In February, Kalanick hired former Attorney General Eric Holder and Tammy Albarran, both partners at law firm Covington & Burling, to
probe bombshell allegations of sexism at the company.
The
probe [of Mayor de Blasio] appears to stem from developer Don Peebles»
bombshell allegation that de Blasio personally hit him up for $ 20,000 to support Hizzoner's universal pre-K program in March 2014 — while Peebles had a bid pending on the LICH site.