2019s, allegedly served as a front for an illegal gambling operation. The New York Daily News<\/em> claims Livreri has \u201can alleged history of Mob ties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Livreri also allegedly ran unlicensed card games and gambling machines out of his 101 Caf\u00e9 in Ozone Park.<\/p>\n

Ulrich reportedly told investigators he stopped visiting Livreri\u2019s gambling dens in 2021. The ex-pol has been open about past drinking and gambling problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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