Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is raising big bucks from business interests in the final days of her race against GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin.
— as her tight race against Republican Lee Zeldin enters its final days.
Records show James Dolan and his family, which owns Madison Square Garden and the Knicks and Rangers teams that play there, receives a lucrative state tax break,, and have pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into a super PAC pushing for Hochul. Architect Aleksandra Chancy, whose consulting business has contracted with the state on big projects like the Second Avenue Subway, gave $17,100, records show, while Solomon Werdiger, board chair at Agudath Israel, which supports Orthodox causes at the state level, gave $25,000 to Hochul.
The influx of tens of thousands of dollars in new donations follows months in which Hochul’s record campaign war chest has attracted criticism over alleged pay-to-play arrangements with donors like a“This all comes to an end when Lee Zeldin is governor and it’s the taxpayers of New York whose interests will be the only ones represented,” Langworthy said.Both Hochul and Rep. Lee Zeldin have about $6 million on hand, according to campaign filings from Friday.
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