Politico: Top New York City Hall aide worked quietly with state super PAC

05.10.2023 / By JOE ANUTA
Politico: Top New York City Hall aide worked quietly with state super PAC

“I don’t think that any New York City resident would question whether the real estate interests were giving this money out of the goodness of their heart, or if they felt they were going to get access in return,” said Susan Lerner, head of Common Cause New York, a good government group. “This is just an end run around the limits,” Lerner said. “And it’s wrong.” With City Council elections coming up this year and state races again on the horizon in 2024, Lerner, the good government watchdog, argued that Lewis-Martin’s quiet work to get allies elected to state government will turn off voters at home. “The fact these are city races doesn’t undercut how toxic this is to the principles undergirding our campaign finance laws,” she said.

“I don’t think that any New York City resident would question whether the real estate interests were giving this money out of the goodness of their heart, or if they felt they were going to get access in return,” said Susan Lerner, head of Common Cause New York, a good government group.

“This is just an end run around the limits,” Lerner said. “And it’s wrong.”

With City Council elections coming up this year and state races again on the horizon in 2024, Lerner, the good government watchdog, argued that Lewis-Martin’s quiet work to get allies elected to state government will turn off voters at home.

“The fact these are city races doesn’t undercut how toxic this is to the principles undergirding our campaign finance laws,” she said.

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