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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Neocon who wrote (49702)5/26/1999 1:25:00 PM
From: Johannes Pilch  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 67261
 
And then they move to Westchester. Dang nightmare. I'm moving back to ol' Virginny. I'll just have to commute I guess.

W'chester Brokers
Set Sights on Bill, Hil

By KEVIN McCOY
Daily News Staff Writer

Bill and Hillary Clinton have decided to live in Westchester County — and real estate brokers have these words of advice: Head north and bring lots of money.

"If they're going to live in Westchester, they'll probably want an area like Pound Ridge or Bedford, where they can get some land and security and yet still be close to New York City," said Peter Marra, head of the William B. May Real Estate Co.

Bedford Hills broker to the rich and famous Sally Siano may have just the thing. How about a 6,000-square-foot main residence on an estate with two or three cottages — perfect for housing Secret Service agents — and a pool?

The neighbors aren't exactly unknown to the White House. Actor Richard Gere, fashion designer Ralph Lauren and music mogul Tommy Mottola all live nearby.

Price? At least $6 million.

"From what I've heard, the President may not be able to afford that. But perhaps someone would like to buy it for him?" Siano suggested.

A source close to the Clintons told the Daily News the couple is looking for a rental at first — to make sure they like their new digs — and that they have pretty much ruled out New York City.

"The suburb of choice is Westchester," the source said. "It's definitely not Manhattan."

The First Lady, who is eying a potential U.S. Senate race in New York "is a suburban girl," the source said. Besides, the Clintons realize "there are bound to be problems with co-op boards."

Westchester's top elected official, County Executive Andrew Spano, a Democrat, quickly listed some political pluses for a potential Senate candidate.

"We're close to New York City, so it gives you that level of sophistication you have to have," Spano said. "And when you go upstate, you don't have the problem of being seen as someone from the city."

Westchester also offers the nation's Duffer-in-Chief more than a dozen golf courses. Near the top of any list is Winged Foot, the exclusive club where former President Dwight Eisenhower was an honorary member.

General Manager Colin Burns cautioned, however, that President Clinton might find the course, host of the 1997 PGA Championship, tougher than a GOP-controlled Congress.

"I'm sure he would be afforded all the privileges if he came here," Burns said.

Not that Westchesterites are agog at the prospect of the county's first direct White House link since former Gov. Nelson Rockefeller became vice president in 1974.

"We have people more famous even than the Clintons," said William O'Shaughnessy, a self-styled Rockefeller Republican who owns radio stations WRTN and WVOX.

"Like Joe Torre."

With Thomas M. DeFrank