As you'll recall, news of the Cox - Catsimatidis union broke last April — right as the groom - to - be was in the middle of what turned out to be a failed congressional run in NY - 1 (his family has a house in the Hamptons, but he had been living in Manhattan). (nystateofpolitics.com)
Lawrence Lessig considers Congressional run. (epolitics.com)
During the White Plains federal corruption trial of Halloran (R - Queens), defense lawyer Vinoo Varghese tried to shoot down the government's claims that the pol in 2012 offered to dole out $ 80,000 in no - show city consulting work on a Queens YMCA to the wire - wearing undercover agent in exchange for funds to boost what would be a failed congressional run by Halloran. (nypost.com)