Disgraced Exec's Penthouse Hits the Market
• Former Refco chief Phillip Bennett's penthouse duplex at 1001 Park Avenue (left), which became the property of the U.S. government after Bennett pleaded guilty to bank fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and was sentenced to 16 years in prison, has gone on the market for $5.9 million. [NYO, PDE]
• Martin Payson, a former vice chairman of Time Warner, and his wife Doris, have paid $5 million for a 10th-floor condo at 170 East End Avenue. [Cityfile]
• Andy Warhol muse Jane Holzer has gone into contract to sell her apartment at 23 East 74th Street. The five-bedroom spread, which went on the market for $22.5 million last June, had most recently been listed at $16.9 million. [NYO]
• Joan Raines, the daughter of fashion designer Adele Simpson, has re-listed her parents' 13,095-square-foot manse at 5 East 78th Street for $21 million. Raines took the townhouse off the market last year after a Wall Street exec and his wife backed out of a $23.5 million contract. [NYO, ELC]
• Former Mets infielder Edgardo Alfonzo has switched brokers and lowered the price on his home in Little Neck. Originally listed for $8 million in 2006, it's now just $4.3 million. [Newsday, PDE]