Scandal-scarred former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was favored by his real-estate-titan father — who gave him millions more in his will than he left to his other two children, and who also appointed him executor of his $500 million estate.
Spitzer, who resigned office in 2008 amid a prostitution scandal, was left 10 percent of his dad Bernard Spitzer’s fortune, plus an additional $6 million.
He’ll receive that extra cash upon the death of his mother, Anne, 86, according to the will, filed Monday in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court.
Spitzer’s older brother, Daniel, 57, a Rockland County neurosurgeon, and sister Emily, 60, a Washington, DC, lawyer, each get 10 percent of the estate, but nothing more.
Eliot Spitzer, 55, and his mother — who was bequeathed the Central Park South apartment she shared with Bernard, as well as 20 percent of his estate — were also tapped to oversee his business interests.
The rest of Bernard’s wealth, about $250 million, will go to charity.
Spitzer would have gotten $6 million outright from his father’s estate had his mother died first, according to the filing.
Bernard Spitzer, who died at age 90 earlier this month after battling Parkinson’s disease, did not explain the favoritism, but took time to brag about his kids in the will.
“I am mindful and take pride in the accomplishments of my children and the fact that they are established in life, in largest measure through their own talents and efforts, but as well, if in smaller measure, through the contributions of their mother and mine during our lifetime,” he wrote in the 19-page will.
“It is for these reasons, and not through any lack of love for them, that I have left a substantial portion of my estate to the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable trust,” the will says.
In the past, the foundation has benefited arts and education groups, including City College of New York and the American Museum of Natural History.
Bernard, an up-by-the-bootstraps Austrian immigrant who started as a contractor, also forgave any debts that his children owed him. He signed the will in May 2011.
Eliot has been running his father’s real-estate company, Spitzer Enterprises, which owns major stakes in buildings such as The Crown at 730 Fifth Ave. and The Corinthian at 330 E. 38th St., since his failed run for city comptroller last year. Eliot self-financed the $3.7 million bid.
He also borrowed money from his deep-pocketed dad to repay a $4.3 million loan related to another failed political race — for attorney general in 1994.
When his father passed the scion said, “My dad represented a generation whose hard work, determination and grit built our city and nation.”
Eliot’s former communications director, Darren Dopp, told The Post when Bernard passed on Nov. 2 that the former governor beamed with pride for his dad.
“When we drove around the city, Eliot would point out all the buildings his father had a role in constructing,” Dopp said.
The estate’s attorney and Eliot’s spokeswoman both declined to comment.
The generous bequest comes just seven months after Eliot Spitzer paid out $7.5 million in his divorce to humiliated ex-wife Silda.
The couple announced their split last December shortly after The Post spotted the estranged Spitzer cavorting with political publicist Lis Smith, 23 years his junior.