Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the sentencing of former Brooklyn Democratic Assemblywoman Diane Gordon to two to six years in prison before Justice Robert McGann. She received two to six years for Bribe Receiving in the Third Degree. In addition, Gordon received one-and-a-third to four years for each of the two counts of Receiving Reward for Official Misconduct in the Second Degree to run concurrently. She was convicted on April 8 on these charges. Upon conviction, Gordon lost her Assembly seat.

District Attorney Hynes said, “Diane Gordon violated her oath of office and betrayed the trust of the people who she was elected to serve. She will pay a heavy price for that betrayal.”

“I also want to congratulate Department of Investigation Commissioner Rose Gil Hearn for the job her agency did in the development of this case,” said Hynes.  “And the prosecution team of Michel Spanakos, Patrick Cappock and Monique Ferrell deserve special praise for their excellent work.”

The conviction in this case was a result of a joint investigation between the District Attorney’s Office and the Department of Investigation.

Gordon was found guilty of seeking a $500,000 single-family home as a bribe from a Brooklyn contractor for just one dollar. In exchange for the home and the free installation of doors in her Assembly offices, Gordon told the contractor she would use her influence to have a $2 million city-owned vacant lot turned over to him for development.

On the video recordings made by investigators from the Brooklyn DA’s Office and the Department of Investigation, Gordon explained to the contractor how he could win favor with other elected and government officials who would ultimately decide whether he would get the property. She also wrote a letter recommending the contractor for the project, in addition to obtaining recommendations from other local elected officials.