New York Daily News

2 held in B’klyn bid-rig racket

- Erin Durkin Jillian Jorgensen

TWO MEN — including an alleged mobster — were charged with a bid rigging scheme to fix constructi­on prices at a luxe Brooklyn developmen­t, state Attorney General Eric Scheiderma­n said Thursday.

Christophe­r Chierchio and Anthony Molohnic were arrested and charged with colluding to avoid competitio­n on bids for plumbing, sprinkler, heating and air conditioni­ng bids at the new luxury condo building on Baltic St.

Chierchio — a reputed Genovese soldier — was also charged with evading $94,094 in personal income taxes since April 2016, and could face up to 19 years in prison, according to the attorney general’s office. NEW YORK City will launch a smartphone app to help New Yorkers stay safe while they’re browsing the web, Mayor de Blasio announced Thursday.

The app, NYC Secure, will launch this summer and will alert users to suspicious activities online and warn them about attempts to compromise their device. They’ll also get recommenda­tions on how to stay safe — like suggestion­s to log off risky Wi-Fi networks, leave compromise­d websites and uninstall malicious apps.

De Blasio and city officials also said the app will not collect or access any personally identifyin­g informatio­n or transmit private data.

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