February 10, 2010
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David Brown, 32, of 188-52 120th Road in St. Albans, Queens, was convicted in December of second-degree kidnapping, sex trafficking, third-degree promoting prostitution, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and third degree assault following a two-week jury trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise.
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Brown and a co-defendant, Nino Isakadze, 21, were originally arrested on Aug. 24, 2008, on charges of raping the victim and forcing her into prostitution. At their arraignments, bail was set at $200,000 for Brown and $50,000 for Isakadze. When the case was about to be presented to a grand jury, authorities learned that the victim had run away. Unable to locate the victim and proceed with the case in a timely fashion, the Court was forced to release the defendants without bail pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law 180.80. The
victim was subsequently found on Sept. 23, 2008, when she was arrested on a charge of loitering for the purposes of prostitution. A joint investigation by the New York City Police Department and the Queens Dis …
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February 10, 2010
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Paterson went on to excoriate the Times for failing to clear the air around the rumors and to cast himself – believably – as the victim of an out-of-control press.
“They don’t seem to be interested in addressing it or doing anything about it — I think it’s appalling,” Paterson said of the Times. The press, in floating the rumor, denied him “what I was owed as a human being,” he said.
Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York’s first African American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal. He began his new job with confessions of his own extramarital affairs, and things have gone downhill from there. His tenure has been marked by internal chaos, terrible political instincts, and recently, questions around a gambling contract issued to a key local political figure.
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February 10, 2010
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Paterson said he wasn’t asked about sexual misconduct in an interview today with a New York Times reporter, leading him to believe the “article will be written about other subjects.”
The secretary to the governor, Lawrence Schwartz, today sent a letter to Clark Hoyt, the New York Times’s public editor, expressing “deep disappointment” in how the newspaper prepared a profile of Paterson in recent days, according to a statement from Paterson’s office. The newspaper should have issued a “clarification” denying the “misinformation” being reported elsewhere, the statement said.
Diane McNulty, a spokeswoman for the newspaper, didn’t immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment on Schwartz’s letter. Earlier today, she said in an e-mail that, “obviously we are not responsible for what other news organizations are reporting; it’s not coming from The Times.”
Succeeds Spitzer
Paterson, the former lieutenant governor, assumed the chief executive job in March 2008, after Eliot Spitzer was caught patronizing prostitutes.
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February 10, 2010
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February 9, 2010, 5:05 pm by Kate Oczypok
In an ironic twist,
Kristin Davis
, the now bleached blonde
Manhattan
madam whose former client was former
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer
(D), just announced she will run for
governor of New York
Her blog, manhattanmadam.com’s
most recent post is titled “Why I will run for Governor in 2010.” Davis
is deciding whether to run as Libertarian Party candidate or she may
opt to decide to form her own party, she stated. Her platform includes
legalization of prostitution, marijuana and gay marriage.
Davis is set to seek the help of GOP operative Roger Stone, who worked for a few Republicans presidents, according to The
New York Daily News
The madam recently became an advocate for women’s rights. Stone swears the announcement isn’t a hoax.
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February 10, 2010
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Inspired by real-life events and using music, dance and video, Enron explores one of the most infamous scandals in financial history, reviewing the tumultuous 1990s and casting a new light on the financial turmoil in which the world currently finds itself.
Directed by Rupert Goold, the production features scenic and costume design by Anthony Ward, lighting by Mark Henderson, music and sound by Adam Cork, video and projection by Jon Driscoll and movement by Scott Ambler.
Headlong Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and Royal Court Theatre production of Enron will be produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Matthew Byam Shaw, Act Productions, Caro Newling for Neal St. Productions and The Shubert Organization.
Lucy Prebble won the George Devine Award and the Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright for her debut play ‘The Sugar Syndrome’ at the Royal Court Theatre. On television, her work includes creating the series ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl.’ Enron is her second play.
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February 10, 2010
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While the reports are unconfirmed, they mean fresh trouble to the governor, who had been facing pressure from Washington and within New York to drop out of the election because of his low poll numbers, and concerns from other Democrats that he might hurt their chances in 2010.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, many Democrats’ preferred candidate for governor in 2010, refused to comment on Tuesday on the unsubstantiated tales.
“We don’t comment on rumours,” a Cuomo spokesman said. “There are serious problems facing our state and the attorney-general is busy doing the job he was elected to do.”
Many Democrats have voiced wishes that Cuomo run for governor instead of Paterson, who took the post upon the resignation of Eliot Spitzer amid allegations Spitzer hired a high-priced prostitute from an escort service.
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