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Re: Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by Irene S.):

Dear Ms. Smalls,

Our Consumer Frauds Bureau forwarded your recent voicemail message to me. I understand from that message that you are concerned that this office has not given notice to all Manhattan Club owners (particularly in New York State, but also elsewhere) about our pending investigation of the Club. As a general policy, we do not comment on open investigations. Moreover, we have not filed a lawsuit against the Club. But, we hoped to alert as many people as possible about the investigation by publishing a press release, which was picked up by the New York Times and other media outlets. Relying on the media to get the word out is much more efficient than any known alternatives, for example, a mass mailing to the more than 14,000 current Manhattan Club owners, which would more than exhaust our administrative resources. While we value information given to us by the owners (indeed, there would be no investigation without the information shared with us by the owners), we simply cannot correspond with every owner on an individual basis. We hope also that we are conducting our investigation in a way so as to not disrupt the day-to-day operations of the Manhattan Club, so there should not be any changes with regard to their rights or ability to use the Club while it is ongoing. Nonetheless, please feel free to contact me directly with any future concerns, as it is my Bureau that is conducting the investigation.

Thank you, _______________________________ Andrew Meier | Deputy Bureau Chief

Real Estate Finance Bureau Office of the New York State Attorney General 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271-0332 ' 212-416-8305 | 7 212-416-6595 * Andrew.Meier@ag.ny.gov

http://www.ag.ny.gov/bureau/real-estate-finance-bureau