Stories tagged with Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer takes a teaching job
By A. James Memmott | September 6, 2009 at 10:05am | 0
Continuing to tiptoe back into public life, Eliot Spitzer has taken a gig as an adjunct professor of political science at The City College of New York.
Roger Stone caught up in NYS leadership battle
By A. James Memmott | June 15, 2009 at 12:04pm | 8
What would a Republican-led palace coup be without the involvement of self-admitted dirty trickster Roger J. Stone Jr.?
Spitzer’s mood darkens during state testimony
By A. James Memmott | May 21, 2009 at 9:48am | 0
Two sides of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s personality are revealed in recently released transcripts of two interviews he gave on the same subject under oath last year.
NY’s top ethics officer accused of ethical breach
By A. James Memmott | May 15, 2009 at 9:04am | 0
The fallout from Eliot Spitzer’s short but contentious reign as governor of New York state continues.
NY’s Andrew Cuomo rises out of AIG’s ashes
By Carol Eisenberg | March 20, 2009 at 9:25am | 1
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo may be the only player emerging from the AIG mess as a star.
2008 not a great year for Dick Grasso’s enemies
By Laurie Bennett | December 30, 2008 at 8:57am | 0
The past year has brought devastation to most on Wall Street, but for ex-powerhouse Dick Grasso, there has to be a bitter pleasure in watching so many adversaries knocked from their perches.
Silda Wall Spitzer becomes the family breadwinner
By A. James Memmott | December 3, 2008 at 11:00am | 0
Her husband out of a job, Silda Wall Spitzer has gone to work for a New York City hedge fund.
House panel to probe what triggered Spitzer inquiry
By Carol Eisenberg | November 25, 2008 at 6:40pm | 0
A lot of people have wondered whether former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer got some help in hanging himself. Now a House committee is preparing to answer that question.
Eliot Spitzer offers Obama advice
By Carol Eisenberg | November 17, 2008 at 5:09pm | 2
Is New York’s former governor staging a comeback?
Former ‘HillRaiser’ Norman Hsu faces new charges
By Carol Eisenberg | October 8, 2008 at 3:42pm | 0
He’s been in a California jail cell for months, but the problems of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s former fund-raiser Norman Hsu still continue to multiply.
Socialite Marylou Whitney makes grand gesture - at Eliot Spitzer’s expense
By Carol Eisenberg | August 6, 2008 at 9:29am | 0
Eliot Spitzer got a lesson in political humility from one of New York’s wealthiest and most-connected society mavens this week.
While Grasso toasts victory, Spitzer gets burned again
By Gary Jacobson | July 2, 2008 at 4:20pm | 0
At lunch Tuesday, former New York Stock Exchange CEO Richard Grasso toasted his appeals court victory with a bottle of Peter Michael chardonnay.
The drama of Eliot Spitzer’s rise and fall may be coming to a theater near you
By John Decker | May 1, 2008 at 2:03pm | 0
Although Eliot Spitzer’s spectacular political flameout may be fading from most people’s memories, the tale may soon be revisited on the silver screen.
Alleged Spitzer call girl sues Girls Gone Wild
By Emily Morgan | April 28, 2008 at 5:26pm | 1
Joe Francis may have been hasty when he referred to Ashley Alexandra Dupre as his “lottery ticket.”
Mayflower souvenirs snapped up after Spitzer scandal
By Mark Toor | April 5, 2008 at 3:35pm | 0
Overeager memento hunters even swiped the number off one door.
Washington’s Mayflower Hotel, where former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s had a $4,300 visit with a hooker imported from New York, is experiencing a run on souvenirs, according to the Washington Post.
Yet another superdelegate is accused of crimes
By Carol Eisenberg | March 28, 2008 at 9:15am | 1
It’s beginning to feel like a shoot-out at the O.K. Corral.
Yesterday’s indictment of Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal S. Acevedo Vila brings the tally of Democratic super delegates facing criminal indictments, or threat of indictments, to four. (Make that five, if you count former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who was pledged to support Hillary Rodham Clinton, but resigned March 12 in a sex scandal and therefore lost his super delegate status.)
Spitzer follows path of Martha Stewart, Nancy Grace
By Carol Eisenberg | March 26, 2008 at 3:18pm | 0
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has hired one of the best spinmeisters in the business to help him climb out of the pit of public disgrace.
Roger Stone socked it to Eliot Spitzer
By A. James Memmott | March 25, 2008 at 11:25am | 1
Roger J. Stone Jr. has spent most of his adult life engaged in what some call “aggressive campaign tactics” and others call “dirty tricks.”
Spitzer ‘deeply involved’ in Bruno smear effort
By Gary Jacobson | March 24, 2008 at 1:03am | 1
There’s more trouble for former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. The New York Times reports that Spitzer was “deeply involved” in the effort to discredit State Senate majority leader Joseph Bruno last year. Previously, Spitzer had said he was not personally involved.
Ashley Dupre video is lucky find for Girls Gone Wild
By Emily Morgan | March 19, 2008 at 5:00pm | 0
For Eliot Spitzer, Ashley Alexandra Dupre was the nail in his political coffin. For Girls Gone Wild founder and CEO Joe Francis, she is a “lottery ticket.”
