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She was known as the queen of mean, and leona helmsley did not mind being thought of that way. she went to prison on federal tax evasion charges. if you remember her for nothing else, remember her famous quote attributed to her from her former housekeeper during the trial. leona helmsley reportedly said, we don't pay taxes, only little people pay taxes. she didn't pay taxes until she got caught and had to go to the crowbar hotel. leona helmsley has passed on now, as has her very rich dog. part of the sordid history of the land, the undeveloped land next to the george washington bridge in ft. l...

Ft. lee into giving them what they wanted. with that parcel of land. the mayor in turn wore a wire for the fbi and the investors funding corp guys went to prison and never developed the land. so that it was still undeveloped when leona helmsley bought it in the 1980s. she planned to put up four big high-rises on that land. those plans got scrapped when she, too, had to go to prison. well now that same parcel of land really is being developed. this time with no mention of prison at all but the leona helmsley years of owning that property next to the george washington bridge, leona helmsley year...

Unexplained political reason. the head of the union for the port authority police paul nunziano has been silent. made no additions to his previous statements. nothing. which, itself, is remarkable because the whole coverup, the whole cover story that it was a traffic study on that bridge, the whole coverup story was attributed to him. and please excuse the shaky video on this one, but they pinned it to this port authority police official. they pinned it to him. and he hasn't said anything about it since. watch this. >> so why september? i mean, this has existed for years. why now? why septembe...

To assume that police officers who are stationed at that bridge know the ft. lee mayor has very little control over the bridge. >> there's also the story about the port authority police lieutenant who apparently did a ridearound with david wildstein the first morning of the bridge closures in order to presumably see the damage caused by those lanes being shut down. he is somebody steve kornacki's reporting on who has longstanding family connection to the governor. the governor tonight denying ever speaking to him about this matter. what do you think is the significance there? >> for me the sig...

Commutes that should take minutes are taking hours. kids cannot get to school. people are missing work. it's been four days now. you have to stop this. and he said this, specifically, as to why it might be happening. the mayor wrote this, quote, many members of the public indicated to me the port authority police officers are advising commuters in response to their complaints that this recent traffic debacle is the result of a decision that i as mayor recently made. according to the mayor, he says he found out even as the bridge lane shutdown was still in effect, he says that port authority po...