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  • WeWork, a City Partner, Now Benefactor to and Beneficiary of De Blasio Campaign

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    Mayor de Blasio (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor's Office)


    A company that has spent thousands of dollars lobbying City Hall, is doing business with the city, and whose founders have made large campaign contributions to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign is now also a beneficiary of the mayor’s 2017 re-election campaign.

    Campaign finance filings show that since June 2, de Blasio’s campaign has occupied a space in Downtown Manhattan run by WeWork, a company that markets affordable, professional

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