Gary Kriss, a former aide to the Westchester County Board of Legislators, was only fined $1,694 to settle two counts of theft for using his public office for personal purposes, but he rang up at least $35,000 in legal bills defending himself.
That?s the amount he owes Aiello & Cannick of Maspeth, N.Y., which filed a lawsuit against him in the state Supreme Court on Dec. 7, accusing Kriss of breach of contract.
The law firm is asking the court to order Kriss to pay $35,000 plus interest from June 16, 2010, the day of his sentencing, to the present.
Attorney Robert Aiello defended Kriss during his trial. Kriss, chief adviser to former county Board chair Bill Ryan, was sentenced on misdemeanor theft-of-services charges.
Kriss came under fire after a June 1, 2008, report in The Journal News found he had spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on books, software and electronics. The purchases included Hollywood scriptwriting software, a how-to program on Manga style cartooning, and a Kindle, with some of the items shipped to his South Salem home.
The controversy later prompted the 17-member county board to adopt changes in board spending and oversight policies.
Kriss was never charged with wrongdoing in relation to his county expenses, but was initially charged with four misdemeanors accusing him of having county graphics information technology specialist Sarah O?Brien work on personal projects for him and his wife, Patricia.
Among the projects that prosecutors said O?Brien worked on were a flow chart relating to Yale Divinity School, where Patricia Kriss was a student, and work relating to a referendum for the Ridgefield, Conn., Library.
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