The Yanks’ Suite Deal With Bloomberg (Village Voice news blog)

E-mail records reveal that the Bloomberg administration traded parking spaces and billboard revenue for a free luxury suite for city officials; who got the better of the swap?

It was buried about as far as you can bury something without hitting Jimmy Hoffa — the Saturday edition of Thanksgiving weekend — but the Daily News’ Juan Gonzalez revealed yesterday that the Bloomberg administration traded 250 free parking spaces and city approval of tax-exempt bonds for a luxury suite in the Yankees’ new stadium for the use of city officials… [read more]