WCBS 880 Weekly Rewind: Inside NYC’s Election Debacle, Trump Org. and CFO Charged in Alleged Tax Scheme, and Celebrating Independence in 2021

Produced by Neil A. Carousso

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — It was a busy news week that left New Yorkers unconfident in the mayoral primary after the Board of Elections claimed their initial ranked choice voting results were messed up by human error leaving pre-election test results in the new system.

The Trump Organization and its long-time Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg were charged in what prosecutors labeled a “sweeping and audacious” 16-year tax fraud scheme. Plus, Bill Cosby was released from prison after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

WCBS 880’s Lynda Lopez also talked to Kathleen Wright, production director of the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Show as Independence Day takes on a whole new meaning 245 years after the declaration to form the United States of America.

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