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June 02, 2009
Yanks to Brodsky: Stadium documents will cost you $5m
The New York Yankees have a new defense against state assemblymember Richard Brodsky's pursuit of documents related to their stadium deal with the city: a $5 million invoice. "If he wants the documents, the standard rule is he pays for them," team lawyer George Carpinello told state Supreme Court Justice John Egan Jr. yesterday. "That's the law in New York. That's the case law." Brodsky disagreed, and said the Mets managed to provide the requested documents without referring matters to the billing department.
Carpinello declined to say whether the Yanks need the money to pay for a giant wind machine.
