NEW YORK GOVERNOR PUTS HOLD ON ACORN CONTRACTS

New York Daily News (Sept 18): Gov. Paterson orders all New York state contracts with ACORN to be put on hold

Paterson's budget office alerted all state agencies that they are not to move forward with any existing or new contracts with the housing group.

The hold is pending a 30-day review Paterson ordered each agency conduct of its contracts with ACORN and its fiscal parent, New York Agency for Community Affairs.

The current state budget has about $400,000 in projects involving ACORN.
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Why would they have any contracts with ACORN after the group has had criminal prosecutions and investigations in 14 states?

The National Legal and Policy Center reports that the New Orleans-based nonprofit organization has 360 subsidiary and adjunct groups. Manhattan Media discovered that the New York Agency for Community Affairs (NYACA is located at the same office as ACORN and its various political arms. And it isn't even in New York. NYACA is located at 2609 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, the same address as ACORN's local affiliate there.

NYACA received $175,000 from eight state senators this year, $240,500 from 10 Assembly members and $85,000 from four Council members.

Several of those legislators received backing from ACORN in current or previous political campaigns in the form of canvassing and other field work when facing contested races.

"NYACA is registered as a “public charity,” meaning that the organization receives most of its funding from the general public or the government. That classification exempts NYACA from certain state and federal taxes, but prohibits the group from engaging in or supporting political activity."

They have a list of elected officials who funded NYACA.