The investigation became news in 2014 after Cuomo attempted to close down the Moreland Commission, an anti-corruption panel, shortly after it began investigating
real estate donors with relationships to legislators and the governor himself.
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«Andrew Cuomo has made a choice, he has surrounded himself
with wealthy
donors, powerful corporate
real estate tycoons, and Wall Street hedge fund moguls,» Nixon said.
The report shows that Bob Duffy 2010 has spent $ 1,902.93 a month since January on housing,
with payments going to AG Spanos, a
real -
estate company owned by San Diego Chargers owner and prolific GOP
donor Alex G. Spanos.
This landlord group gave to a few Democrats, but has remained one of the few
real estate donors that has not shifted its money to the party
with stronger positions in favor of issues such as rent control.
According to campaign officials, four
donors paid top dollar to sit
with the governor, his girlfriend, Sandra Lee, and one of his daughters in the M.S.G. box owned by Cushman & Wakefield, a major
real estate firm.
«They include efforts by city officials to aid the owner of a restaurant in Queens, a soundstage company in Brooklyn and a Brooklyn
real estate developer — all
donors to the mayor,» the Times reported, noting the restaurant owner is cooperating
with authorities.
ALBANY — In recent years, lists of the largest
donors to state elections have been filled
with real estate developers.
Many CF1NY
donors do business
with the city, including unions and big
real estate developers seeking tax breaks and zoning changes for their projects.
Real -
estate investor Jona Rechnitz, a de Blasio
donor under investigation for lavishing NYPD officers
with gifts, reportedly used his connections to siphon $ 655,000 over the past two years from the City Council to fund a law - enforcement sensitivity seminar at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance.
He tried to rip the livelihoods from hundred of pedicab and horse carriage workers to reward his rich campaign
donors and
real -
estate interests, and thinks he can get away
with it.»
A
real -
estate developer
with ties to Mayor de Blasio was unmasked Tuesday as the
donor behind a $ 50,000 campaign contribution to Nassau Democrats backing the candidate who last month won...
Committee spokesman Mike McKeon says CSNY will comply
with all disclosure laws, but said the coalition of
real estate and business interests aligned
with Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not proactively reveal their
donor list.
The charges against both former leaders stemmed, in part, from their interactions
with executives at Glenwood Management, a
real estate development firm and major political
donor that is heavily interested in rent regulations and the 421 - a property tax subsidy program.
In the wake of the ongoing federal investigation of financial relationships between lawmakers and commercial
real estate campaign
donors who have business
with the state, questions are being raised as to whether New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo is directly involved.
Spencer, who was a bank executive before entering
real estate nine years ago, uses business savvy to connect
with donors and volunteers but never shies away from grunt work.
In January, Silver was charged
with using his office to benefit his
real estate industry
donors and accepting almost $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks, according to the Associated Press; Skelos was charged in May
with using his power over
real estate laws to enrich his son, Adam, a
real estate developer based in New York City.
The charitable gifting of
real estate presents many opportunities for
real estate professionals who work
with donors and the recipient charitable organizations.
The deal was announced
with the support of the powerful
Real Estate Board of New York, to which many of these
donors belong, before the state Legislature was briefed on it.