Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'donnahanover'
December 8, 2007
It appears that Judith Nathan, the current Mrs. Giuliani, may have been enjoying taxpayer-funded car service provided by the police while her affair with former Mayor Giuliani was unknown. Giuliani's admitted that he gave his girlfriend a security detail once their relationship became public because of possible threats against her, but it appears that Nathan was enjoying New York's Finest as a taxi service months before anyone even knew the two were involved with each......
Continue Reading ""Security" vs. "Chauffeur" for Mistress and Rudy's Selective Hearing"December 2, 2007
Okay, so we've heard about how Rudy Giuliani's mayoral administration billed his police security detail expenses - accrued during trips to the Hamptons, possibly visiting then-mistress Judi Nathan - to various obscure city agencies. And then there are reports that Nathan, now married to the former mayor, used her NYPD security detail to chauffeur friends and family. Naturally, now there's talk of the police security expenses of Giuliani's then-wife Donna Hanover. The Post's David Seifman......
Continue Reading "More Rudy Accounting (Estranged Wife Edition)"December 1, 2007
Even thought Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign tries to insist that the story is old news and a hit job, the Rudy-NYPD security detail Travelgate situation keeps getting messier. Why? Because even if one agrees that a security detail for Giuliani while he was visiting his then-mistress (and now current wife) Judi Nathan in the Hamptons is a legitimate use of taxpayer money (even if it was randomly billed to various city agencies - which the......
Continue Reading "Did the NYPD Act as Judi Giuliani's "Taxi"?"November 29, 2007
Just in time for last night's Republican debate, political website Politico broke a story claiming that former mayor Rudy Giuliani billed "obscured city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses" for extra-marital Hamptons trips with future wife Judith Nathan. When Giuliani would travel outside the city, he would be accompanied by a police detail. And if he stayed overnight, the police would also need lodging and other expenses taken care of. Politico......
Continue Reading "Did NYC Taxpayer Dollars Help Fund Giuliani's Extramarital Trips with Judi?"August 6, 2007
Former mayor Rudy Giuliani may have participated in a Republican debate last night, but all anyone wants to talk about is how his possibly estranged daughter and incoming Harvard freshman Caroline joined a Barack Obama group on Facebook, as reported by Slate. Slate explained that "she withdrew from the Obama group at 6 a.m. Monday, after Slate sent her an inquiry about it." The article's author, Lucy Morrow Caldwell, was able to see Caroline......
Continue Reading "Giuliani's Daughter Must Really Hate Him"May 26, 2007
Yesterday, Caroline Giuliani graduated from her private high school, and the tabloids were on hand to note the seating arrangement: Mother Donna Hanover, step-dad Ed Oster, and brother Andrew Giuliani were sitting near the front, while father Rudy Giuliani and step-mom Judi Nathan sat in the balcony. The Post points out that Rudy and Donna, whose marriage broke down during Giuliani's second term as mayor, never spoke, but that when commencement speaker Senator Charles Schumer......
Continue Reading "Giuliani's Quiet Presence at Daughter's Graduation"March 29, 2007
Set your DVRs, because tomorrow night's 20/20 should be a doozy. The Barbara Walters interview with Rudy and Judith Giuliani will air, and they talk about marriages (and divorces), their first meeting ("instant" attraction), and how Rudy would be fine if Judi sat in on policy meetings at the White House. Oh, yes. According to ABC News' preview, Giuliani says, "If [the meetings] were relevant to something that she was interested in. I mean that......
Continue Reading "Giuliani Says Judi Will Be "Wonderful First Lady""March 5, 2007
While in California discussing gang violence with sheriffs and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rudy Giuliani answered some questions about his relationship with son Andrew. The former mayor's 21-year-old son made some remarks to the NY Times about being estranged from his father due to a rocky relationship with stepmother Judi Nathan. Today, Giuliani said:"My wife Judith is a very loving and caring ... mother and stepmother. She has done everything she can. The responsibility is......
Continue Reading "Rudy On Judi and Problems With Son"February 18, 2007
After the fun of seeing the 1993 Rudy Giuliani vulnerabilities study on The Smoking Gun, the Post asks if Giuliani's "woman problems" will hurt his chances. Not only was Giuliani married for 14 years to his second cousin, his marriage to Donna Hanover publicly crumbled during his second term as mayor. And he was seeing current wife Judi Nathan before he was formally divorced from Hanover! Luckily for Giuliani, most pundits believe his marrying ways......
Continue Reading "Giuliani's Romantic Life Possibly a Non-Issue"January 2, 2007
It's a late holiday gift for us all - "140 pages of printed text, handwriting and spreadsheet" explaining the inner-workings of Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign! The Daily News' Ben Smith has the scoop on the secret plans, thanks to what can only be called a major mistake:The document was obtained by the Daily News from a source sympathetic to one of Giuliani's rivals for the White House. The source said it was left behind in......
Continue Reading "Giuliani's Unintentional Leave Behind"November 22, 2006
A week and half after forming a presidential exploratory committee in NY State, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has filed federal papers to start a presidential exploratory committee. A Giuliani adviser told ABC News, "This is something that gets done by candidates looking at potential runs. It's crossing the 't' in exploratory." Too bad exploratory doesn't have an "i" in it either! Anyway, Republican pollster Frank Luntz tells the Times people shouldn't count moderate Republican Giuliani......
Continue Reading "Rudy's Presidential Thinking Gets More Official"April 12, 2006
The documentary isn't coming out for a month, but there's speculation about the upcoming Giuliani Time and what it could mean for the former mayor/possible Republican presidential candidate. Director Kevin Keating is trying to show the other, non-September 11 Giuliani - you know, the Gooliani we all remember from such events as the Abner Louima beating, the Amadou Diallo shooting, and the Sensation show debacle. The Times points out the film is being distributed by......
Continue Reading "Giuliani Gets Worked Over in a Doc"April 7, 2006
Yesterday, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani testified at the death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, telling jurors about what he saw, thought and felt on September 11, 2001. He described seeing people jump from the World Trade Center towers and said, "By the time the second plane hit, we knew it was a terrorist attack. This was war. This was a battle." Giuliani didn't look at Moussaoui much, but Moussaoui did watch Giuliani. Family members......
Continue Reading "Giuliani Takes the Stand at Moussaoui Trial"August 31, 2005
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani told a crowd at the Forbes Global CEO Conference that he's going to decide on running for President in 2008 next year. Sigh, this will make Gothamist crazy for the next year, the inclusion of Giuliani as a potential GOP candidate, because we really doubt he'll run at this point yet we'll still have to deal with the stories about him "thinking" about a run. While Giuliani did show unflappable calm......
Continue Reading "From Hizzoner to "Hail to the Chief"?"December 17, 2004
There are many stories that inspire and then tire us (Pale Male, we love you, but we're looking at you; the murder trial of Daniel Pelosi; Guy Velella), so it's tough to chose ones with staying power. Right now, Gothamist is loving the unfolding mysteries wrapped within riddles, hidden in enigmas in Bernard Kerik's life. It puts the pulled-from-the-bootstraps mythology of his rise next to the realities of patronage and what-Rudy-wants. Gothamist finds it amusing......
Continue Reading "The Stories That Do Not Die"August 3, 2003
Former New York City First Lady Donna Hanover's wedding announcement is in the Times' style section. Hanover married her high school and college sweetheart, Edwin Oster, a lawyer in California. The Times mentions Hanover's acrimonious divorce from Rudy, including the dog support, and notes that she met her new husband back in high school, when they were on opposing debate teams. Even Gothamist says, aw and we hope third time's a charm, Donna. Gothamist looked......
Continue Reading "Donna Hanover Marries High School Sweetie"
