What You Should Know
By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz
32nd Senatorial District
You should know that the Mayor of
the City of New York is under fire and he is facing 5 different investigations.
It is important for you to know
that I never supported Mayor de Blasio when he was a Mayoral Candidate,
and instead. I supported Eric Salgado and Bill Thompson. For the record,
I don’t like Bill de Blasio’s policies, we have nothing in common, and
I have not met with him nor spoken with him in person since he was elected
Mayor. But as I see him being subject to what looks like selective prosecution,
I must speak out.
It is important for you to know
that Risa S. Sugarman, who was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to serve
as the Chief Enforcement Officer for the Board of Elections, sent a report
to the Manhattan District Attorney regarding Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “willful
and flagrant” campaign law violations.
Ms. Sugarman’s report prompted
a criminal investigation into Mayor de Blasio’s fund-raising.
According to Ms. Sugarman’s report,
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his team raised money to send to certain County
Committees in 2014 to help Democrats running for the State Senate. In a
response to Ms. Sugarman’s report, a criminal investigation against Mayor
de Blasio is underway.
You should also know that City and
State’s Winners and Losers column for the week ending 4/29/2016 included
NY Times columnist Jim Dwyer in the Winners’ column for successfully “putting
pressure on state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman
to explain her selective investigation process.
This hat-tip tip Jim Dwyer includes
his April 28, 2016 column “Faulting
de Blasio for Walking a Beaten Path in Elections.”
Mr. Dwyer wrote:
“In
2008, when Michael R. Bloomberg was mayor, he gave $1.2 million to the
tiny Independence Party, which used the money to help the campaigns of
two Republican senators in Queens, Frank Padavan and Serphin R. Maltese
… Mr. Bloomberg also gave $500,000 to the Republicans’ Senate campaign
committee, which supported Mr. Padavan and Mr. Maltese in their races.”
As you can see, Mayor
de Blasio’s actions are not the first time a Mayor has used his political
power and resources to influence New York State Senate races. This is routinely
done by Democrats and Republicans alike, and we all know it.
I have to ask myself, how is it
that Mayor de Blasio is being investigated and has received subpoenas from
the Manatten District Attorney and the US Attorney General, and how is
it that he is being lambasted on the front pages and editorial columns
of New York’s daily newspapers, when the things he did are no different
that what Michael Bloomberg did when he was New York City’s Mayor?
Why was there no outcry for investigations
and allegations made when Michael Bloomberg also violated New York’s Campaign
Finance laws by donating large amounts of money to the Republican and Independent
Parties in order to hold sway over certain State Senate elections?
If everyone does it, how come only
Mayor Bill de Blasio is being held accountable?
I am Senator Reverend Rubén Díaz
and this is what you should know.
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ReplyDeleteYour headline also applies analogously to Donald Trump. You’re right everyone does it, not just him.
ReplyDeleteThey do it to him only because he’s a putz and very disliked, kind of like Trump. What they do is no big deal, nothing that hasn’t been done before, but the witch hunters will do what they do.
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