Unlike other ACORN workers nabbed on undercover video, two Brooklyn ACORN employees have not been fired -- nearly a week after they were exposed in their office giving helpful advice to a fake pimp and prostitute on how to launder money.
A spokesman for New York ACORN Housing Corp. told The Post that the employees, Volda Albert and Milagros Rivera, have been suspended without pay. "It will remain that way until the outcome of the [Brooklyn district attorney's] investigation is resolved," said spokesman Jonathan Rosen. Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes has launched a criminal probe of the incident, and the ACORN office is "cooperating fully," said Rosen.
Five other ACORN workers nabbed in similar video stings in Baltimore, Washington and San Bernardino, Calif., have already been axed.
In Brooklyn, the two housing counselors were caught on hidden camera by two conservative activists who claimed they wanted advice on how to set up a brothel.
Gov. Paterson yesterday moved to put a 30-day hold on all state contracts with ACORN. New York ACORN's president, Pat Boone, said: "We welcome the governor's review and are confident he will find that every state dollar we've received went directly to combating New York's foreclosure crisis" and helping New Yorkers get tax credits.
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