From the NY Post:Jeffrey Gottlieb, a late entry into the hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Rep. Gary Ackerman in Queens’ 6th District, was charged with setting a 1971 arson fire in his Flushing apartment.
The blaze destroyed the home and damaged some half-dozen others in the building.
Gottlieb, 70, a retired schoolteacher and longtime Democratic operative, apparently kept the crime a secret for years.
But court documents obtained by The Post show he was arrested on Dec. 28, 1971, and charged with second-degree arson, a felony.
Gottlieb used gasoline to torch the apartment on 35th Avenue. His wife and infant son weren’t home, and no one else in the building was hurt, according to a source familiar with the case.
Gottlieb was treated at an upstate psychiatric hospital, the source said.
Gottlieb, who was a teacher at Benjamin Cardozo HS in Bayside at the time, took a “leave without pay for restoration of health” on April, 15, 1972, and returned to the school on Sept. 5, 1972, according to the Department of Education.
He plea-bargained the arson charge down to fourth-degree criminal mischief on Oct. 13, 1972, court records show.
Gottlieb managed to keep his teaching job, retiring in 2000. He collects a pension of about $54,000 a year and now works for the Board of Elections as a $27,927-a-year clerk.
Gottlieb, who got divorced after the fire and remarried, entered the congressional contest this month, joining a race with three other Democratic candidates.
31 comments:
It is! It is! Such a diverse borough. An arsonist, a mental defective, and a whore monger all running for the same office.
as per talk host michael savage :"liberalism is a mental illness "
i hope James O'Keefe is investigating the Queens election registration system for possible voter fraud, for 2012.
as per talk host michael savage :"liberalism is a mental illness "
i hope James O'Keefe is investigating the Queens election registration system for possible voter fraud, for 2012.
He will fit right in then won't he? Maybe he will be our Nero as the empire continues it's descent.
So what? Michael Nussbaum spent time in jail in 1987, for soliciting a 250K bribe. See the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/08/us/queens-consultant-convicted-in-cable-tv-bribery-scheme.html
I thought that Nussbaum narrowly escaped doing jail time.
Whatever!
He's still a sleaze bag.
The good old early 1970s...when Tommy Huang and arson fires coincided.
The burned down Continental Fruit Market in Flushing became the future headquarters of the Great Eastern bank.
That's the one that Joseph Liu (John Lui's criminal dad) worked for.
Joe was one of the "7 Giants".
J.L. was arrested and convicted on federal bank fraud charges.
"God's holy trousers"!
Gottlieb is cooked for sure now.
Hey "Virginia" Joe Crowley...
you're sure running a "boss" Tweed style clubhouse.
Gottlieb
(obviously of German-Jewish stock) would have probably burned the Reichstag if he were old enough!
So this psychotic was a teacher...
and is now collecting a pension?
Lord save us all!
Now that Gottlieb is a burnt offering...what body with a Jewish name will county drag out of the closet to replace him?
Boy, did the 'ol machine just step into a Mt. Everest sized pile of shit!
Rory Lancman
is looking better every day!
Whew!
Hot race is an understatement!
Flushing in the sizzling seventies...
the home of arson and corruption.
Did Jeff consult with Tommy Huang
on what brand of gasoline to use?
Doesn't anyone properly vet candidates anymore?
Joe Crowley
just gave himself a hot foot!
At first I thought
this was an April fool posting.
But soon after pinching myself I realized it's April 15th, and this is big time for real!
After this bombshell...Liz Crowley allegedly blowing Brian Mc Laughlin behind his desk...is small news.
I think that every machine candidate running for office needs a background check...and so do the Democratic party bosses!
B-r-r-r-r!
He looks like a serial killer
in that shot.
I'd like to see the New York Post
publish a copy of Jeff's finger prints and precinct booking photo...if one was taken.
Jeff, put a family portrait in your campaign ads. Maybe you can make some extra money doing spots for the Adams Family movie coming out soon.
Anons No. 2 and 3:
Let's see if O'Keefe stays out of jail for the vote fraud he tried to pull in New Hampshire. Y'know..."borrowing" the name of someone he claimed to be dead - without asking him, only to find that he was alive and well...
An arsonist, a mental defective, and a whore monger all running for the same office.
It's hard to keep score - which one is the mental defective?
Vote Republican.
Shocking.
He always appeared deranged.
A Democrat of course!
He blends in nicely with the rest of them.
It's time for politicians to have to follow some rules. It seems being a common criminal means you'll be a Democratic representative somewhere in the country & the people just keep voting them in.
Last time I checked, common criminals Haggerty and Gallagher were Republicans as is Gottlieb mouthpiece Golub.
Seminerio, McLaughlin, Espada, and the list goes on ....
The machine know everything about Gottlieb's past. This is precisely how they would have kept him on a very tight leash to vote exactly as they want him to.
It's kind of arrogant and over-confident on Joe Crowley's part to put his Gottlieb's into the CD-6 pot to thwart Lancman.
I keep saying we need someone who can light a fire under the city's ass! Gottlieb may be our man!
I'm starting to think the Dems have a recruiting station outside Rikers...
I wouldn't stoop to pick up the bar of soap I'd dropped in the shower with that man behind me.
Lock up your children and pets too.
When do the petition challenges begin?
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