Meet the HFZ exec accused of taking mob bribes

As an executive at HFZ Capital, John Simonlacaj had overseen some of the city’s top developments. Now he’s been charged with accepting bribes to let the mob siphon off hundreds of thousands of dollars from projects, including his company’s most ambitious one: the XI along the High Line. The 50-year-old Scarsdale resident has been fired from HFZ, where he was managing director of development, a spokesperson for the company said. Simonlacaj pleaded not guilty Friday

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