Former Gov. Hochul aide Linda Sun and her husband were arrested by federal authorities Tuesday, a month and a half after the feds raided their $3.5 million home in Manhasset.
Sun and her husband Chris Hu were taken into custody early Tuesday morning and are expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court.
A spokesman for Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Breon Peace’s office confirmed the arrest but declined to comment on the nature of the charges.
Sun was appointed as Hochul’s deputy chief of staff in September 2021 and left the job in November 2022 to work as a deputy commissioner in the New York Department of Labor.
Sun was fired by the Department of Labor in March 2023 after evidence of misconduct was discovered, according to the Associated Press.
She later managed the unsuccessful campaign of Austin Cheng, a Democrat who ran to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District after Republican George Santos was expelled from Congress.
Sun was chief of staff to then-state assembly member Grace Meng from 2009 to 2012. Meng now represents New York’s 6th District in the U.S. House.
She then worked in former Gov. Cuomo’s administration in a variety of roles across state government.