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Kofi Annan’s Mystery Apartment

December 19, 2006 - 2:15 am - by Claudia Rosett
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2006-12-20 11:27:58

It’s an expose of corruption in high places! Except it isn’t, because as the article states, “No one is saying that any of the Annans have broken the law”.

It’s an expose of the life of privilege that UN staff live! Except it isn’t, because as the article can only suggest that “the effective New York taxpayers’ subsidy for whoever has held the lease there during that time would add up to well over $100,000″ over an 18-year period – a colossal $5,500 a year!

It would be a great piece of investigative journalism if it addressed its central question to the right place. If there are irregularities in how this scheme for providing housing for low-income families has been administered, surely your issue is with the administrators of the scheme?