City Hall Page #3

---

- Let me assure you...

- The vote's in. We got it.

Let them catch their shuttle.

I'm sure they're running late.

- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

MacNeil/Lehrer, Friday night.

Zapatti's bullet

killed the child.

It wasn't the cop.

That's it!

That's what passes for

good news these days.

I'll take it.

I saw Tino Zapatti's

probation report.

Exemplary, but an odd thing.

It's front-loaded.

- With who?

- With supervisory personnel.

But it's signed off on

by an honest judge.

- Judge Walter Stern?

- Yes.

Thank God.

I'm meeting Frank Anselmo

for breakfast.

- Oh, good. Where?

- Woerner's.

Woerner's?

- The hangout at Borough Hall?

- That's it.

When you go to Brooklyn,

you're Frank Anselmo's guest.

Don't piss up his leg.

Just get him off

this infrastructure thing.

Nothing wrong with it...

...just unaffordable right now.

Good work tonight.

Mrs. Marquand couldn't stop talking

about the cover of Time.

I think she collects them.

National ink,

the mother's milk of politics.

Did I hear right, or

did we get the convention?

It's not signed and sealed...

...but it is delivered.

And you were the closer.

I thought I had him with

the second-city stuff.

Of course you did.

You know why?

It belongs here.

New York City.

This is the place.

Excuse me.

All right,

the story's on the 10:00 news.

A little slow.

- Took the life of an

innocent 6-year-old...

... on his way to school

during a police action.

They're all over it

like a cheap suit.

It's gonna stick

to us like one too.

- 6-year-old James Bone...

... on his way to school.

Ballistics from the police lab

confirm...

... the wayward bullet that killed

the boy came from Zapatti's gun...

Here you are, Mr. Zapatti.

Michael.

Find Vinnie.

I wanna have

a little talk with him.

Yesterday, on the corner of Broadway

and Marcy Street, gunfire broke out...

... claiming 6-year-old James Bone

along with 21-year-old Tino Zapatti...

... a convicted felon on probation...

... and a 32-year-old

police detective, Eddie Santos.

The police commissioner

has disclosed...

... that an investigation is under way

into Santos ' activities.

Question:
What was Santos doing

with a drug dealer...

... wanted for probation violations?

Good morning.

It will raise serious questions

of corruption in the courts.

Stern gave Tino Zapatti,

a drug dealer...

... probation instead of

sending him to prison.

The question

everyone is asking...

... because of this

unusual disposition...

... is, why did the judge do that?

Good morning, Mrs. Santos.

I'm Marybeth Cogan.

We met at the hospital.

That's Randy and Maria?

These are my kids.

- Please sit down.

- Thank you.

- I'm sorry to have to talk to you here.

- It's all right.

Hear from anyone

in the department today?

A couple of the guys.

What did they say?

I called to pick up his things

from the precinct.

They said his locker was sealed.

But the captain came to see me.

He was very nice.

What captain?

Homicide South.

Eddie's commander.

He's required to call on the widow.

Is anything wrong?

Don't talk to anyone without

checking with me first. Okay?

We're in the wrong business.

You get lost?

There's a key to downtown Brooklyn,

but I sure don't have it.

Murray, Lenny, you know Kevin.

Kevin, this is Dan.

Kevin, how are you?

Tex, sit down.

Take a load off.

Louisiana, Murray,

for the umpteenth time.

Can't take a joke?

Jimmy!

What'll you have?

Oatmeal with skim milk,

bananas, brown sugar.

So what's new?

I'll give you the headlines.

S & P's

lowering the city's credit rating.

We're gonna close two firehouses.

Result:
150 demonstrators

at City Hall.

The park commissioner

has quit...

...to run the San Francisco Ballet.

The stock exchange insists

on leaving town.

Plus a zillion other

little rancid goodies.

Plus a kid got shot.

- And a drug dealer.

- And a cop.

No wonder the deputy mayor's

here in Brooklyn.

Well, but...

...he's very welcome.

Where is the stock exchange

moving to, my boy?

White Plains, they mutter.

They've been muttering that

for years.

One day they'll stop muttering

and go.

That's why we need city land

for Bank Exchange.

- No argument, Lenny.

- And a subway stop.

And an off-ramp from the expressway.

The city's $25 billion in debt.

We're in no position

to build off-ramps.

to build a subway stop?

What's your interest in this?

Did you buy a few options

around the city property?

Of course he did.

So did every other

developer in town.

Notwithstanding that,

Mr. Deputy Mayor...

...if you don't transport

their employees...

...Bank Exchange will

dump this deal...

...and forget about New York...

...and put up their 60-story building

in New Jersey instead.

So be it.

The mayor loves Bank Exchange

but can't afford infrastructure.

You're flying

in the face of real politics.

Subways get people to jobs.

Jobs mean votes.

I thought John Pappas liked votes.

He loves votes, Frank.

But no infrastructure.

Much as the city approves of

a subway station and off-ramp...

...it can't pay for them.

- Where are you going?

- I have an appointment in Manhattan.

This meeting's over?

I heard you say no.

Can I offer you a ride?

No, thanks.

I make it quicker on the train.

Here he comes. Judge Stern!

Why did you give Tino Zapatti

probation, Your Honor?

Why did you go soft

on the drug charge?

Is probation a sentence

in this town?

They're burying little James Bone.

Are you going to the funeral?

Get me the file on Tino Zapatti.

Mr. Deputy Mayor...

...I'm Marybeth Cogan.

"Detectives' Endowment Association,

Legal Affairs, Co-counsel. "

Very nice card.

I represent Santos, and

you're muddying my client's name.

- Take it up with Corporation Council.

- And get it buried?

You should tell the mayor someone's

taking him up the wrong street.

Maybe we could explore this

in more detail.

Maybe over coffee.

I'm talking about a hero detective

and his widow's pension.

Why don't you wait in my office?

No, I don't think so.

I'll expect to hear from you

in the morning.

No, no, that's wrong.

It won't go away

unless you do something about it.

This is a crisis that could derail us.

The way Willie Horton sunk Dukakis...

...Tino Zapatti can sink us.

Good afternoon.

Where you been?

My Brooklyn meeting.

How'd it go?

I think I just pissed up

Frank Anselmo's leg.

And?

Felt good.

Okay, Leslie.

Tomorrow's Times, Post and

News are all keeping the shooting...

...on the front page.

What'd you expect?

Nothing short of a triple ax murder

will take it off.

Keep feeding the press,

morning and night.

Emphasize our

tough stand on crime.

The 20% drop in homicides

and street crime last year.

Also, Stern's record.

Hard-line.

Good, Kevin.

Corporation Council?

We've commissioned a study that'll...

...prove this city has the toughest

probation guidelines in the country.

Excellent.

Get Community Affairs involved.

Tell Parks...

...clean up their playgrounds.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes