A man accused of helping his sister do away with her husband told a judge yesterday that he wants to get married.
Cristobal Veliz, 57, was in Westchester federal court in White Plains to be arraigned on the latest charges against him, which include murder in aid of racketeering. If convicted of that charge, Veliz would automatically be sentenced to life in prison.
Veliz pleaded not guilty. He also asked Judge Kenneth Karas to sign a court order allowing him to travel from the Westchester County Jail to the nearby Mount Pleasant Town Hall to get a marriage license.
The judge, reading from Veliz’s petition, identified the bride-to-be as Laura Law. Veliz’s lawyer, Lawrence Sheehan, said later that the couple had lived together in Brooklyn before Veliz was arrested.
“You want to marry Laura Law?” the judge asked.
“Yes, please,” Veliz said.
Veliz and his sister, Narcy Novack, are accused of helping to arrange the 2009 killings of her husband, Ben Novack Jr. and her mother-in-law, Bernice Novack.
Ben Novack was beaten to death in his suburban New York hotel room. Bernice Novack was killed in her Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home.
Ben Novack’s father built the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach. He pleaded not guilty to the new charges a month ago.

