Hamptons Partygoers Cast a Worried Eye on New York’s Future

  • Paulson, Catsimatidis among those at Southampton Hospital gala
  • Party’s theme tied to Palm Beach, now home to many attending
Manifesting Palm Beach’s Colony Hotel at a party for Southampton Hospital.Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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In a tent decorated with pineapples and rattan chandeliers, John Paulson watched the Broadway theater owner James Nederlander raise his paddle — with barely any coaxing from auctioneer Lydia Fenet — and donate $65,000.

The moment Saturday night at Southampton Hospital’s 65th annual Summer Party was a stark contrast to the one Paulson recounted about a recent day in Manhattan.