Carney won’t “rule out” prosecution if someone helped Raucci cover-up


In recent days, a flurry of court documents have revealed that Schenectady school officials were given prior warnings about Steven Raucci, the district’s facilities director who authorities say waged a years-long campaign of terror and bombings against people who crossed him.

Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney has been tight-lipped about whether his investigation of Raucci would go beyond the 60-year-old Niskayuna man. But on Wednesday, he told staff writer Lauren Stanforth that he “wouldn’t rule it out” when asked if anyone might be charged with aiding or covering up Raucci’s alleged actions.

The last time Carney’s office handled a grand jury investigation this complex, it resulted in the arrest of a veteran Schenectady detective who was stealing drugs for his addiction – and a devastating grand jury report that condemned the Police Department’s handled drug evidence and the department’s laissez-faire attitude about police supervision.

Carney hasn’t said whether he would put the grand jury to similar use in the Raucci case.

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Mike Goodwin

5 Responses

  1. Cfoote says:

    Mr Carney. Now lets not back away from your job. You need to investigate every aspect of this case. It make be a huge can of worms but like the Schenectady cop that stealing drugs for his addition, who knows what you may uncover. Lets not short change the residents on Schenectady on what and who this guy may have had as friends or accomplises.

  2. countrygirl says:

    When this whole mess first came to light, the first question I had was, if this guy has been terrorizing people in the Schenectady school district for years, why did no one in a position of high authority know about it? How could they NOT know about it?
    And if they DID know about it, does it make any sense that they wouldn’t have acted to get rid of the guy? CSEA can’t be THAT powerful, can it?
    100% correct cfoote–this needs to be thoroughly and completely investigated as to why an out-and-out thug was apparently allowed to be around children, harass female employees and generally create havoc in a large school district for over a decade…

  3. civitello says:

    The City School District knew all along… They were afraid too. The Super wasn’t so Super when it came to this matter. Im sure the DA will get to the bottom of this mess. At any cost…

  4. Staley says:

    Members of the school board shoulb be resigning. They know that Steve Raucci demanded that employees stuff envelopes for BOE elections. We were also told whom to vote for. Sounds like buying votes to me

  5. Cfoote says:

    Staley. thats not buying votes that should like Gestapo tactics to force his and the union will on you. Again it amazes me no one stood up to this creep at any time or at any level