NEW : `` I am optimistic and hopeful for the first time '' in years , Jesse Friedman says . He said he has an online book business selling popular fiction , which he runs from his home on the U.S. East Coast , where he lives with his wife . The former New York City mayor is a Democrat who has been out of office since 2002. Team of New York prosecutors to work with panel of experts . 2nd Circuit Court : Officials ` ` did everything they could to coerce a guilty plea ''
NEW : `` I am optimistic and hopeful for the first time '' in years , Jesse Friedman says . The former New York City mayor is a Democrat who has been out of office since 2002. Team of New York prosecutors to work with panel of experts . 2nd Circuit Court : Officials ` ` did everything they could to coerce a guilty plea ''