He drew individual donations from a variety of real estate, financial and entertainment elites, including $ 40,000 from Michael Steinhardt, a hedge fund expert and philanthropist; $ 60,800, the maximum amount an individual could donate, from Ronald W. Burkle, the grocery store billionaire; and $ 25,000 from James L. Dolan, the chief executive of Cablevision.
Republican Sens. Joseph Robach of Rochester and Thomas Libous of Binghamton
drew the most in
individual NRA
donations in the state since 2003 — $ 10,050 and $ 10,000, respectively.