Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
Hevesi Hospitalized With Internal Bleeding On Sentencing Day
By
John Del Signore
Published Mar 28, 2011
Modified Mar 28, 2011
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
John Del Signore
Published Mar 28, 2011
Modified Mar 28, 2011
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Today former state comptroller Alan Hevesi was supposed to be sentenced for "official misconduct," which in his case refers to the time he gave investment firms a chance to manage the billions in NY's pension fund in return for favors for his family, friends and associates. Hevesi faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison, and the judge who was to sentence him gave that maximum sentence last month to Hank Morris, Hevesi’s former political aide. But Hevesi could not be sentenced today, in part because his insides are bleeding.
Though the severity of Hevesi's condition remains unclear, his attorney, Bradley Simon, tells the Times his client is undergoing an endoscopy for internal bleeding. The Wall Street Journal describes it as an "emergency procedure." Simon has also asked the judge, Lewis Bart Stone of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, to recuse himself because of his personal relationship with Simon's estranged father. The AP reports that Simon made the request after he "learned that his parents' wills have disinherited him — and that the judge is the executor of those wills, as well as a trustee of a trust the parents had set up. Simon called that a conflict of interest."
Today Judge Stone angrily dismissed that assertion and refused to fully recuse himself, though he did agree to hand over the responsibility of sentencing to another judge. In so doing, dismissed the recusal request was a "meritless" publicity stunt, adding, "The effect of such publicity has been to create a counter story — that of the propriety of this court’s continuing on the case — to the real story here, that of Mr. Hevesi’s felony conviction." But can't we enjoy both stories without having to pick sides?
Tagged
alan hevesi
comptroller
comptrolling
corruption
John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
Coney Island's small, 1890s lighthouse may be landmarked by the city
It's in the private community of Sea Gate. Family members of the lighthouse's last civilian keeper are keeping its history alive.
By
Catalina Gonella
Published Oct 20, 2026 at 4:41 p.m. ET
Modified Oct 20, 2026 at 5:47 p.m. ET
New renderings are out for Queens' Metropolitan Park casino
The city's Public Design Commission taking a look at what's in store.
By
Willow Higgins
News
New renderings are out for Queens' Metropolitan Park casino
The city's Public Design Commission taking a look at what's in store.
By
Willow Higgins
Inside Luigi Mangione's legal strategy before his federal guilty plea
By
Samantha Max
NYC proposes crackdown down on AI customer service chatbots
By
Arya Sundaram
Early Addition: There's a new hot duck, this time in Queens
By
James Ramsay
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .