City To Cut Ties With Golf Firm After Mob Claim
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The Department of Parks yesterday cut ties with a business allegedly linked to organized crime, officials said.
In a letter to East Coast Golf, a company the department had contracted to run and maintain the Marine Park Golf Course in Brooklyn, Commissioner Adrian Benepe said the contract was terminated “for the convenience of the city.” Earlier this month, the city comptroller, William Thompson, informed the Department of Parks that the director of the company, Domenick Logozzo, had financial ties to a reputed Colombo family soldier, Craig Marino.
Marino was indicted on federal racketeering charges in March, according to court papers. He allegedly defrauded investors out of $20 million by selling cheap stocks at high prices through Mafia-controlled brokerage firms.
Mr. Logozzo has lent money to Marino for his enterprises in the past, federal prosecutors said.
Calls to East Coast Gold and a lawyer for Marino, Joseph Corozzo, were not returned yesterday.
