Saturday, April 21, 2012

Pay to Play

Pay to Play Yankee Stadium

Yankees Giveth Money, Get A Stadium(YNN) • The Yankees contributed $50,000 to the Bronx Democratic County Commit¬tee from 2005 to 2010. • Top Yankee officials contributed a total of $25,600 to the campaigns of city and state politicians key to the stadium’s development. They made these gifts from 2003 to 2006. • Assembly Member Jose Rivera, former head of the Bronx Democratic County Committee, and his children received $8,850 in campaign contributions from the Yankees between 2006 and 2008. • Republican Senator Joseph Bruno, then majority leader, received $18,000 from the Yankees between 2006 and 2008. • The Yankees paid more than $300,000 in the first quarter of 2006 to the Mirram Group, a firm run by Roberto Ramirez, a former Bronx As¬sembly member and chair of the Bronx Democratic Party who had long-term relationships with Bronx elected officials. This was the single largest lobbying fee registered in the city in 2006.

 



Pay to Play Yankee Stadium
New York Yankees contributed heavily to politicians in drive for government assistance for new Yankee Stadium  $25,600 to city and state lawmakers between 2003 and 2006, report says

Pay to Play Yankee Stadium Boilers On Deck Seabrook
Yanks hit big blasts with local political donations (NYDN)   The Center for Working Families says the Yankees contributed a total of $25,600 between 2003 and 2006 to city and state lawmakers key to theStadium development. In addition, the team gave $50,000 to the Bronx Democratic County Committee between 2005 and 2010 and $18,000 to then-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno between 2006 and 2008. Assemblyman Jose Rivera, who used to head the Bronx Democratic committee, and his children received $8,850 from the team between 2006 and 2008. In a new report released in time for Opening Day, the Center for Working Families says the Yankees contributed considerable campaign cash to city and state lawmakers key to development of the new stadium. * Yankee execs will testify against Councilman Larry Seabrook (NYP) * CWF: What Yankees gave, got when building stadium(TU)

 

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