The Nation - News from Jan. 15, 1987

Contractor Carl Capasso, the companion of New York City Cultural Affairs Commissioner Bess Myerson, was indicted on charges of evading federal corporate and personal income taxes in a $1.5-million scam. Capasso, 45, was named in a nine-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. U.S. Atty. Rudolph W. Giuliani said several investigations are continuing and additional charges are possible. Myerson, a former Miss America and longtime friend of Mayor Edward I. Koch, announced she would step aside from her $83,000-a-year post for up to 90 days, pending a special city investigation of issues stemming from the grand jury inquiry that led to the charges against Capasso.