Spitzer Criticizes Other Politicians at 92nd Street Y

Former Governor Eliot Spitzer was his usual opinionated self during an appearance at the 92nd Street Y yesterday. During a wide-ranging interview with CBS political analyst Jeff Greenfield, before an audience of nearly 1,000, Spitzer called Mayor Bloomberg "fundamentally in error about hesitating before we change the structure of banking," bashed President Obama's economic team over their coziness with Wall Street, and criticized presumptive gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo for refusing to answer questions about issues like health care and charter schools. But some audience members had their own scathing criticism—for Spitzer.

"He destroyed a family. He destroyed a government and I don't think he should be able to have a stage," a woman who gave her name only as Amy tells the Daily News. And yet, by the end of the 90 minute interview, Spitzer may have picked up a couple more votes for his return to public office. (He's said that the position of state comptroller is attractive to him.) "I came here wanting not to like him and be angry," said a retired teacher in the audience. "But he was very articulate. He said the things I wanted to hear."

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