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Fradulent Financier Hassan Nemazee’s Park Avenue Palace Now Asking $19.5 M.

There’s one thing you can say for Hassan Nemazee, the Iranian-American investment banker who plead guilty to a $292 million bank fraud: he certainly knew how to spend it.

Nemazee certainly spared no expense when it came to his 15-room terraced duplex apartment on the 14th and 15th floors of 770 Park Avenue. Twenty-eight windows span three exposures, and the co-op has a 29-foot living room overlooking Park Avenue and a 20-foot living room adjacent (both with wood burning fireplaces and herringbone wood floors, of course). When the U.S. Marshals listed it for $28 million last March, it was the highest-priced forfeited asset that they’d ever put up for sale. Read More

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In Deed! Ponzi Schemer’s Home Sells; Ute Lemper; 20-Somethings Nab Apthorp Pad; Gossip Guy Leaves ‘Mudd Club’

–The Tribeca home of convicted Ponzi schemer Hassan Nemazee has sold for $3.15 million. The millionaire Iranian investment banker bought the unit at 101 Warren Street for just over $3 million in better times. It was actually one of two apartments occupied by Mr. Nemazee’s kids, who were given two weeks to pack their things in Read More

Obama and Clinton Make Up, Sort of, But Why Now?

With just over two months to go before Election Day and after months of hard feelings, a handful of phone calls, and fitful, uncomfortable contact between respective staffs, Barack Obama paid a visit to Bill Clinton’s Harlem office today, where the former president said he would hit the trail for the Democratic nominee.

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A Private Thank You for Clinton Backers, and an Appeal

Hillary Clinton held a private meeting for supporters last night at Cipriani’s, thanking them for their help during the primary.

Introduced by Senator Chuck Schumer, who spoke about local issues in Mount Vernon and Westchester County, Clinton addressed key supporters, including Hassan Nemazee, Alan Patricof, and Fred Hochberg, and elected officials like Tom DiNapoli Read More