Diane Haslett-Rudiano is the Board of Election’s chief clerk in Brooklyn and a Brooklyn GOP District Leader — the recent news reports of the scandalous condition of an UWS Manhattan brownstone to which she is the titled owner raise many questions — but not about her
"Qui Prodest" — Who benefits?
Today, Celeste Katz posted and “enhanced version” of her story that appeared in yesterday’s Sunday News (See “NYC Board Of Elections Official Lets Landmark Building Rot On Upper West Side” by Celeste Katz, 6/10/13, Daily News/Daily Politics [http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/06/nyc-board-of-elections-official-lets-landmark-building-rot-on-upper-west-side]). According to the sub-headline of the Daily News’ top daily scribe on local and state politics, “A top [ ] Board of Elections official has let a landmark brownstone she owns on the upper West Side become a neighborhood nightmare.” The article/post goes on to describe how Community leaders have spent years pleading with Diane Haslett-Rudiano, Chief Clerk of the NYC Board of Elections in Brooklyn, to do something about a vacant and decrepit townhouse located at 118 W. 76th Street in Manhattan, to which she is the owner of record. According to the Celeste Katz report, a neighbor named Kristine Reynal calls the dilapidated building a health concern and a safety concern and said that: “I am horrified that this public figure is so negligent and disrespectful.” — And obviously high on Celeste Katz list of important factors: “City Councilwoman Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan) has repeatedly phoned Haslett-Rudiano and her bosses at the Board of Elections to complain, to no avail. *** ‘She is a very bad example of home ownership (and) public servant responsiveness. She’s not somebody who should be either owning property or, in my opinion, (be a supervisor) of the Board of Elections,’ Brewer said.”
Then the coverage of Ms. Rudiano veers off into something completely different, “In 2005, the city Department of Investigations unearthed evidence that she lived in Queens while being registered to vote and serving as a Republican district leader in Brooklyn. *** The Board of Elections took no action, however, after her lawyer presented unspecified documents that were never made public.”
My main question is why is this story breaking now ? The article/post suggests the very same question when it points out that the president of the West 76th Street Block Association, Judith Bronfman, says she has heard it all before. So I reiterate — WHY IS THIS STORY BREAKING NOW ? and WHY IS IT A POLITICAL STORY ?
Connect the dots, folks, connect the dots...
Somebody is trying to force Diane Rudiano out of the Board of Elections ASAP.
Now, who could that be ? Could it be Craig Eaton who would have no hand in selecting a replacement ? Not likely....
Connect the dots, folks, connect the dots...
Could it be Marty Golden or somebody very close to Golden with somebody new in mind for the spot ? Somebody like, let's say who has the first name "Georgia" and a very ethnic-sounding last name beginning with a "K" ? Hmmm, getting warmer.... [Well, I have that on the best authority from one of my Baker Streeters....]
Connect the dots, folks, connect the dots...
Let's see .... Simon Shamoun is a new GOP Commissioner at the Board of Elections replacing Eaton’s commissioner Nancy Mattola-Schacter. Shimoun was handpicked to be State Senator Martin Golden’s man on the BOE. Golden hasn’t liked the way the Brooklyn GOP has been run under Eaton and before that under Hy Singer. Diane Haslett-Rudiano has been a top GOP BOE employee and close to the Brooklyn GOP leadership for a very long time. As you can see, this connect the dots game gets really NASTY, really fast.... especially, when somebody is waiting in the wings.
If you see any other dots or can connect them any other way, please let me know.
If you see any other dots or can connect them any other way, please let me know.
9 comments:
Georgia could not fill Diane's shoes.I heard she doesnt even have a college degree (and I hear was put up to be Dep Exec Dir of the entire BOE but did not get past the hurdle, and then her name was withdrawn - Question - why did her app for that job not go anywhere?
That would look real good for Golden. Put in his own puppet Commissioner, who used to be one of his Senate staffers, and then put in another of his staffers as Chief Clerk....connect all the dots.....Golden wants to control the ENTIRE BOE. What a total and absolute disgrace.....
STATE SENATOR GOLDEN IS A HYPOCRITE !
This item appeared as a comment in the New York Times on January 15, 2009:
“What about the landmarked townhouse at 118 West 76th Street, owned by Diane Haslett-Rudiano – Chief Clerk of the Brooklyn Borough Office of the Board of Elections, and a prominent member of the Brooklyn Republican Party. Listed as an “Endangered Building” by the New York Landmarks Conservance (http://ebo.nylandmarks.org/eb_view.php?pg=1&id=1876) and referred to as neglected on Council Member Gayle Brewer’s weblog (http://uwsdevelopments.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/118-west-76-street/), this building is a shame to the neighborhood since many years. Is this another example where political connection or patronage helps to cover-up a scandal? — Perreira”
Golden was content to support the Brooklyn Republican leadership team that included Ms. Haslett-Rudiano at the GOP Convention later that year; and he produced and voted a huge number of proxies made out to him personally to back up that support.
After many years of back-biting the Brooklyn Republican Party, Golden and his staff are now trying to take it over
Golden needs to go....2014 is not that far off....
MICHAEL LONG IS A HYPOCRITE !
Have a look at his article in the New York Post on June 11th. The last line should be changed to this:
"...Surely, Lord Acton would have no difficulty in recognizing Andrew Cuomo or Michael Long for what they have become.
Michael Long is the chairman of the state Conservative Party."
Georgea talks a good game but when it comes to actually getting things done and results she is not good at all... ask around.
Check her out....she is all talk....no action. Hear she is looking to jump ship from Team Golden and Join Team Catsimitidis....Anybody else here this?
I can see her looking to do that. No loyalty, whoever pays. No results. Team Cats doesn't need her. Need to be careful not looking to be a Golden spy.
If these last two comments aren't complete BS, there might be another explanation of what's going on (btw, I see little verification for this story and I've heard no buzz about it).
The Golden faction might be hedging its bet on Lhota. Georgia K would be the perfect representative/operative (not spy) to be placed in/with the Cats crowd.
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