Putting prostitution scandal behind him, Spitzer enters race for comptroller
Disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer is planning a return to political life with a run for New York City comptroller, Spitzer told the New York Times on Sunday. Spitzer, a Democrat, quit the governor’s office in 2008 over a prostitution scandal.
He joins another sex-scared pol, former Brooklyn Rep. Anthony Weiner, in the city’s primary election, with Weiner — who quit Congress amid a scandal over his inappropriate tweets two years ago — running for mayor.
Spitzer has spoken in the past about the potential for the comptroller’s job to look into corporate misdeeds. That would be similar to what he did as the state’s attorney general.