his top advisor, emma wolf, now subpoenaed in a growing investigation. also jonathan rosen the architect of de blasio's 2013 victory, also subpoenaed. >> guys, as i have said many times, we hold ourselves to the highest standard of integrity everything we have done from the beginning is legal and appropriate. >> reporter: the mayor swears he has done nothing wrong and will cooperate fully with the u.s. attorney and manhattan da cy vance. >> >> reporter: investigators are looking at whether the mayor's top team broke campaign contribution limits soliciting huge contributions for state senate democrats and funneling that money to candidates the mayor liked. a memo last week suggested flagrant violations. >> reporter: were you subpoenaed mayor? >> you got that answer. >> reporter: you were not subpoenaed? >> i was not. >> reporter: do you feel the appearance was bad? >> don't push me. everything we've done is legal and appropriate. we are going to fully cooperate. anything like this in a very, very long time. >> the group citizens union sees all kind of red

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several aides have gotten subpoenas, including emma wolf. today, the counsel to the mayor said they are fully cooperating with the investigation. and earlier, a city hall spokesperson said all involved followed the letter of the law and added that emma wolf's integrity should not be questioned. >>> now to the race for the white house. down on his claim that hillary clinton is playing the woman card, trump's main rival is trying to win over the women he offended by announcing his running mate. >> the next vice president of the united states, carly fiorina. >> cruz made the announcement in indianapolis. fiorina has campaigned frequently with cruz since she ended her own presidential bid earlier this year. trump campaigned in indianapolis as well. he mocked cruz's move. >> cruz can't win. what's he doing picking vice presidents? can't win. in television, they say, he has no path to victory. that's a nice expression. he has no path to victory. he's mathematically eliminated. >> but cruz still hopes to block trump from clenching the gop nominatio

some of his top aides and advise sores with subpoenas. >> reporter: eyewitness news has confirmed emma wolf, one of mayor de blasio's top aides, has been served with a subpoena. and along with wolf, so have his top fundraiser and the consulting firm that works on this follows a report by the chief enforcement officer at the state board of elections. the report says the mayor and his advisors included with political contributors to donate as much as 10 times the legal limit to state senate candidates, who, if elected, would have supported the mayor's agenda from albany. the u.s. attorney says cooperation is key to this investigation, and the parallel probe into the nypd. >> the commissioner and i have spoken. our folks speak with each other and it is a joint investigation to the extent there is corruption in the department, i know there is nobody more committed to root that go out than the commissioner, -- to rooting that out than the commissioner, which is why wore working on that joinly, along with the fbi. >> reporter: so far mayor de blasio has not been served with a subpoena, but we und

>>reporter: cbs 2 has learned members of de blasio's inner circle who were subpoenaed include emma wolf, a top political adviser and the city's director of intergovernmental affairs, top fundraiser ross offinger and the consulting firm berlin rosen which works on the mayor's political campaigns. now, being subpoenaed means these people can be questioned and must preserve documents. de blasio's spokesperson specifically described emma regarded public servant whose integrity should not be question. reporting live this morning outside city hall in lower manhattan, andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >> andrea, thank you. >>> a judge is contemplating the fate after a victim and suspect faces off in court. in july of 2014 he allegedly step on the head of jhamele cuffy in bed-stuy. cuffy had allegedly resisted arrest but officer swer's attorney says after trying to subdue the suspect, he brought the boot down on the victim's hand, not his head. >> >> as he kicked me in the head, my head hit the concrete. >> edward's attorney disputed the photos of the suspect's head taken the day after the arrest. the

sources say several deblasio intergovernmenta yol affairs, emma wolfe. spokespeople for the mayor says everyone has followed the law. they're cooperating with the investigation. this follows a federal probe into fund-raisers jona rechnitz and jeremy reichberg seen here with former chief banks in the middle. there are allegations that nypd officials were given expensive gifts in exchange for favors from police. the wealthy businessmen have also raised money for mayor deblasio. deblasio has not been personally subpoenaed. he says he follows the rules and he's no law breaker. back to you. >> the mayor has said the policies they put in place were ones pursued by previous mayors and previous times. >> reporter: he said his predecessor followed these fund-raising policies and they have too. >>> police are asking for help last seen inside prospect park. tracie strahan is at the park with what we know. good morning. >> reporter: we are stand big for scuba teams to return to the lake at prospect park for the search for michael yam. he was last seen here more than

emma wolf, a chief aide in the de blasio administration was given a subpoena. wolf is a highly regarded public servant whose integrity should not be questioned. the joint local and federal investigation is a follow-up to a report by the chief enforcement officer at the state board of elections. the report claims the mayor and his advisors broke campaign finance laws by finding a loophole in the system and including with political contributors to donate as much as 10 times the legal limit to democratic state senate candidates in 2014. the allegation is de blasio was funneling money to those candidates to help support his agenda in albany. but the candidates all lost. the u.s. attorney is leading the probe, and a separate inquiry into corruption within the nypd. >> the commission and i have spoken. our folks speak with each other and it is a joint investigation. to the extent there is corruption in the department i know there is nobody more committed to rooting that than the commissioner. it jointly along with the fbi. >> reporter: mayor de blasio has said in the

emma wolf is the mayor's director of intergovernmental affairs. he served as treasurer for the mayor's not-for-profit , campaign one new york. this is a consulting firm that works on his campaign in the city's teachers union was also served. the subpoenas came from the us attorney's office and the manhattan da. they are looking into allegations of circumventing campaign donation limits. it's in order to stack the statehouse with legislators agenda. he was directly involved in discussions with these political donors. the mayor's attorney responded to these reports with city hall has been subpoenaed . we are fully cooperating in the mayor has not been personally served. >> former new york state senator new york senator will be sentenced today. he was found guilty of strong-arming several companies with business before the state legislator living into giving his son no-show jobs. you have the title but you don't have to do anything. his son adam was found guilty. prosecutors asking the judge to lock up both for more than a decade. they also want the

they include emma wolf a top political adviser and the city's director of intergovernmentable affairs, a top fundraiser ross offinger rosen which works on the mayor's political can pain. being subpoenaed means they can be questioned and must also preserve documents. spokesman karen hinton said, quote, we're not commenting on the details of the investigations. all involved followed the letter of the law and are cooperating fully with the investigations. she described emma wolf as, quote, a highly regarded public servant whose integrity should not be questioned. maurice and kristine? >> thank you. >>> the city of newark gives uber the green light to pick up passengers around town as part of the 10-year $10 million deal. the company must pay the city $3 million up front also provide commercial liability insurance and conduct driver background checks. the mayor ras baraka says the agreement is about fairness. >> what we are trying to do is make sure we have a competitive playing field here that we can help the taxi >> uber must also pay a fee for operating at newark airport. >>> first he

. >> de blasio was not served but those who were include emma wolf, the city's director of intergovernmental affairs and jonathan rosen. they work on the mayor's political campaigns p the assistant u.s. attorney who signed this subpoenas help corruption charges. >> the mayor defended his actions around fundraising and appropriate. he said this on monday. >> a lot of very good people are having their names dragged through the mud over the last few weeks. that's not right. that's not fair. >> the investigation focusing on how the mayor raised money to unseat senate republicans to push his political agenda. federal prosecutor and manhattan d.a. are trying to determine if de blasio's team circumvented campaign laws. >> reporter: the mayor's spokesperson insists that everyone involved followed the letter of the law. right now mayor de blasio is at an event in midtown. marsha kramer will have the latest on cbs 2 news tonight beginning at 5:00. for manhattan, andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> several families are out of their homes after a car slam med into a building in new jersey. take

some members of mayor de blasio's inner circle have been subpoenaed emma wolf an adviser and top fundraiser ross offinger and the consulting firm berlin rosen which worked on the mayor's political campaigns. the subpoenas are part of a federal and state investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices. quote we are not commenting on the details of the investigations. all involved followed the letter of the law and are cooperating fully with the investigation. >>> a community that sits across the bay from long beach island is divided. meg baker with the debate to dredge or not to dredge. >> reporter: these boats may have to stay where they are on dry land for this year's boating season if a dredging project in the small township of eagleswood new jersey doesn't get done. >> we have lost ourselves almost eight slips that are so shallow that we can't even rent them anymore which is a big amount of our income that we count on paying taxes. >> reporter: deborah murphy and her husband own the marina. tide. >> we have boats that constantly run aground and have dollars and dollars of damage. >>

. >> as of now, sources confirm to eyewitness news that emma wolfe, one of the mayor's top advisors here in city hall has been personally served with a subpoena along with a number of outside advisors also compelled to cooperate in this growing case. the allegations first surfaced investigation at the state board of elections who alleged mayor de blasio and his advisors had colluded with political contributors. those donors wound up contributing as much as 10 times their personal limits to three different democratic state senate candidates who if elected would then support the mayor's agenda in albany. the mayor suggests these allegations are nothing more than pure politics and not only has he done nothing wrong but he claims his team has used the same fundraising tactics mayor bloomberg did during the same years he was in it says, quote, has been subpoenaed by the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district and we are fully cooperating with this investigation. the mayor, the statement continued, has not been personally served. important to note here. a subpoena does not indicate ne

several deblasio aides have gotten subpoenas including his director of intergovernmental affairs, emma wolfe. spokespeople for the mayor says everyone has followed the law. they're cooperating with the investigation. this follows a federal probe into fund-raisers jona rechnitz and jeremy reichberg seen here with former chief banks in the there are allegations that nypd officials were given expension gifts. banks has denied wrongdoing. as for the mayor, he himself has not been personally subpoenaed. he has an event later on today. unrelated to this. but, as you know, he'll be asked about this during that question and answer with reporters. back to you. >> katherine creag, thank you. >>> former state senate majority liter dean skelos is saying the $5,000 fine in his corruption case is unwarranted. that adds up to about five years of his $95,000 a year pension. prosecutors say it's appropriate since he is facing corruption through the course of his five years. >>> today lawyers should argue that charges should be dismissed against two key figures in the closure controversy. they were accused of

seeing as emma wolf personally received a subpoena, have the lawyers told her or the maker that they shouldn't be talking about -- or the mayor that they shouldn't be talking about this case? >> the mayor and miss wolf will talk to each other about city business and the work she is doing to fulfill his agenda. that will continue to happen. >> reporter: what about the days? >> i really don't know enough about the details of the subpoenas or what's happening to address those kinds of questions. >> reporter: he says he thinks there's plenty to investigate in terps of charges of whether -- in terms of charges of circumvented donation limits. >> my reading of the law is these activities were prohibited because there was an attempt to evade contribution levels to candidates by fulling mon -- sending money through committees to the candidates. >> reporter: there's been a flurry of subpoenas issued to individual donors, unions have made contribution and political consultants. >> this is a whole new level now, right, marcia? >> reporter: it's at a whole new level and you can't tell where it's

at least one person emma wolfe works here at city ham and director of intergovernmental affairs these subpoenas from u.s. attorney office but also the manhattan d.a. office and one of the probes seems to center around if de blasio and his team campaign donation limits in order to stack the state house with legislators who would push progressive agenda. statement saying in part city hall has been subpoenaed. mayor has not been personally served. kerry and juliet no word on if that would change. how far this probe reaches or where it goes from here. that's the latest from city hall this morning. back to both of you. >> thanks very much. u 6:35 two men were shot when a gun accidentally went off inside a doctors office on long island. >> this happened on long beach road in ocean sides. politician say a retired nypd officer was showing a doctor his licensed whep gun accidentally fired a round striking the owner in the leg and doctor in the foot. both men taken to the hospital nonlife-threatening injuries. >> verizon and two labor unions resume contract talks today. and peck up 12:30 this a

. >> reporter: emma wolf making transition from political director of deblasio's 2013 mayoral came campaign to making his progressive causes a reality. his campaign is probed for political contributions to approve state candidates so deblasio can get his funding passed. should have they be on the payroll while this investigation is going on? >> marcia, absolutely not. this is something that -- this is exactly what's wrong with politics. said that at the very least they should be put on leave until the probe is complete. >> you can say pay to play? like i said in 2014, this was a shake down by mayor deblasio on business owners in new york city. >> reporter: deblasio steadfastly is refusing. his spokeswoman saying that no action will be taken and referring cbs 2 to comments made by the mayor yesterday. >> a lot of very good people are having their names dragged through the mud in the last two weeks. that's not right and that's not fair. >> reporter: murphy said that the practice hasn't stopped and $50,000 was funneled in a reportedly questionable contribution to democrat todd kaminsky who nar

emma wolf is the mayor's director of the intergovernmental affairs. russ is a top campaign fundraiser serving for the main non-for profit . they are reports that the consulting firm work on the political campaign and the city's teachers union were also served. the subpoena came from the us attorney's office and the manhattan da. investigators are looking into allegations of him attempting to circulate campaign donation limits to stack the statehouse with legislators that would help him push the progressive agenda. reports say they were directly involved in discussions with these political donors. the mayor's attorney responded to the reports with , city hall has been subpoenaed and we are fully cooperating with the investigation. the mayor has not been personally served. >> it's an interesting one of the senders is on the same team that also prosecuted the former state majority leader. >> were sending things back to you. >> thank you, teresa. will check back with you in a little bit. the republican leader and his son will be sentenced today. he was fo

. >> the mayor's tape aide, emma wolf, and the tape fundraiser and the consulting firm that worked on the mayor's campaigns it is connected to allegations that the mayor's administration funneled money to upstate senate candidates who would help support his agenda in albany. >>> two dozen people in new jersey are temporarily out of their homes after a car slammed into their building. a driver lost control in plainfield last night. the car crashed through the front of a tax services on the ground floor. there is structural damage that needs to be repaired. the landlord is paying for the folks to stay in a hotel. >>> investigators have obtained a warrant to search the house belonging to the late music icon, prince. abc news confirmed deputies filed the paperwork. the warrants come one day after law enforcement sources say prescription drugs were found in prince's possession and at his home. the warrants say releasing information could compromise the investigation. prince died last week. san bernardino shooter are under arrest for marriage fraud. syed farook and the brother of syed faroo

yesterday's subpoenas went to emma wolf, one of the top advisors and jonathan rosen and guys as i have said many times, we hold ourselves to highest standard of integrity. everything we have done is legal and appropriate. >> reporter: the mayor claims he is cooperating with the federal prosecutor and the manhattan da, cy vance. >> reporter: you were not subpoenaed? >> i was not. >> sir, don't push me. >> everything we have done is legal and appropriate and we are going to fully cooperate. >> reporter: the mayor's team is being investigated for, limits and funnel that go money to candidates. dick davy says yes, the mayor's team is innocent physical proven guilty. but he adds something spells fishy here. >> there is something wrong here. whether it rises to the level of illegality is something for our judicial system to determine. >> reporter: there is speculation about how all of this might possibly affect the mayor's reelection effort in 2017. for now reporting live at city hall, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> governor cuomoton calling for safer rail crossings. all options are being lo

emma wolf is top advisor, ross ooffinger and city hall got a subpoena for documents pertaining to the mayor's campaign to raise money for the 2014 senate race. he wanted to elect democrats to help further his political agenda. the mayor was not personally served. >> i feel fine because everything we've done is legal and appropriate. >> that w that the mayor fled leaving press secretary karen hinton behind to answer questions like these. >> seeing as male wolf personally received a subpoena have the lawyers told her or the mayor they shouldn't be talking about this case? >> the mayor and emma wolf will continue to talk to each other about city business and about the work she's doing to fulfill his agenda. >> but what about the case. about the details of the subpoenas or what's happening to address those kinds of questions. >> he thinks there's plenty of to investigate in terms of charges of whether team de blasio circumvented donation limits. >> my reading of the law is that these activities were specifically prohibited because there was an attempt to evade contribution limits to candi

mayor mobbed by clamoring reporters after it was disclosed that the city with subpoenas including emma wolf his top political adviser and the city's director of intergovernmental affairs, ross offinger a fundraiser a political consulting firm co- founded by jonathan rosen even city hall itself although the mayor wasn't personally served. how did you feel when you got the subpoena, mr. mayor? >> i feel fine because everybody we done is legal and appropriate. >> reporter: prosecutors trying to determine if team de blasio broke laws tried to circumvent donation limits while racing money for the 2014 senate races looking to elect democrats and defeat republicans to further his politica agenda. he left after two questions. the subpoena to city hall was it a subpoena for documents? >> subpoenas generally are for documents and for information. i don't really know how to answer these questions because i can't get into the details of the investigation. >> reporter: why not? >> our attorneys have asked us the investigation so even if i knew them i couldn't answer them. >> reporter: the head of citize

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. >>> top aides at the center of the campaign finance scandal, aides emma wolf and ross are under scrutiny, accused of being on the deblasio team under investigation for funneling money to candidates who can push through the agenda. accused of directing $50,000 a questionable contribution to todd kaminsky. >> can you say pay to play? shake down by mayor bill deblasio on business owner ins new york city. >>> as of now a spokesperson says no action will be taken against them. >>> happening today former u.s. speaker of the house will learn his fate at sentencing facing jail time for bank fraud to get hush money used to cover up accusations of abusing -- once second in line for the presidency could spend six months in jail. >>> coming up, late music legend prince did not leave a will, find out what that means for his estate. >>> an attack on the playground by an adult, why two boys were hit with a hockey stick. speech. . >>> now to traffic and weather on the 2's, it's 6:12. let's see what our weather watchers are watching, they are streaming in the data, have cool readings off to riverhead, 3,