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Judith Nathan got taxpayer-funded chauffeur services from the NYPD earlier than previously disclosed - even before her affair with then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani was revealed, witnesses and sources tell the Daily News.
"It went on for months before the affair was public," said Lee Degenstein, 52, a retired Smith Barney vice president who formerly lived at 200 E. 94th St., Nathan's old building.
"It was going on longer than anybody thought," added Degenstein, who, along with others in the neighborhood, said they often saw Nathan hopping into unmarked NYPD cars in early 2000, before the affair was revealed that May.
and here's a time line for those of you scoring at home....
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Driving Miss Judi
1999
Summer - Then Mayor Rudy Giuliani uses his mayoral detail to spend secret weekends at Judith Nathan’s Southampton condo.
2000
May 3 - Giuliani admits his relationship with Nathan; a week later, he announces on TV he is separating from his wife, Donna Hanover.
December - Several days after Christmas, Judith Nathan reports to the NYPD that a man made threatening comments to her on the street near her upper East Side apartment.
2001
Jan. 12 - Then-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik publicly confirms Nathan began receiving police protection in December following the threat.
2007
Nov. 28 - Records emerge showing that Giuliani’s secret trysts in the Hamptons cost taxpayers thousands of dollars for police protection.
Thursday - Aides to now-presidential hopeful Giuliani concede Nathan received “sporadic” protection prior to the time that Kerik said she did.
again, i don't really care about the corruption aspect of this story (i'm not a NYC taxpayer).....it's the hypocrisy.