Albert Baldeo won’t be running for City Council again anytime soon.
He was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for funneling illegal campaign contributions into his unsucces🌜sful bid for a Queens council seat.
In the fall of 2010, Baldeo, who was a district lead𓆉er at the time, received illegal contributions through intermediaries, also known as straw donors.
Manhattan federal prosecutors charged the crooked po🃏l with seven counts of obstructing justice last August. Baldeo, 54, was also found guilty of tampᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚering with witnesses by instructing them to lie to the feds.
Ba𝄹ldeo’s lawyer, Christina Corcoran, pleaded with the judge not to imprison the “already broken man.”
“Mr. Baldeo’s story is a tragic one, I think,” she said. “He raised himself up, got a law degree, became a magistrate judge. He𒉰 lost it all based on bad judgment.”
But federal Judge Paul Crotty wasn’t buying it.
“What Mr. Baldeo did over 𓆉an extended period of time was pollute the administration of justice. It’s even worse because Mr. Baldeo is a lawyer. His sentence demands incarceration,” Crotty said.
Baldeo also has to pay $15,700, do 300 hour🎃s of community service and spend three months on house arrest following his prison time. He must report to prison by March 23.