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For starters, Yankees president Randy Levine (a former deputy mayor under Giuliani) and the team's chief operating officer, Lonn Trost--the two top Yankee officials working for passage of the stadium deal--received a combined $312,500 in city money in 2004. The Yankees' justification, according to the documents: The amount totaled 30 percent of Levine's annual salary and 20 percent of Trost's, representing the time each spent working on the stadium project. lipitor

by galin on Thu May 24, 2007 at 11:48:50 AM EST



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