Manhattan Transfers

Tony Carbonetti

Giuliani's Right Hand Man and Dorrian's Daughter Sell UES Digs

For decades, Dorrian’s has stood sentry on the Upper East Side, the quintessential prepster hangout and high schoolers’ mecca. Carol Dorrian Carbonetti, daughter of the bar’s proprietor Jack Dorrian, has lived not so very far away with her politico husband, Tony Carbonetti. But unlike the bar that has watched over many a debauched youth, the Carbonettis are on the move. The couple has sold their uptown digs at 52 East 72nd Street. Read More

Rudy Looms. What Other Choice Does He Have?

During a recent appearance by Rudy Giuliani on CNN, a box flashed under his orange tan and orange tie identifying him first as "Fmr. GOP Presidential Candidate" and then "Fmr. New York City Mayor."  

Mr. Giuliani is in danger of being a permanent "Fmr."
If he wants to have a public future outside of Read More

Giuliani Team Tosses the Nerf Around at Campaign Stop

Blame it on the sun. Or the heavy whiff of vacation in the air. But it’s kind of like the last day of school out here on the Giuliani trail.

Senior political adviser Tony Carbonetti, former Deputy Mayor Peter Powers, and Giuliani’s new unofficial spokesman, the actor Jon Voigt, couldn’t resist tossing around some Nerf Read More

Abortion Politics Made Easy

A few days ago this pro-Giuliani blog laid out an intriguing blueprint for the former mayor to follow as a way of getting around his inconvenient position on abortion rights and make it through a Republican primary.

One of the basic ideas (and Rudyblog has a much lengthier explanation here) that Read More