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scrutiny amid Yang’s sustained popularity in the polls and concerns that his client whom Tusk recently referred to as an “
an empty vessel” would be subject to undue influence by someone who could personally profit from a friendly mayor.
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Andrew Yang’s two campaign managers, his press secretary, his policy director and multiple senior advisers don’t actually work for his New York City mayoral campaign. They’re employed by Tusk Strategies, a lobbying firm that’s regularly hired by clients to advocate for or against bills that are being considered by the City Council and the mayor. And the arrangement raises concerns about what kind of access this lobbying firm – and the private clients that hire Tusk – would have to the mayor if Yang were to win the election.
“We believe that it is improper for the same firm to be both a campaign consultant, and then lobby the person that they helped to elect,” said Susan Lerner, executive director of good-government group Common Cause New York. Consultants build “a special relationship of trust” with the candidate, and Lerner added they’re increasingly cashing in on that relationship.
Who Will âVax Daddyâ Endorse? 5 Takeaways From N.Y.C. Mayorâs Race
Candidates vied for the backing of the influential teachersâ union and other players, and one contender made a journey to Minneapolis.
Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, won the backing of Representative Tom Suozzi, a Democrat who represents parts of Queens and Long Island.Credit.Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
A handful of endorsements were issued, and two more influential ones â from the United Federation of Teachers and the Working Families Party â may soon follow.
Candidates also fanned out across the city and beyond. Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, appeared with the cityâs celebrity-of-the-moment: Huge Ma, the creator of the TurboVax website that makes it easier to schedule a vaccine appointment.
FEC review complaint against William Wachtel over accusations of straw donors for Andrew Yang nydailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nydailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NYC lawyer accused by ex-employee of setting up straw donations for Andrew Yang, drawing attention from feds Chris Sommerfeldt, Michael Gartland
A politically-connected Manhattan lawyer is facing scrutiny from two federal agencies over allegations that he facilitated illegal campaign contributions to mayoral candidate Andrew Yang and another Democrat but the barrister says the claims are bogus and cooked up by a disgruntled ex-employee.
William Wachtel, the founder of white-shoe law firm Wachtel Missry, is accused by the former employee in a Federal Election Commission complaint of soliciting colleagues and associates to make political contributions on his behalf a practice known as straw donating, which can be illegal if middlemen are reimbursed.