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OUR
ADVOCATE
September 17
, 2009
Via First Class Mail and Facsimile to 212-
442-
1407
Mark Davies
Executive DirectorCity of New YorkConfhcts of Interest Board2 Lafayette Street
, Suite 10 10
New York, NY 10007
Re:
Conflicts ofInterest Board Case No. 2006-
400 (Bill de Blasio)
Dear Mr. Davies
A recent investigation has revealed that while serving as a member ofthe City Council
, Bill deBlasio accepted $33
000 from the "Progressive America Foundation" a group that sharesleadership and an address with organizations that may have lobbied de Blasio while in the
Council. Afer being exposed by
the
New York Daily News
de Blasio recently provided a
Conflict ofInterest Board (COIB) opinion from Case
No. 2006-
400.
First
, de Blasio
s 2006 Financial Disclosure listed as outside income between $5
000 and
$34
999 for serving as a "
Consultant" for the "
Progressive America Foundation
" with an addressof "
4 Nevins Street
, Brooklyn
, New York." Your
opmlOn states that de BlaslO mformed the
COIB of a payment of only $6
000
, in contrast with $33
000 that the
New York Daily News
reports him to have received for work that was said to have occurred largely out of state.
Second
, de Blasio has failed to release the letter that generated your opinion leaving several
questions from Eric GIOIa, Chair ofthe City
Council Committee on Oversight and Investigationsand former candidate for Public Advocate, who I join in posing three initial questions regarding
de Blasio s letter:
1) Did de Blasio disclose to the COIB that he would be paid $33000 for less than 5
months of work pnor to their opmion?
2) Did de Blasio disclose to the COIB that the non-
profit shared offce space with
Working Families Pary (WFP), which lobbies the City Council and
endorses City
Council candidates?
3) Did de Blasio disclose to the COIB that the non-profit was controlled by the sameindivIduals and organizations who control the WFP and who lobby the City Council?
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