leona helmsley has passed on now, as has her very rich dog. part of the sordid history of the land, the undeveloped land next to the george washington bridge in ft. lee, new jersey, leona helmsley of all people once owned that land. in the 1960s the land had been owned by investors funding in the 1960s the land had been owned by investors funding corporation. they got busted for hiring mobsters to bribe the mayor of ft. lee into giving them what they wanted. with that parcel of land. the mayor in turn wore a wire for the fbi and the investors funding corp guys went to prison and never developed the land. so that it was still undeveloped when leona helmsley bought it in the 1980s. she planned to put up four big high-rises on that land. those plans got scrapped when she, too, had to go to prison. well now that same parcel of land really is being developed. this time with no mention of prison at all but the leona helmsley years of owning that property next to the george washington bridge, leona helmsley years came up in a weird time in the invest

leona helmsley, the witch of park avenue, remember leona helmsley?n't speak ill of "the departed" but she was awful woman according to all reports. she left millions of dollars to her dogs. as awful as that is and she is awful woman, i don't think, i don't think there is anything wrong with it. it is their money. you should be free to do anything you want with your money, even leaving it to dogs as dumb as i think that is. neil: i'm still thinking about the comment you made about the last story. >> it is my wife's comment. neil: there we go. >> where i get my appetite as i long as come home for cooking. neil: honey, i don't know. i had nothing to do with it! >> i saw you writing that down. neil: all right, now. chris christie has to be miserable on this damn diet he is on the rest of new jersey better get miserable with him. do you hear about this? do not think about lighting up. pretty soon throughout the garden state the whoop your ass police are coming down. >> oh, no. neil: yep. so ally bank has a raise your ratcd that won't trap me in a rate.'.

leona helmsley, the witch of park avenue, remember leona helmsley?k ill of "the departed" but she was awful woman according to all reports. she left millions of dollars to her dogs. as awful as that is and she is awful woman, i don't think, i don't think there is anything wrong with it. it is their money. you should be free to do anything you want with your money, even leaving it to dogs as dumb as i think that is. neil: i'm still thinking about theomment you made about the last story. >> it is my wife's comment. neil: there we go. >> where i get my appetite as i long as come home for cooking. neil: honey, i don't know. i had nothing to do with it! >> i saw you writing tt down. neil: all right, now. chris christie has to be miserable on this damn diet he is on the rest ofew jersey better get miserable with him. do you hear about this? do not think about lighting up. pretty soon throughout the garden state the whoop your ass police are coming down. >> oh, no. >> oh, no. neil: yep. [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing. li

and it starts with leona helmsley. remember, billionaire hotel and real estate developer.he earned and then cultivated a reputation for being heartless and cruel, particularly to her staff. she was miserly and abusive toward people but she left a fortune to her dog. she was known as the queen of

then it was bought by leona helmsley. this thing has been around. all of its value depends, its whole selling point, and the developer is in the newspaper on the day they break ground saying you could be in manhattan in 15 minutes. it all depends on how many access lanes ft. lee has to that bridge. >> absolutely. i mean, one thing we definitely saw in these documents is that, you know, the question of bridge access and traffic was absolutely central to whether or not this development would be approved and whether it would be successful for the residents. you know, one of the planning board members referred to as, quote/unquote, dumping traffic right on to the bridge. these three lanes that were shut down were the subject of a study conducted by the developers. >> an actual study. >> yes, an actual -- so, you know, as you said before, we don't know, you know, who would have been the target of an attempt to sort of hijack this development. you know, was it an attempt to shake down the developers? there's two developers involved. multiple financiers. t

and it starts with leona helmsley. remember, billionaire hotel and real estate developer.being heartless and cruel, particularly to her staff. she was miserly and abusive toward people but she left a

and it starts with leona helmsley. remember, billionaire hotel and real estate developer. then cultivated a reputation for being