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April 14, 2006
Report: Yanks gave funds to key pols
Metro NY
The New York Yankees spent $1,049,621 lobbying for a new stadium in Albany and the city since 2003, according to a report released yesterday by Common Cause/NY. Executives from the team and the YES Network also contributed $25,600 to the campaigns of city and state politicians, including $2,000 for City Council Land Use Committee Chair Melinda Katz, $500 for Finance Committee Chair David Weprin, and $9,850 for Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion.
Megan Quattlebaum compares the Yankee Stadium lobbying effort to the failed West Side development which also rings true for the Nets arena fight:
“On the West Side, it was Goliath versus Goliath. The Yankee Stadium debate was more of the classic David versus Goliath.”
Posted by lumi at April 14, 2006 9:52 AM