Helen Greene

Yet Another Guilty Plea in DC 37 Scandal in NYC

Submitted by David Kendrick on Mon, 10/28/2002 - 01:00

Helen Greene, the frmr. no. 2 official in Dist. Council 37 of the Amer, Fed. of State, County & Municipal Employees pled guilty on Oct. 24 to falsification of union records, and was sentenced to 5 yrs. probation.

Until her Apr. 25, 2001, indictment, Greene was the only top DC37 boss to emerge unscathed in a string of rigged contract votes and elections, along with nearly $6 million in kickbacks and other thefts, that have led to more than 30 convictions of DC37 officials. Appearing before Justice Michael Orbus in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Greene agreed to repay the $13,000 her crimes cost the union. [NY Newsday 10/25/02]


NY Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement
On Oct. 11, 2002, in the U.S. Dist. Ct. for the N. Dist. of NY, Anthony Brock, former treasurer of Steelworkers Local Union #4-6989, was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay $12,573.40 in restitution after pleading guilty to one count of embezzlement on May 29, 2002. The charges were brought following an investigation by the Buffalo branch of the U.S. Ofc. of Labor-Mgmt. Standards. [DOL OLMS 10/25/02]

Three More New York Bosses Indicted for Grand Larceny

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 05/07/2001 - 00:00

Helen Greene, the No. 2 official in the Am. Fed'n of State, County & Mun. Employees' Dist. Council 37 in N.Y.C., was indicted Apr. 25 on grand larceny charges, including one alleging that she charged $794 on her union credit card to pay for the rehearsal dinner for her son's wedding. Manhattan Dist. Atty. Robert M. Morgenthau said Greene had claimed that she spent the $794 on a union member retirement dinner. She pled not guilty before N.Y. Justice Arlene D. Goldberg and faces up to seven years in prison.

The indictment, one of several issued against union bosses Apr. 26, reportedly stunned many in DC37 because Greene appeared to be positioning herself to run for DC37's top post. Until the indictment, Greene appeared to be the sole top DC37 boss who had emerged unscathed from the DC37 scandals that came to light in 1998 and involved convictions of 39 DC37 bosses and vendors on embezzlement, vote fraud, and related charges. While other DC37 bosses resigned or were ousted, Greene's career advanced. While  president of DC37's Local 768, she was elected an international vice president on the Executive Board of AFSCME, DC37's parent union.

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