Sentences with phrase «collecting big campaign»

«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.

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A Republican turncoat, D'Amato is now among Andrew Cuomo's biggest fundraisers, collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in special interest campaign cash for the standard bearer of career politicians.»

Democratic NYC mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio, who has pledged to reduce the gap between the rich and poor, has collected more than 40 percent of his campaign contributions from big - ticket donors.

UPDATED, April 21, 3:57 p.m.: A top executive at WeWork is the biggest bundler for Mayor Bill de Blasio's re-election campaign to - date, collecting money from WeWork's founders and others with close ties to the firm, according to an analysis of campaign finance records by The Real Deal.

The 27 - story building at 110 Wall St. is owned by Rudin Management, whose chief executive, Bill Rudin, is No. 5 on the list of de Blasio's big - money bundlers, having collected $ 25,150 for the mayor's planned 2017 re-election campaign.

(Newser)-- A voter - profiling company used by the 2016 Trump campaign collected the private data of over 50 million Facebook users without their permission — one of the biggest data leaks in Facebook history, the New York Times reports.