6 The Courier sun • february 5, 2015 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com COUNCILMAN WILLS ONCE AGAIN INDICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES By Eric Jankiewicz ejankiewicz@queenscourier.com/@EricJankiewicz BUY DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER FREE Measuring & Installation w/purchase of $100. with this ad. • Draperies • Vertical Blinds • Honeycomb Shades • Custom Window Shades • Mini Blinds Nobody Beats Our Prices! • Roman Shades • Balloon Shades • Swags & Jabots • Shutters • Upholstery • Radiator Covers • Table Pads UP TO 70% OFF LIST PRICE Free Interior Design Consultation $20 OFF with purchase of $200 or more *Not to be combined w/other offers. Expires 2/13/15 $50 OFF with purchase of $500 or more *Not to be combined w/other offers. Expires 2/13/15 $100 OFF with purchase of $1,000 or more *Not to be combined w/other offers. Expires 2/13/15 GOMER’S Window Treatments SINCE 1962 FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE SERVING QUEENS AND LONG ISLAND 1.800.522.6156 www.gomersdecorators.com JOHN J. CIAFONE, Esq. Attorney & Counselor at Law Your Partner In The Struggle For Justice ON THE LAW with John J. Ciafone Esq. Q. What is Discretionary Trust? A. A Trust created by a Trustor to protect one’s assets and covey these assets to benefi ciaries without the need for a Will. The person that runs the Trust, Trustee, makes decisions for the Trust and makes all distributions to a child or other benefi ciary. The Trust protects the benefi ciary, usually a child, from most creditors, lawsuits and bankruptcies. Since the assets remain in the Trust, it protects from divorcing spouses and keeps future ex-spouses or new spouses (remarriage) from taking your child’s inheritance. • Personal Injury/ Accidents • Workers’ Compensation • Wills/Estates • Criminal • Medical Malpractice* • Real Estate • Commer./Corp./ Business • Matrimonial/ Divorce • Bankruptcy • Elder Law • Trial Lawyer Serving the needs of our community 24 Hours/7 Days 25-59 Steinway St., Suite 2F, Astoria, NY 11103 718-278-3900 *FREE CONSULTATION AT HOME, HOSPITAL OR WORK Councilman Ruben Wills is racking up quite a rap sheet. The city councilman, who had already been indicted, was indicted again on Feb. 3 for charges alleging that he filed false financial disclosure reports. He pleaded not guilty. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and state Comptroller Thomas Di Napoli charged Wills with allegedly filing false documents about his finances to the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board. Elected officials in New York City must file these documents for public scrutiny and to guard against any potential conflicts between their personal and city business. “Submitting false documents to the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board is a serious crime,” Schneiderman said. “My office’s partnership with the comptroller is designed to combat corruption in the public sector, and we will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that the public trust is not undercut by public servants who are not truthful in their disclosures.” Schneiderman and DiNapoli charged Wills with five counts of the class E felony of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree. Schneiderman and DiNapoli claim that from 2011 to 2013 Wills purposely omitted certain financial dealings. If convicted, Wills faces up to four years in prison. And the history between the state attorney and Wills goes back to 2014. Back in May 2014, Wills, who represents the 28th District, which includes Jamaica, Richmond Hill, Rochdale and South Ozone Park, was indicted on charges by Schneiderman for allegedly stealing public campaign funds and using the cash for a Louis Vuitton handbag and shopping sprees at Nordstrom, Century 21 and other locales. He’s also accused of taking a $33,000 member item from since-convicted former state Sen. Shirley Huntley for his fake charity but pocketing most of it. Those charges are pending. File photo
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