Nicole Torres, 44, a former elected leader of the Bronx 81st Assembly District and NYC Board of Elections (BOE) employee, was sentenced on Sept. 2 to two years in prison on extortion and bribery charges.
Torres pled guilty in federal court in April to running two different poll worker schemes that abused her position as a BOE employee and earned her nearly $69,000 in illegal payments.
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