Harry Siegel

'Volunteer' day: What is the meaning of Haggerty's guilt, and Bloomberg's independence? :

The verdict in the Haggerty trial, like those other Independence Party candidates Bloomberg's donation was supposed to have helped, felt like an afterthought.

Bio: Harry Siegel, a lifelong Brooklynite, was the first op-ed page editor of The New York Sun, founder and editor of the Web magazine New Partisan, editor-in-chief of the alt-weekly New York Press, contributing editor for Politico and City Hall columnist for the Village Voice.

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'Volunteer' day: What is the meaning of Haggerty's guilt, and Bloomberg's independence?

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On the wood paneling behind the bench of Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Ronald Zweibel, who has presided over the case of John Haggerty, the political operative accused of stealing a million dollars and change from New York’s billionaire mayor during his $100 million-plus 2009 reelection bid, the motto emblazoned on the wood reads: “IN GOd WE TrUSt.” The letters are all uppercase, but the "d", "r", and second "t" are replacements, smaller and shinier than the others. More

Posted on October 21st, 2011 1:11pm