New Yorkers, question from two years ago: what happened to Maffei in NY-24?

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He was an incumbent and he lost by 20 points. Was there a scandal? What the hell was up there?

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1. That was a highly contested race with lots of money spent...

How Maffei ended up losing re-election in "stunning" fashion:
http://wrvo.org/post/how-maffei-ended-losing-re-election-stunning-fashion

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2. Huh. Thank you

I was going over the by-district numbers from last cycle and that one really surprised me.

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3. Not sure if they were related, but Maffei's on 6th @ 23rd

was just the BEST Italian hole-in-the-wall pizzeria/pasteria in ALL of Manhattan, IMHO. They closed a few years back, sadly, but it was my go-to lunch spot, rain or shine.

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4. What's that, a block west or so of Madison Square park?

That's a part of the city I don't know well, but I'm surprised to hear there was a good pie that far west.

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5. OMG, it was SO good - their gramma slice, and also

in cold weather, the heavier entrée, chicken cannelloni, which was a kind of cordon bleu - seasoned chicken bits wrapped in ham, wrapped in cannelloni, and covered with a white sauce. Gained about 50 pounds from eating that every winter, lol. Was across the street from the Barnes & Noble, up 6th from Old Navy, the Limelight, etc.