A former manager for a nonprofit that oversaw Newark, New Jersey’s water supply pleaded guilty to corruption charges as U.S. prosecutors investigate the bankrupt entity’s activities while Cory Booker was mayor, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Donald Bernard Sr., a consultant and manager of special projects at the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. admitted in federal court that he took $956,948 in kickbacks for himself and his boss in exchange for helping award work to contractors. Giacomo “Jack” DeRosa, also pleaded guilty in Newark to laundering part of $85,000 he gave to Bernard from funds he received for roofing work at NWCDC.
