The 15-term lawmaker from South Ozone Park was accused Wednesday of collecting some $500,000 from a hospital and other entities in exchange for political favors.

Published by New York Post on September 13, 2008.

Anthony Seminerio, 73, who has represented South Ozone Park since 1978 and often boasted he was "John Gotti's assemblyman," was charged with running a secret consulting firm through which he pocketed the cash in return for peddling influence in Albany.

Published by New York Post on September 11, 2008.

PA police charged Payano, 30, of South Ozone Park, with toll evasion and license plate destruction. The rear license plate was bent, partially concealing its markings, Coleman said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 4, 2008.

The NYPD said it does not think the attack is related to the other rape patterns in Jamaica Springfield Gardens and St. Albans sections of Queens.

Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

The bandit is also a suspect in two robberies in July of Chase branches in St. Albans and Flushing, both in Queens.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 28, 2008.