Overview
- A Brooklyn federal judge reset Frank Carone’s trial for May 2027 after parties agreed the case cannot proceed on the earlier schedule because of extensive discovery.
- Prosecutors told the court they still must turn over information recovered from electronic devices seized recently, and that work was the main reason for the scheduling delay.
- Carone and three co-defendants were federally indicted on charges including bribery and money laundering over an alleged scheme in which Carone accepted about $120,000 to help win a roughly $7 million migrant‑shelter contract.
- Court filings cite text messages and seized electronic data as key evidence and Carone has hired a roster of high‑profile defense lawyers, including Marc Agnifilo, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Jacob Kaplan and Zach Intrater, who say they will file motions challenging the case.
- All defendants have pleaded not guilty and remain on bond; the case links to 2022 emergency migrant contracting in New York and could increase scrutiny of how the city awarded shelter contracts and of political ties around those deals.