A photograph included in federal court filings shows Frank Carone (center) with Yan Po Zhu (left), owner of the Long Island City Microtel Inn at the center of the alleged bribery scheme. Zhu and Carone have both pleaded not guilty. ( Photo: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York) Texts, a Hotel Contract and the Frank Carone Bribery Case It was 2022, and New York City was scrambling to house an unprecedented wave of migrants. Hotels across the five boroughs... News 16 Jul 2026 | 12:45
