Editing Spring Valley, New York (section)

===Corruption in Spring Valley===
*On August 4, 2014, Mayor Demeza Delhomme was locked up in the county jail after a state Supreme Court justice found him in contempt of a court order to open the village's civic center to host its summer camp.
*In 2015 the former mayor of Spring Valley, Noramie Jasmin, was convicted in federal court in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|Southern District of New York]] of taking kickbacks to push through a community center and catering hall. She was also convicted of extortion and wire fraud and for selling her vote for $5,000 and a 50-percent ownership stake in the building. She served out a four-year prison term at [[Federal Prison Camp Alderson]] in [[West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-spring-valley-mayor-noramie-jasmin-sentenced-four-years-prison-extortion-and | title=Former Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Extortion and Fraud Charges | date=August 7, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-state-sen-malcolm-smith-corruption-case-spreads-spring-valley-article-1.1305905|title=New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith corruption case: trail leads to probe of real estate dealings by Spring Valley, New York, Mayor Noramie Jasmin, Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret|first=Corky|last=Siemaszko|website=New York Daily News}}</ref>
*In June 2015 former Spring Valley deputy mayor Joseph Desmaret was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his part in a corruption scheme involving a proposal to build a village-owned catering hall on Route 45 in Spring Valley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2015/06/18/joseph-desmaret-sentence-spring-valley/28934221/|title=Spring Valley: Desmaret gets 3 years for corruption|first=Jane|last=Lerner|website=The Journal News}}</ref>
*In November 2017 Spring Valley trustee Vilair Fonvil was found guilty of corruption charges that accused him of stealing $11,000 from a summer camp program, which ended his career as a village official.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2017/11/17/spring-valley-fonvil-corruption-trial/871789001/|title=Spring Valley corruption trial: Trustee Vilair Fonvil found guilty|first=Kim Redmond and Steve|last=Lieberman|website=The Journal News}}</ref>