02/25/09 Who Said Leona Was All Bad. Expired Greenwich Residents Money Will Go To Help Dogs And Others

Leona Helmsley died at age 87 of heart failure on August 20, 2007 at her home in Greenwich, Connecticut.

NY Court: Helmsley Fortune Goes to More Than Dogs

NEW YORK (AP)

Real estate baroness Leona Helmsley's multibillion-dollar fortune can go to more than just the dogs.

In a ruling announced Wednesday, a Manhattan judge said trustees managing Helmsley's estate can distribute her funds to a broad range of charities.

Helmlsey died in August 2007 [WCBS 880].

She left instructions in one of the documents relating to her charitable trust that money be donated to help care for dogs, as well as other charities.

Manhattan Surrogate Court Judge Troy Webber ruled that trustees of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust have sole discretion for which charities should get the Helmsley fortune.

Trust spokesman Howard Rubenstein says the trustees will announce the first grants from the foundation next month.

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