Applebaum to keep golden handshake

When he left the mayor’s seat precipitately in 2013, Michael Applebaum collected a $268,000 golden handshake. He’s going to be keeping it. The law was changed in 2016 to bar elected individuals from getting any such payment if they leave their post to do prison time, but the appeals court holds that the law can’t be applied retroactively in Applebaum’s case.