Additional reporting by Josefa Velasquez Need to know more about coronavirus in New York? Sign up for THE CITY’s daily morning newsletter. City Hall’s frantic hunt for protective masks and medical equipment to combat coronavirus led officials to sign emergency contracts totaling nearly $119 million with a firm run by a major donor to Mayor […]
The de Blasio Files
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De Blasio’s Fairness PAC Doubles Down Over Campaign Spending
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s presidential campaign and his political action committee are doubling down over a $123,000 payment the Federal Election Commission flagged for potentially running afoul of contribution limits. The mayor used his federal Fairness political action committee to pay for presidential polling ahead of his short-lived White House run — but his de […]
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De Blasio’s Presidential Campaign Security Tab Probed
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. The city’s Department of Investigation is probing travel and overtime costs racked up by NYPD detectives deployed as bodyguards during Mayor Bill de Blasio’s short-lived campaign, according to a law enforcement source. The security […]
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Official Demoted Amid Federal Probe of de Blasio Admin Settles for $200K
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. A former city official allegedly punished for complaining an underling was promoted for protecting the de Blasio administration during a federal pay-to-play probe has struck a $200,000 settlement with the city, documents show. Geneith […]
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FEC Flags de Blasio Use of State PAC to Fund White House Run
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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FEC Raises New Questions Over De Blasio Campaign Spending
Additional reporting by Yoav Gonen Mayor Bill de Blasio used a political action committee to pay for presidential polling ahead of his short-lived White House run — potentially running afoul of contribution limits, according to the Federal Election Commission. In a letter to the mayor’s Fairness PAC dated Sunday, a federal election official noted the […]
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Developer Pays $10K to Settle De Blasio Dubious Donation Case
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Yet another developer Mayor Bill de Blasio hit up for a donation has agreed to settle an ethics investigation into a check written to the mayor’s now-defunct nonprofit, a state watchdog agency announced Wednesday. […]
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Mayor de Blasio’s Post-Presidential Campaign To-Do List
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who spent 51 days on the road during his failed four-plus-month bid for the presidency, insisted all along he was able to run the city while away. But he started and ended his quixotic race with old and new unfinished business brewing back home — everything from the public housing mess […]
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New Yorkers Give de Blasio His Marching Orders
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. New Yorkers appeared united Friday in their lack of surprise over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to drop out of the presidential race — and shared ongoing puzzlement over why he ran in the […]
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The 51 Days of de Blasio’s Campaign Dream
Additional reporting by Graphic By Ann Choi From the May day he announced his presidential run to the September day he bowed out, Mayor Bill de Blasio spent more than seven weeks out of town and at least $200,000 in taxpayer dollars while never registering more than 1% support in national polls. From an ethanol […]