NYC Mayor's Campaign for One New York

If you haven’t already heard about New York City Mayor de Blasio’s shadow lobbying entity, the Campaign for One New York, take notice.

It’s become clear from numerous press reports, that the fund is supporting de Blasio’s personal PR campaigns by accepting millions in donations from those doing business with the City of New York.

The Campaign for One New York, was created by political professionals from Blasio's Mayoral campaign as a vehicle to push his initiatives, and whose donors included real estate developers and unions. The communications strategy for the Campaign for One New York’s work to promote the Mayor’s agenda has been overseen by BerlinRosen, a public affairs consulting firm known for its political work. It represents numerous clients that do business with the city, including real estate developers and nonprofit organizations. The firm had a central role in Mr. de Blasio’s successful bid for City Hall.

Susan Lerner of Common Cause New York called out this practice as an end-run around our campaign finance laws, and an insult to the city’s attempts to limit the influence of big money interests.

The Campaign for One NY is back in the news now as the entity just received $485,000 from just 4 individuals.

Digging into the financial disclosures of One New York, it demonstrate several questionable instances.

One example shows how nearly $1.1 million was given from real estate interests in the year leading up to de Blasio’s continuing of the Tax Abatement, 421-a subsidy proposal. After de Blasio’s proposal was announced last summer, but failed as the unions could not agree on parts of it, donations to One New York from the real estate industry have largely dried up. Just $35,000 from two LLCs have come to One NY after the 421-a decision came down. As the details of One New York continue to come to light, Common Cause New York firmly argues that Mayor de Blasio is setting a dangerous precedent that must be stopped. New York City needs to limit, not empower special interests.











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