By Shayna Jacobs
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Hank Morris, a political consultant involved in the pay-to-play pension scandal that brought down former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors, according to news reports.
The details of the deal were not immediately released. Morris faced charges that he skewed pension fund investments toward money managers who made political contruibutions, the New York Post reported.
State Supreme Court Justice Lewis Stone said he needed time to consider the deal.
Hevesi pleaded guilty last month to accepting $1 million in gifts in the pay-to-play scheme. He faces four years in prison.
The scheme came to light after an investigation launched by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office.
Morris is accused of receiving more than $1 million from the Quarangle investment firm, the Post said.
