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Dan Loeb

Dan Loeb

  • Why is Governor Cuomo Returning Weinstein’s Money But Keeping Loeb’s?

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    Gov. Cuomo (photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Governor's Office)


    New York’s political world was rocked recently by revelations that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, a major donor to Governor Andrew Cuomo and other top New York Democrats, had a long and sordid history of predatory sexual harassment -- and possibly sexual assault -- of women.

    Initially Gov. Cuomo balked at giving back the $111,400 in contributions he had received from Weinstein. But a few days later, after Mayor Bill de Blasio called on all elected officials to return

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  • Malliotakis Received Max Contribution from Dan Loeb

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    Nicole Malliotakis (photo: @NMalliotakis)


    Daniel Loeb, the investor, political donor, and charter school network leader who has found himself embroiled in controversy after racially charged remarks about State Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, donated the maximum allowable contribution of $4,950 to the campaign of presumptive Republican mayoral nominee Nicole Malliotakis.

    The brash board chair of the Success Academy Charter Schools Network and CEO of the Third Point hedge fund said in a Thursday Facebook post that

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