It’s the end of the line for Pedro Espada.
The crooked state senator who looted his Bronx non-profit to support a lavish lifestyle was sentenced to five years in a federal prison.
Espada was remanded immediately after Brooklyn Judge Frederic Block handed down the sentencing.
“There’s no question that Mr. Espada’s sense of entitlement and arrogance grew over the years and he treated Soundview as his personal piggy bank,” Block said.
Espada blew a kiss to his wife as he was hauled out of court..
He was convicted last year of four counts of embezzlement for ripping off Soundview Health Network, which he founded, and later pleaded guilty to tax evasion in a deal that forbids him from appealing his conviction.
Gov. Cuomo hailed the sentence as “a victory for the people of New York.”
“As Attorney General, I launched the investigation that led to the conviction of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars and violating the trust placed in him by the people of New York state.
“This sentence sends a clear and direct message that those who defraud this state’s taxpayers will be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Today, justice was served.”


