The Resignation After The Assignation

New Yorkers across the city react strongly to news that former Governor Eliot Spitzer overpaid for sex:

At 11:45 a.m. yesterday, New Yorkers were transfixed by their televisions during a stunning moment in state history — the resignation of disgraced Gov. Spitzer.

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At Forlini’s restaurant downtown, owner Joe Forlini and his staff also gathered at their television and gaped that the spectacle.

“I never liked the guy,” Forlini said afterward. “The real people who are suffering are his family. The guy’s a bum.”

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“My first reaction was, oh, my God. My second reaction was, what an a- – – – – -,” said Patricia Browne, 45, of Chelsea, who watched the resignation speech with a crowd of coworkers around a television in her Midtown office.

“I thought, you know, hey, you prosecuted people for this. And then you go to a prostitute yourself. It seems there’s a disconnect, buddy, and it’s sad. What he did was egregious and he should have resigned. He had no choice.”