NYC Landlord Rechler Juggles Double Duty as Cuomo Adviser
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Hurricane Sandy flooded Scott Rechler’s Starrett-Lehigh Building in Manhattan with 20 feet of water spread over a basement almost the size of a city block, leaving Martha Stewart among tenants temporarily without a home.
At the same time, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was counting on Rechler to be his eyes and ears at the World Trade Center, where 125 million gallons of water had inundated the construction site.