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unusual facts about New York City Department of Consumer Affairs



Hortense Gabel

Her judicial career came to an end after she was charged with lowering alimony payments for Carl Andrew Capasso in exchange for a position for her daughter at the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, which was then headed by Capasso's lover Bess Myerson.


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Henry Stern

In 1969, Commissioner Bess Myerson of the newly created NYC agency that was formed by consolidating the Department of Licensing, and Markets, Weights and Measures, The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, appointed him Associate Commissioner and the next year he became her first deputy.