Politico: Giuliani Hid Security Detail Payments for Mistress VisitsIt’s not much of a mystery why Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani got along so well. They both showed a certain ingenuity when it came to leveraging New York City resources for trysts.
Kerik, of course, had his 9/11 love nest. And Giuliani, well:
As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons, according to previously undisclosed government records.
The documents, obtained by Politico under New Yorkâs Freedom of Information Law, show that the mayoral costs had nothing to do with the functions of the little-known city offices that defrayed his tabs, including agencies responsible for regulating loft apartments, aiding the disabled and providing lawyers for indigent defendants.
At the time, the mayorâs office refused to explain the accounting to city auditors, citing âsecurity.â
The Hamptons visits resulted in hotel, gas and other costs for Giulianiâs New York Police Department security detail.
Sure enough, the New York City Loft Board, the Office for People With Disabilities, the Procurement Policy Board, and the Assigned Counsel Administrative Office all proved good hiding places for expenses ($34,000, $10,054, $29,757, and $400,000, respectively) that Giuliani would rather not explain.
But “an unnamed Giuliani aide” gives it a whirl anyway:
A Giuliani aide who would speak only on the condition of anonymity denied that the unorthodox billing practices were aimed at hiding the expenses, citing “accounting” and noting that they were billed to units of the mayor’s office, not to outside city agencies.
The aide declined to discuss Giuliani’s visits to Long Island.
Swing and a miss!
The piece is heaped with priceless details, not the least of which is that Giuliani scheduled haircuts shortly before three of the visits to the Hamptons.
