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In February 2005 a grand jury indicted Sorich for devising a scheme to “provide financial benefits, in the form of city jobs and promotions, in exchange for campaign work.” As part of this scheme, it charged, Sorich and other officials “corrupted the city’s personnel process” by awarding “jobs and promotions” to preselected candidates “through sham and rigged interviews.”
U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s office gave Kozicki immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony.
Hoffman’s report does not address the issue of how Kozicki got his gig in planning. But maybe when Buscemi or Healy return from their Christmas breaks, they’ll let us taxpayers know why the planning department hired Kozicki and what in the world he does to command almost $130,000 a year.
