They are also notorious as a political tool to funnel big campaign contributions to politicians above the legal limit. (timesunion.com)
Sean Coffey and his former law firm made big campaign contributions to pension fund powerbrokers — including $ 16,000 to disgraced former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi — and supposedly landed big contracts in return. (nystateofpolitics.com)
«The whole scheme of collecting big campaign contributions from people with business before the city is very unseemly,» said Dick Dadey, director of the watchdog group Citizens Union. (nypost.com)