Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Federal Election Commission officials have raised another red flag over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s use of a state political action committee to pay for expenses tied to his failed presidential run. It marked the […]
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City OKed Hotel Plan After Developer Hosted de Blasio Fundraiser
Shortly after hosting a fundraiser for one of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s political action committees in March, a developer got the city’s go-ahead to begin work on a new 20-story hotel, records show. In October 2017, Flushing-based Epos Development filed plans with the Department of Buildings to construct a hotel at 347 Lexington Ave., sandwiched […]
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Bill de Blasio’s PACs for Dems Helped His Run, Records Show
The state and federal political action committees Mayor Bill de Blasio launched last year to help elect progressives across New York and the country have also aided his favorite Democrat: Him. New filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission late Wednesday night show de Blasio’s federal Fairness PAC and NY Fairness PAC have allocated just […]
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MAYORAL MATH: De Blasio Claims Campaign Video Isn’t a Campaign Expense
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his long-shot bid for the White House May 16 with a three-minute video in which he declared: “There’s plenty of money in this country — it’s just in the wrong hands.” Now, money paid for the video that launched de Blasio’s campaign and is featured on his campaign website isn’t […]
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Bill de Blasio Tapped His State PAC for White House Hopes
Additional reporting by Savannah Jacobson Mayor Bill de Blasio spent more on his presidential run than he reported in federal campaign filings this week, an analysis by THE CITY found. The extra support came out of a state political action committee de Blasio launched in 2018 to help New York Democrats — but which recently […]