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Andrew Cuomo also merits particular mention. It was with some regret that I had to rake through the history of his law firm’s conflicts of interest. I broke news stories about those conflicts in 1986 and 1988, and am convinced that those stories were right on the mark—Cuomo was, in my view, influence peddling. He has dramatically changed his life since 1988, leaving the firm and devoting himself fulltime to running a nonprofit organization that builds housing for the homeless. This does not change the facts of what happened in the period I wrote about, but it is clear that he is now making a substantial public contribution, and at far less an annual salary.
I also have some regrets about another character in this drama who comes off badly in the text, Richard Kahan, the UDC president who helped facilitate the Hyatt deal so long ago. I have found Kahan in the years since to be a straightforward and decent man, who has made many contributions to the city. But, unfortunately, this view of him cannot alter the events of the late seventies.
The fourth group indispensable to this book project was the crew at HarperCollins. No one helped this book more than my editor Rick Kot, the most skillful handler of a text I have ever had. He found a hundred ways to get me past my fixation on detail, and he has never met a bureaucratic problem he couldn’t quickly resolve. In addition, a host of others at HarperCollins have been helpful—Bill Shinker, Sheila Gillooly, Jim Fox, and John Mabie. Victor Kovner, my friend and attorney, was also his usual insightful self, as was my agent and wise adviser Frances Goldin.
Lastly, my extended family deserves a special thank-you. My wife, Frances Barrett, was a jewel of patience and support. My son, Mac, willingly sacrificed our time together on the diamond. My in-laws, who live near Atlantic City and kept me fed for months, were wonderful—John, Debbie, and Frances McGettigan. My close friends LynNell Hancock and Charlie and Carole Stern Isaacs savored parts of the manuscript, encouraging me along the way. It is just not possible to know how demanding it is to do a project of these dimensions in such a relatively short time. And it’s not possible to know how much a wife, a son, and good friends can mean in those dog days. I now know.
Index
ABC network, football and, 349, 352–55
Abrams, Robert, 452, 455
gambling report issued by, 226–27
Adams, Cindy, 23–24, 85
Adams, Joey, 139
Ades, Alan, 165–70
Alexander’s, 459
Allegheny Corporation, 284, 287
Alten, Gene, 212, 214–17
Ameruso, Tony, 390
AMR, 451
Anastasi, Joe, 380
Ancorp, 163–64
Anderson, Dave, 361
Antitrust lawsuit against the NFL, 345, 346, 353–55, 359–60, 365, 366, 368–73
Architectural Digest, 205, 206
Armstrong, Valerie, 259, 260, 426–27, 463
Arria, Diego, 303, 305, 307–10
Art of the Deal, The (Trump, with Tony Schwartz), 35, 79, 96, 148, 246, 292, 330, 334, 337, 389
Arverne project (Queens), 405–6
Atlantic City, 2–3, 104, 212, 214–15
air rights for Trump Plaza Casino and, 235–38
Atlantic City Press, 226, 227, 230–31, 412, 427
Atlantis hotel and casino (Atlantic City), 261, 446
Atwater, Lee, 404
Auletta, Nick, 197, 199, 200
Badillo, Herman, 269, 283, 317, 381
100 Central Park South building and, 287–88, 289, 291
Bailkin, Michael, 117–24
background of, 118
Commodore deal and, 118–24, 127–28, 130–31, 133, 140, 141, 161
on emotional shallowness of Donald Trump, 136–37
law firm of, 130–31, 134
marriage of Ivana and Donald Trump and, 136, 137, 139
Bally’s, 252, 409–12
Bankers Trust, 449–50, 459
Banks, 251, 456–63. See also individual banks
financial problems of Donald Trump and, 10–12
agreement between Donald Trump and banks, 27–29, 31
foreign banks, 28
restructuring of debt, 27–29
loans from, 403–4, 448–51
personal guarantees for loans, 27
for Resorts, 425–26
restructuring of debt, 11–12
Barbaro, Gary, 348
Barbella, Ernie, 428–31
Barbizon Plaza Hotel (106 Central Park South). See also Trump Parc
purchase of, 265
Barron, John, 320
Barry, John, 244, 249, 423
Barry, Maryanne Trump, 16, 192
federal judgeship, 248–49
Barsky, Neil, 10–11, 27, 457, 458
Barwick, Kent, 321, 322
Bath and Tennis Club, 339
Battery Park City Authority, 379
Beach Haven apartment–building complex (Brooklyn), 49–51, 54–58, 65
Beame, Abe (Beame administration), 40–41, 51, 62, 80, 292
Cohn and, 85–86
Commodore deal and, 118–19, 124, 144, 146, 149
convention center site and, 104–6
fiscal crisis and, 103
Manes and, 202
1965 electoral defeat, 67
60th Street rail yards and, 93, 112
Trump Village and, 64, 66
Bear Stearns, 235, 255, 258, 408, 409, 411, 459
Bellamy, Carol, 317
72nd Street subway station renovation and, 325–26
Benavav, Jon, 19
Bentsen, Lloyd, 451
Berger, David, 97, 99–103, 106, 113, 114
Berger, Milt, 71
Bergerman, Milton, 63
Berryman, Jo Ellen, 282–83
Biaggi, Mario, 86
Bible, Paul, 411–12
Biderman, Abe, 395
Biggins, Jay, 394–96
Birnbaum, Philip, 78
Blue Gemini movie project, 20
Board of Estimate (New York City), 318, 390
Commodore deal and, 128–30
Rizzoli and Coty landmarking fight and, 323
72nd Street subway station renovation and, 324–26
Trump Tower and, 180
Bogatin, David, 203
Bond, Alan, 439
Bonwitt Teller, 179–81
demolition of old Bonwit building, 189–90
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust, 337–38, 459, 460
Bowery Savings Bank, 316
Commodore deal and, 129, 143–5
Brandstetter, Frank, 419
Brandstetter, Marianne, 415, 417, 418–19
Brenner, Marie, 164
Brighton Hotel (Atlantic City), 59
Brooklyn, Fred Trump’s building and real estate operations, 39–3, 45–47, 49
Brooklyn Democratic Party, 85–86, 90. See also Madison Club (Brooklyn); and specific politicians
Brown, John Y., 209 Brown, Mickey, 225, 246
Burstein, Karen, 384–85, 395
Business Incentive Program, 124
Byrne, Brendan, 224
Trump Plaza Casino and, 221–22
Caesars, 224, 252, 412, 447–148
Caiola, Benny, 243
Calandra, Tony, 25
Calvi Electric, 235
Cannistra, Frank, 162
Capalino, Jim, 315, 318–19, 396
Capehart, Homer, 55
Carey, Hugh, 90, 141, 295, 344
casinos and, 221
Commodore deal and, 122, 125, 126, 149, 151–52
gambling and, 213, 226, 227
Caro, Robert, 49
Carr, Joel, 308
Cars, Donald Trump’s, 155
Carter, Jimmy, 29, 111
Cashmore, John, 51, 58, 60
Casino bonds, 10, 31
default on, 25
payment due on, 11, 12
Resorts gambit and, 434–35
Casino Control Commission (CCC; New Jersey), 224, 248, 261, 276, 412, 447, 463
Resorts gambit and, 423–27, 435
Trump Castle and, 254–57
Trump Plaza Casino and, 214, 221, 222, 229–33, 245
Casino industry, 224
1980 downturn, 223–24
Casinos, legalization of, 212–14
Castellano, Paul, 26, 200
Central Park South (New York City), 295
Central Park South building. See 100 Central Park South building
Chalfonte site, 252
Charles, Kathleen, 50
Charles, Richard, 50–51, 60, 62, 375
Chase Manhattan Bank, 159–60, 220, 251, 462, 463
Lincoln West project and, 300–17
Mar–A–Lago mortgage and, 330–31, 332, 337
as real estate lender, 299–300, 317
60th Street rail yards and, 299
Chason, Herbert, 98, 100
Chemical Bank, 11–12
Chernoff, Mike, 343
Chrysler Building, 151
Cimco, 389
Ciminello, Manny, 26, 200
Cincinnati, FHA project in, 79, 81
Circle Industries, 163
Citadel Management, 278–79
Citibank, 28, 440, 441, 449, 450, 453, 456–57, 459
City Planning Commission (New York City), 319, 405
Television City proposal and, 391–92
Claridge casino, 222, 247
Clark, Dick, 209
Clark, George, 21, 380
Cleveland Wrecking, 163, 216, 217, 234
Cody, John, 193–201, 229
Cohn, Roy, 9, 85–88, 139, 261, 390
antitrust lawsuit against the NFL and, 355–56, 359
Commodore deal and, 130–32, 144
condemnation of old Commodore retail tenants, 168–69
disbarment of, 257
final illness and death of, 292–93
first encounter with Donald, 85
Grand Hyatt easement issue and, 175–76
Grand Hyatt project and, 163–64
Kean and, 248
law firm of, 257
mob connections, 256, 257
nuptial agreements between Donald and Ivana Trump and, 137–39
parking lot scheme, 133
physical appearance of, 85
racial discrimination suit against Trumps, 86–88
rail–yard investigation and, 113, 114
relationship with Donald Trump, 132, 164
Trump Castle and, 256
Trump Tower and, 180, 194, 200, 204–5
Colanzi, Ed, 235–39, 250
Colombo crime family, 199
Colts, Baltimore, 342–44
Committee for the Future of Fifth Avenue, 321–22
Commodore Hotel (New York City), 103, 118–34, 139–77. See also Grand Hyatt New York
approval of UDC and Board of Estimate, 128–30
Bailkin and, 118–24, 127–28, 130–31, 133, 140, 141, 161
Beam and, 118–19, 124, 144, 146, 149
Board of Estimate and, 128–30
city council and, 129
closing of, 129–30
Cohn and, 130–32, 144
Equitable Life and, 118, 123, 126, 130, 143–45, 147
escrow deal, 144–46
financing of project, 123, 126–27, 147–48
Stanley Friedman and, 131–34, 141, 142–46, 149
Garden Room restaurant, 143–46
groundbreaking, 151–52
guarantees by Fred Trump and Hyatt, 147
Hyatt Corporation and, 124, 147
lease negotiations and final terms, 140–41
Louise Sunshine and, 141–42, 145, 149
Palmieri firm and, 124, 129, 145, 150, 151
percentage rent idea, 128
picketing by hotel workers, 152
purchase agreement for, 123–24
Ravitch and, 125–27
rewards for key players, 148–49
second closing of deal, 146
tax abatement for, 119–20, 123, 124, 128
leasback idea, 120–21
Fred Trump and, 122–23, 146–17
Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and, 121–31, 133–34, 141–46
Zuccotti and, 119, 120, 123–25, 127, 130, 149–50
Comras, Joseph, 302, 307, 316
Conciliation and Appeals Board (CAB), 267, 269
Concrete industry, 26, 199–200
organized crime and, 193
Coney Island (New York City)
Luna Park site in, 53, 57, 58
Steeplechase site, 70–72
Trump Village project, 59–70, 78
Conrail, 115
Consolidated Insurance company, 39, 41
Convention center, New York City, 250
site for, 104–7, 125–26
Convention Center Corporation, 200
Convention Center Development Corporation, 104
Convention Hall (Atlantic City), 214, 233, 236
Cosell, Howard, 351
Coty Building, 321–23
Cox, Douglas, 3
Crain’s magazine, 299–300
Crews, John, 54
Crispino, Jerry, 26
Crook, Michael, 338
Crosby, Jim, 414–15, 416, 419
Crosby, Peter, 417
Crosby, Suzanne, 416
Crystal Tower, 443–44
Cunningham, Pat, 132–33, 143–44, 149
Cuomo, Andrew, 376–79, 382, 383, 385
Cuomo, Mario, 51, 288, 290, 291, 373–86
campaign contributions from Donald Trump to, 375–76
football matters and, 347, 349–50, 357–58, 368
personal charateristics of, 375
as possible presidential candidate, 374, 381
Curtin, John, 38
Cutler, Lloyd, 313
Daidone, Al, 234
D’Amato, Al, 369
Davenport, Henry, 37
Davis, Caroline, 22, 414, 418, 434
Davis, Gordon, 321–22
Davis, Jack, 22, 414–15, 418, 420, 421, 431,434
Davis, Marvin, 418
Degnan, John, 224–25, 227, 230
De Hoz, Jose Alfredo Martinez, 310
DeMatteis, Fred, 362
Demm, William, 36–38
Democratic National Convention (1976), 133
Democratic National Convention (1980), 160
DePaolo, Joe, 199–200
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), New Jersey, 221, 222, 261
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), New York City, 402
Department of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), New York, 269, 288, 290
hearings on harassment complaints at 100 Central Park South building, 267, 274, 278–82, 287, 289, 290
Department of Transportation (DOT), New Jersey, 259
Department of Transportation (DOT), New York, 382–83
DeSapio, Carmine, 58
Dewey Ballantine law firm, 299
DHCR. See Department of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), New York
DiBono (also DeBono) family, 52
Dickstein, Paul, 395
Die Underhill, 199
DiNapoli, Vinnie, 52
Dinkins, David, 280, 385, 405, 452, 462
Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE; New Jersey), 248, 261, 276, 429, 447, 448, 453, 463
Resorts gambit and, 423
stock gambits and, 410–12
Trump Castle and, 254–57
Trump Plaza Casino and, 214, 218, 221, 222, 224, 225, 228–33, 245–46
Divorce of Ivana and Donald Trump, 457, 460
not wanted by Ivana, 6, 8–9
Donghia, Angelo, 205
Donnelly, John, 417, 418
Dormer, Robert, 141
Douglass, Robert, 308, 310, 316
Dow Chemical, 381
Drexel, Burnham, Lambert, 239, 255, 408–10, 435
Resorts gambit and, 433, 435
Dreyer & Traub, 139, 170, 239, 259, 260, 284–86, 308, 454
Driesen, Jerome, 258
Dublirer Haydon Straci & Victor, 243
Duncan, J. Walter, 343–5
Dwyer, Pete, 376
Eastern Shuttle, 439–40
East River Landing, 84
Edwards, Edwin, 27
Eichler, Joseph, 91, 92
Eichler, Ned, 91–100, 103, 122, 150
convention center site and, 104
Eimicke, Bill, 289–90, 349–50
Einhorn, Eddie, 354–55
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Eisenhower administration), 54–58
Eisenpreiss, Alfred, 119, 141
Eldridge, Russell, 293
Emil, Arthur, 149, 166–69, 171
Emmanuel (occult philosopher), 465–66
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 402
Epstein, Barbara, 2
Equitable Life
Commodore deal and, 118, 123, 126, 130, 143–5, 147
Trump Tower and, 179–80
Esposito, Meade, 52, 86, 390
Etess, Mark, 18
Fair Housing Act of 1969, 87
Falcone, Lucille, 376–80, 383, 385
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 194
Atlantic City investigations, 244–45
Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 42–6, 51, 79, 81–82
Eisenhower administration and, 54–58
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 411
Feriozzi, Joseph, 243
Fink, Stanley, 213
Finkelstein, Jerry, 283–85, 293
Fisch, Joe, 70
Fischbein, Rick, 269, 274, 277, 283, 291
Fischbein Olivieri Rozenholc Badillo, 265, 284, 285, 290–91
racketeering lawsuit against, 287–88
Fisher, Harold, 171
Fitzsimmons, Tom, 20–21
Flour City Architectural Metals Corporation, 162–63
Flutie, Doug, 360
Foederer, Norma, 21
Football, 342–73. See also National Football League; United States Football League; and other specific topics
Football stadium, proposals and plans for, 345–47, 349–50, 356–59, 361–73, 413
Trumpdome, 363, 365–66, 367
Forbes (magazine), 10
Forbes, Malcolm, 110
Fordham University, 77–78
Fortune magazine, 345
Foy, Charlie, 285–86
Franzese, Michael, 203
Freedman, Doris, 107–8, 111–12
Freeman, Harvey, 16–17, 223, 237, 394, 414, 431 454
Friedman, Jackie, 292
Friedman, Stanley, 120, 169, 175–76, 180, 200, 202, 243, 258, 315–16, 326, 390, 404
Cohn and, 143
Commodore deal and, 131–34, 141, 142–46, 149
100 Central Park South building and, 280–82, 285, 288, 289, 293
