Union's 'funny money'

The New York Post reports:

The Manhattan DA's Office has opened a far-ranging probe into the Transport Workers Union Local 100's new boss over whether he misused part of its $400,000 pot of political money, The Post has learned.

John Samuelsen -- barely a year after being elected by the 35,000-member union -- is being probed by the DA's newly reorganized Rackets Bureau, sources said.

"There's a focus on political contributions," said a source with knowledge of the probe. "There are unusually high amounts and questions about whether they were properly authorized."