Time to rebuild public confidence in embattled city licensing board

OVERHAUL NEEDED? City licensing board members, from left, Chairman Juan M. Pichardo, Luis Peralta and Johanna Harris, review photos at a recent hearing. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO
OVERHAUL NEEDED? City licensing board members, from left, Chairman Juan M. Pichardo, Luis Peralta and Johanna Harris, review photos at a recent hearing. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

One year ago this month former House Speaker Gordon D. Fox pleaded guilty to bribery for accepting money to ensure a liquor-license application was approved by the city’s Board of Licenses. At the time he accepted the bribe, in 2008, Fox was a state representative and vice chairman of the licensing board. Since those and

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