The former director of a Bronx nonprofit pleaded guilty Monday to looking the other way while former Bronx state Sen. Efrain Gonzalez looted cash meant for troubled kids.
Neil Berger, 57, faces up to a year behind bars as part of a plea deal reached with Manhattan federal prosecutors.
Berger could have faced up to 10 years after admitting he diverted federal funds sent to Pathways for Youth.
Berger, of Teaneck, N.J., will not be required to testify against Gonzalez when the disgraced Democratic pol and gal pal Lucia Sanchez go on trial May 4 on charges of using a Bronx community affairs association as their private piggy bank.
The suspected misdeeds earned Gonzalez a spot in the Daily News’ rogues’ gallery of Albany pols, which was published Sunday Read more..
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