Byline: United Press International
Ronald Schiavone won court approval Friday to have his trial severed from that of former Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan and others accused of defrauding the city Transit Authority of $7.4 million.
Schiavone, 61, chairman of the Schiavone Construction Co. of Seacacus, N.J., and a longtime business associate of Donovan, was granted his request for a trial severance on the basis of poor health.
But Justice John Collins of state Supreme Court in the Bronx ordered Schiavone to return to court Jan. 12 to provide a status report on his heart condition and possibly to set a trial date.
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