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Gerald McCann
American politician (born )
For other people named Gerald McCann, see Gerald McCann (disambiguation).
Gerald McCann (born March 20, ) is an American Democratic Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey before being convicted of fraud in a savings-and-loan scam.
When he was elected in he was the second-youngest mayor in the city's history.[1]
Biography
Born in the Greenville section of Jersey City on March 20, , he served as mayor from to , and again from to In , he was indicted for mail fraud, bank fraud, tax evasion, making false statements to the IRS, and failure to file taxes.[2] The prosecutor was then–United States Attorney Michael Chertoff.
McCann said of the lead prosecutor, "It will become obvious that they were insane to bring this case in the first place; we are going to send Mr. Chertoff back to preparing wills. Maybe I can find him a job driving sanitation trucks in Jersey City."