NEWARK -- Former Passaic Mayor Alex Blanco is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for accepting $110,000 in bribes from developers.

Alex Blanco. (City of Passaic)

Blanco pleaded guilty in November under an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office to a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, but the plea deal calls for a slight reduction in the offense level used to calculate the sentence under federal guidelines.

Blanco's sentencing will be before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark.

Blanco, a Democrat and physician who had been mayor since 2008, admitted accepting the bribes from two developers in exchange for diverting $216,000 in federal Housing and Urban Development funds to low-income housing projects on Paulson Avenue.

He resigned the same day he entered the plea.

Of the city's elected mayors since 1983, only Margie Semler did not face corruption charges. Blanco was elected following the conviction of Sammy Rivera, who was sentenced to 21 months in prison for taking bribes.

Passaic County freeholder Hector Lora was sworn in as acting mayor just hours after Blanco's plea. He resigned from his county post to take the job.

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