The indictment arose from the allegation by federal prosecutors that he had accepted $100,000 in bribes from military contractors and lobbyists.

The council had suspected that MacDonald accepted kickbacks from contractors and corporations.

Many Council members and other elected officials regularly accept money from vendors and contractors.

The governor has said she will not accept contributions from contractors, lobbyists and political action and party committees, a policy her Democratic opponents do not share.

Nynex Disciplines 10 Nynex has taken action against 10 mid-level managers for having accepted gifts from contractors, workers say.

After documents are completed, the construction manager accepts bids for the various divisions of work from subcontractors or general contractors.

The Government charged the president and three top officers of the union with systematically accepting bribes from contractors.

Mr. Cunningham, whose nickname is Duke, is in prison after pleading guilty to accepting bribes from contractors.

On Tuesday, three authority employees were charged with accepting bribes from contractors in connection with the project.

In the plea deal, Cunningham admitted accepting more than $2.4 million in cash and gifts from Wilkes and other contractors.