Monticello Mayor George Nikolados was caught on tape at Village Hall in January asking Yermia Solomon, a Jewish organizer and former cop, to secure votes from the Orthodox community in exchange for being rehired.
But there’s more to the story.
Jason Dole spoke to Phillip Pantuso, Managing Editor of the Times Union, Hudson Valley.
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Solomon is also a convicted rapist , and was arrested shortly after this situation.
That is called entrapement and is illegal . The da and the mayor just admitted to entrapment. The mayor of monticello was caught back in the day doing a kilo sale of cocaine with adam bloom and got away with it because he told on high up drug dealers
I am the real Michael Banks who happens to be the Trustee and George’s Deputy Mayor. Whoever wrote this is a liar and you are impersonating me. Also, it was part of a necessary investigation so George did this to protect the public. Would you rather he did nothing? Lastly, George has mo criminal record and whoever wrote this post should do some more research before saying stuff that’s untrue. It makes you look stupid.
Very surprising.
I am the real Michael Banks who happens to be the Trustee and George’s Deputy Mayor. Whoever wrote this is a liar and you are impersonating me. Also, it was part of a necessary investigation so George did this to protect the public. Would you rather he did nothing? Lastly, George has mo criminal record and whoever wrote this post should do some more research before saying stuff that’s untrue. It makes you look stupid.