“On Trial’s Tapes, Talk of New York Politics, Secret Cash and Strip Clubs”

NYT:

The picture of New York City politicians emerging from secretly recorded conversations at the bribery trial of State Senator Malcolm A. Smith is not one likely to be found in high-school civics textbooks.

It is, the testimony indicates, a world where trust between men is enhanced by visits to strip clubs, where cash for favors is passed “under the table,” where candidates are supported by party leaders because of whom they promise to appoint as judges and commissioners.

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