Mob inmate, 99, stays put: judge
THE BROOKLYN U.S. Attorney’s office is opposing a 99-yearold Colombo mobster’s request for earlyrelease from prison.
Former underboss John Franzese, the oldest inmate in the federal prison system, applied last year for “compassionate release consideration” from the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Mass., due to his advanced age and medical issues, according to documents unsealed Friday.
He is due to complete an eightyear term for racketeering and extortion of the Hustler and Penthouse strip clubs in June 2017. Franzese wroteby hand that he has “little time left in my life” and wants to spend it with his eight children, 18 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. The once-fearsome gangster, alleged to have committed so many murders that he couldn’t keep track of thebody count, is now blind, deaf, andconfined toa wheelchair.
The warden rejected Franzese’s request so he’s appealing to a federal judge. But Assistant U.S. Attorney James Gatta said compassionate release can only be granted under “extraordinary and compelling” circumstances — which do not apply because the prison hospital is fully capable of treating his maladies. THERE ARE 8.5 million people in New York, but it feels to Jennifer Litt like very few are single guys.
Finding romance to go along with success is a problem facing many career women of the 33-year-oldWE TV executive’sage.
But unlike Litt, most of them don’t work with “Million Dollar Matchmaker” star Patti Stanger.
The Daily News enlisted the famous love guru to help her colleague woo the right (hopefully Jewish) man — with tough-love advice that’s worth a million dollars to any singleNew Yorker. And,boy, is that love tough. “She’s too tall . . . and that’s a problem,” Stangersays immediately of the 5-foot-10 bachelorette before dishing out somemore tips. l Don’t get scrambled over eggs: The reality star warns that Litt should be alarmed by the ticking of her biological clock.
“She’s at the point where the window is closing and it’s scary, it’s very ‘ Sex and the City,’” Stanger says. “The first thing I would say to any girl her age is freeze your eggs, take some of the pressure off.” l Think in dollars and sense: It’s also time to put to her money where her mouth is — if she wants to get kissed. Stanger recommends setting up a bank account just for dating.
“This is going to be your investment in your future,” says the reality star. “This money, 10 percentof what youmake,goesinto thatbank account. You have to have money to go out. The city is expensive.”
The idea is to start off by figuring out where your ideal type of guy is hanging out — like steakhouses or sporting events — and putting face time in those places.
“In my industry, working long hours and running into the same faces makes it difficult tomeet new people,” Litt says. l Don’t be turned off by going online: The third-generation matchmaker has an advantage that her mother and grandmother, both shadchonim (Jewish matchmakers), never had. Stanger swears by dating apps like Bumble and Raya, an exclusive service for A-listers that requires an application.
“You’re never going to run out of people,” says Stanger, who uses those apps herself to meet dates. “There are so many choices — you’re meeting people you would never meet before.”
She particularly likes Bumble since it requires the man to reach out to the woman, allowing time to properly vet a prospective date by examining their LinkedIn profiles or mutual friends. l Make your profile picture-perfect: Stanger is like a drill sergeant searching through Litt’s pictures — eliminating most of them for various reasons. No bikini shots unless you have a good body (Litt passes her litmus test); no pics with alcohol; no photos withother people’s kids.
And Litt has her own photo pet peeves when scrolling guys’ profiles — shirtless mirror selfies,selfies posing in bed and wearing sunglasses are deal-breakers. l The word is wording: In setting up Litt’s profile intro, Stanger is hands-on with the typing. She bangs out wording that seems like a stream of adjectives, but each term has ameaning. Stanger is adamant about ending with the line, “I’m a spooner and I hope you are, too.” “You know what I just did?” Stanger asks rhetorically before launching into a rapidfire answer. “It’s a subliminal message that means I’m sexual because I touch. I wrote sexy which means you want sex without saying you want sex.” “Tall” is apparently code that shorter guys neednot apply. “I said you work out, so now he knows you’re into your body,” adds Stanger. “That’s all they care about, so now you’re done.” Litt is hopeful — and promises togive status updatesto TheNews inthecomingmonths. “I’mexcited toput her adviceto work,” she says.