Gothamist: Extra, Extra

kz

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:27:03 -0500

Is there anything with Atlantic Yards that didn't get or doesn't need an exception to local zoning laws?

Barry Popik

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:12:23 -0500

I wrote a 300-page page on the origin of the name "Hot Dog." That Wikipedia entry has some of my work (for free). The New York Inquirer still can't figure it out??

aed

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:05:55 -0500

What does "all hands" mean?

Peter

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:48:42 -0500

I'd like to know what the "Unusual Incident" at 2nd and E. Houston is. Can we assume that it's even stranger than last week's rampaging squirrel?

liam arbetman

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:02:02 -0500

you can't use campaign funds to pay for personal legal debts. if you get busted by the vice squad you can't use your campaign funds to defend you. however, if you can use it to defend yourself if the charges are related to your holding of public office. even if the crime is related to you being corrupt (i'm not saying hevesi was necessarily corrupt, that's for a court to decide). even more interesting is that even after you leave public office you can continue to raise campaign funds to pay the legal debts AND other associated expenses. see: former senator guy velella.