Giuliani's business contracts tie him to the man who let 9/11's mastermind escape the FBI
Originally published November 28, 2007
“It’s time to judge him for who he is and what he is doing, rather than forever anticipating what he may become.
This is the story of one test of Mario Cuomo’s government: its ethics”
Originally published August 16, 1988
Senator Pothole Delivered — For Donald Trump, Manuel Noriega, Michael Milken, and Corporate Raiders
Originally published November 3, 1992
“The essence of the ruling was that Esposito, who has become a caricature of the county party boss, is in fact no boss at all and thus cannot be penalized for breaking state laws that limit the commercial activity of a county leader.”
Originally published August 6, 1979
“The initial plan called for Trump to purchase the hotel, sell it to the city, and then lease it back from the city at a nominal rental — and no real-estate taxes.”
Originally published February 26, 1979
“The most curious aspect of the Bowery/UDC relationship is the striking similarity between letters sent by both to the city concerning the Commodore deal.”
Originally published February 26, 1979
The Commodore story led the author into a series of possible conflicts concerning Ravitch's role as the unpaid chairman of the New York's Urban Development Corporation
Originally published February 26, 1979
“Before Friedman left the city to join his new firm, he had to clean up a few loose ends for longtime Cohn client Donald Trump.”
Originally published February 26, 1979
“In Ed Koch's city, Stanley Friedman and Donald Manes were the twin towers of insider trading, the most powerful of the mayor's men. The just-completed trial record of their crimes is in a sense Ed Koch's third book — a candid account, at last, of his government”
Originally published December 9, 1986
“The fact is that Koch has protected Bess Myerson because he has long recognized that there is no way that a damaged Myerson wouldn’t also damage him. And perhaps turn on him”
Originally published June 23, 1987