A federal jury has acquitted two attorneys and a real estate developer of taking part in a kickback and bribery scheme connected to projects by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

The three defendants—attorneys Lee Hymowitz and Michael M. Freeman of Manhattan and real estate developer Stevenson Dunn—were found not guilty after a three-week trial in the Eastern District and two days of jury deliberations.

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