Ex-NYC Council member Deutsch gets 3 months in prison for tax crime

NEW YORK — A former New York City Council member has been sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he evaded $82,000 in taxes. Chaim Deutsch, a Brooklyn Democrat, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. Magistrate Judge James L. Cott. The 52-year-old was ousted from the 51-member body after he pleaded [...]