Swig’s Hanukkah miracle?

Michael Wainstein of Private Capital Group, Rabbi Shmuel Butman, New York City Comptroller John Liu and developer Kent Swig

Embattled developer Kent Swig recently told The Real Deal that he hasn’t lost as much gelt as everyone thinks. Sheffield57 was actually “the best, most successful deal I have ever done in my life,” he said. When will Swig spin the dreidel next? Read “Swig: I was the fall guy” in the December issue to be enlightened.

At left, Swig poses after lighting the world’s largest menorah last week in Central Park, near the Plaza Hotel. The Real Deal’s own Michael Stoler lit the Central Park menorah Monday. TRD