Wow. So remember the story of how Representative Charlie Rengel had those rent-stabilized apartments? And that led to this expose on how the Rudin family keeps renting out its luxury apartments at ridiculously low cost to connected insiders? Now that story has led to the amazing tale of how Richard Nixon was blackballed by a co-op board and taken in by the Rudins in the late-'70s. See, no one in New York liked him or wanted him, because of the criminality and Cambodia-bombing, but those kind-hearted Rudins offered Dick his choice of any Rudin-managed apartment he wished. Hah. Nowadays Nixon would surely have been publicly rehabilitated ten seconds after leaving office with a well-timed apology and maybe a stint in rehab for Pat. Also he'd be on Dancing With the Stars. [NYT]

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