Spitzer, We Hardly Knew Ye
Is there anything else to talk about today? If Spitzer leaves office, we’re probably only going to be left with a lot of questions about how he might have triggered change for New York City in general and Brooklyn—and Brooklyn real estate—specifically. As Norman Oder notes on Atlantic Yards Report, Spitzer mostly kept mum on…
Is there anything else to talk about today? If Spitzer leaves office, we’re probably only going to be left with a lot of questions about how he might have triggered change for New York City in general and Brooklyn—and Brooklyn real estate—specifically. As Norman Oder notes on Atlantic Yards Report, Spitzer mostly kept mum on AY, thereby offering his tacit approval for the project. Oder writes that if Spitzer is replaced, his successor might affect changes in Phase 2 of the mega-development. In another big real estate-related topic, Spitzer long ago proposed raising the decontrol cap on rent-stabilized apartments, which would have had a huge impact on a wide cross-section Brooklyn tenants and landlords. (This push hadn’t been discussed in many months, though it presumably would have been revived if Democrats gained control of the State Senate.) There’s also the question of how Spitzer’s resignation might affect congestion pricing, which he had reportedly been drafting a bill for. Any other ideas about the potential fallout for Brooklyn?
Spitzer Is Linked to a Sex Ring as Client [NY Times]
Photo by Lindsay Beyerstein.
Would it be illegal if he were just hiring the women so he could shit on them? No sex.
No. 9 with a bullet!
it is unbelievable that someone is trying to find a partisan scape goat here. spitzer fucked up period. he is an entitled rich kid who let power go to his head. simply gross. if he was feeling that itchy, why didn’t he just have some threesomes with his wife? only way to avoid a scandal.
He would be setup if he was tricked or taken to the hookers by force. Otherwise, he was just another sleazy customer, who has now been caught. Time to face the music. Another human tragedy unfolds.
Humble yourselves people. Control can be llst quickly in this life of ours.
As a followup – the AP is reporting that Banks – implying more than one – noticed the suspicious money transactions and filed SARS – if this is true (that more than 1 bank filed a SAR) that sort of puts a bullet in the “setup” theory.
Talk that this was a “setup” is WAY premature –
The case stemmed from a SAR (suspicious activity report) due to cash transactions that looked like they were designed to avoid Anti-Money Laundering reporting requirements. Once it got to the Feds – wha choice did they have but to investigate – and though they were looking for public corruption – could they really have ignored the prostitution?
About the only thing that could be a “setup” is the filing of the SAR – it is possible that the Financial Institution submitted the SAR b/c of a vendetta against Spitzer (he isnt the most loved guy on Wall St) – But even that is verifiable. All the press has to do is determine if the transactions directly fit within the AML reporting and Financial Inst. reporting policies and if they had been routinely reporting similar transactions of “non-politicos”
Sad when your old enough to make pop-culture references that adults are too young to get…
Anyway name a Gov who did more ‘wrong’ in such a short period of time, much less one elected with such a mandate.
10:04, love the Bosworth reference but methinks you’re hyperbolizing a bit on the “worst ever” in history.
Apparently Spitzer wasn’t the only one who blew things…