From the Times Ledger:Queens’ most notorious developer of 2013 made a sizable political contribution to the borough’s most ambitious, federally indicted politician of the year.
About a month after he raised the indignation of aerosol art lovers everywhere by whitewashing the graffiti institution 5Pointz in Long Island City, owner/developer Jerry Wolkoff made a $10,000 donation in December to the re-election campaign of state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans). Smith is facing federal charges accusing him of trying to bribe Republican leaders to endorse him in a long-shot bid for mayor.
“I see Malcolm. I speak to him quite often. I believe in the guy,” Wolkoff said. “I know he might have a tough road ahead of him in this campaign, but I believe he’s good.”
Wolkoff said he believes Smith to be innocent and would have voted for him for mayor because he thinks the southeast Queens Democrat is a business-minded lawmaker who can spur job growth.
“I knew when I gave it to him that I’m going to be criticized, but if I believe in somebody, I’m going to back them,” he said.
3 comments:
When a developer say he "Thinks you're innocent" The feds better dig a little deeper...
this guy must be huffing spray paint.
the wrong people seem to have the most disposable income.
Hey, I thought all the weeklies were just tools of the machine and the developers.
Guess not.
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