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De Blasio presidential campaign bankrolled by donors with city interests
By artappraiser on Tue, 10/29/2019 - 11:36pm |By Joe Anuto & Sally Goldenberg @ Politico.com, Oct. 29
Mayor Bill de Blasio preached the gospel of campaign finance reform during his brief and ill-fated presidential run, but he practiced under a different code.
Despite disavowing the role of big money in politics, de Blasio relied primarily on donors who have business dealings with the city, are often wealthy and are rarely motivated by ideology — something reinforced by the campaign’s most recent federal filings from this month [....]
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https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2019/10/28/de-blasio-presidential-campaign-bankrolled-by-donors-with-city-interests-1226049
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