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However, Poli did not perform any community service for the organization, and in fact, he was paid by Aguila for vending, storage, and furniture contracts. In order to satisfy the conditions of a plea in a 2019 criminal charge, Poli requested that Diaz draft and submit a letter to the court stating that Poli performed volunteer work for Aguila. In this role, Diaz maintained a close working relationship with the organization’s former Chief of Staff Jose Sierra and Thomas Poli, then a contractor for Aguila.

In addition to his salaried appointment as the Bronx County Clerk, Diaz worked as a paid consultant for often-criticized and now defunct homeless services provider Aguila, Inc. Additionally, Diaz must complete 100 hours of community service. Diaz was also sentenced today to a three year conditional discharge, an additional condition of which is that he does not get rearrested for three years. The plea includes Diaz’s resignation from his lifetime appointment as the Bronx County Clerk and a lifetime ban on holding public office or working for nonprofit organizations registered in New York state. Let this be a warning: we have zero tolerance for public servants who abuse public trust, and we will root out corruption in any and every form in New York.”ĭiaz was arraigned and pled guilty today before Supreme Court Judge Poust Lopez in Bronx County to one count of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a class E felony. Diaz violated that pledge, along with the sanctity of the same county court system he represents. “When we take our oath of office as public servants, we make a promise to our constituents to lead with integrity and uphold the laws of the great state of New York,” said Attorney General James. In addition to the guilty plea, Diaz resigned his role as the Bronx County Clerk. As Bronx County Clerk, Diaz knowingly defrauded the court by claiming that Thomas Poli, an alleged associate of the Genovese crime family, fulfilled a community service requirement as part of a criminal charge. NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the guilty plea, resignation, and sentencing of Bronx County Clerk and former Assemblymember Luis Diaz, 69, of the Bronx, for intentionally writing, certifying, and submitting false information to the court in support of a criminal defendant. Support an Alleged Associate of the Genovese Crime Family As County Clerk, Diaz Intentionally Defrauded the Court to