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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

THE NEW YORK OBSERVER, NOVEMBER 26, 2001

- WHO'S RUHHV 10 OWE mm : Nnmoiii Rudy Won't 6o to Work For Pataki and Gargano— / Despite Huge Decisions ;

frMAY6E«WHnD,79 Meanwhile, Bloomberg Wants Input; Bush Buddy Betts Said No Thanks

BY Andrew Rice Rudy Giuliani’s out. So i.s I

Bush’s buddy. But maybe ibe e.x hiiukri will bite. It’s the latest parlor ^amclanionx New York’s politic^ and business elites: ing who among them will be chosen to Inui the rebuilding of lower Manhaliai). livn since Governor George Pataki and M ay m Giuliani announced the formation ot a imh lie authority that wilt decide how to spt;th I ‘ billions in federal aid, the city has been rile I with rumors about who will be appointed to I head it and, toa lesser extent, who wilt sti on I its board. Aides to Mr. Pataki suggested that Mr. Giuliani could even get the nod, m I tribute to his leadership during lough times. I That’s hot going to happen. Sources say Mr. Giuliani never wanted the job. I But Mr, Pataki may be closing in on a second choice, according to several sources in New York’s business and labor communities. He is John Ci 'Whitehead, a former Goldman Sachs executive and chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who served as a deputy secretary of state during the Reagan administration. Mr, Whilehead, in a message relayed by his secretary on Nov. 20, denied that he’d been approached about the job. The Gov­ ernor’s office was similarly tight-lipped. cof/Tif^ueo ojf r I I I I

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