{"id":7729,"date":"2016-05-18T12:48:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T17:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=7729"},"modified":"2016-05-18T12:48:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T17:48:38","slug":"wework_together_to_implement_a_truly_progressive_agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2016\/05\/wework_together_to_implement_a_truly_progressive_agenda.html","title":{"rendered":"WeWork Together To Implement A Truly Progressive Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily News divines the going rate for access to the mayor<\/a>:<\/p>\n

How much does a phone call to pitch your product to the top reaches of Mayor de Blasio’s administration cost? $68,750, apparently.<\/p>\n

That’s how much a company that’s been accused of ignoring workers’ rights sent to de Blasio’s campaign just five days after their paid lobbyist snagged a coveted phone chat with Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen.<\/p>\n

WeWork, a company that provides office space across the city, paid lobbyist Global Strategy Group Jan. 1 to press the mayor on unspecified “procurement” issues, records show.<\/p>\n

Global’s Jon Silvan got right to work, and on Jan. 6 he was able to get the extremely busy Glen, who is running de Blasio’s much-touted affordable housing program, to take his call, the mayor’s office confirmed Saturday.<\/p>\n

During the call, Silvan pitched “future projects” WeWork wants to do with the city.<\/p>\n

Two days later, on Jan. 8, WeWork Vice President Arana Hankin began collecting 19 checks totaling $68,750 for de Blasio’s 2017 reelection bid.<\/p>\n

[. . .]<\/p>\n

Ongoing probes of de Blasio’s fund-raising tactics are focused on multiple issues, including whether any of his donors got anything in return for raising or donating big bucks to the mayor.<\/p>\n

On Friday, de Blasio spokesman Austin Finan confirmed the chat between WeWork’s lobbyist and Glen and said it “was held to discuss potential future projects.” He declined to discuss the bundled checks.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for WeWork said, “These contributions were made in support of the mayor’s policies.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Daily News divines the going rate for access to the mayor: How much does a phone call to pitch your product to the top reaches of Mayor de Blasio’s administration cost? $68,750, apparently. That’s how much a company that’s been accused of ignoring workers’ rights sent to de Blasio’s campaign just five days after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-things_that_make_you_go_oy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7730,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729\/revisions\/7730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}