Some city politicians received big campaign donations and funneled tax dollars to developers
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/12/2009-07-12_some_city_politicians_received_big_campaign_donations_and_tried_to_aid_developer.html#ixzz1a8JcqcUmcity council members including Christine Quinn -- last paragraph long article before Mike and Quinn stole 3rd term.
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-07-12/local/17929309_1_affordable-housing-council-members-campaign-donations/3 Very long piece -- what happened to money Quinn alloted Dermot?
Christine Quinn
Speaker Quinn sponsored $2 million for the Dermot Company's plans to build open space as part of 800 mostly market-rate apartments in the Hudson Yards development.
Dermot execs have donated $24,750 to Quinn in the last two years.
Dermot failed to obtain adequate financing to build the towers and the project is off. Dermot did not return calls and Quinn declined comment
