By the Numbers
Gearing up for election DaY Compiled by Evan Bleier
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ew York City voters head to the polls Sept. 10 to cast primary ballots for a host of elective offices. In more than a few of the races, real estate is a power player — from six-figure donations to candidates with ties to the industry. Read on to find out all of the connections.
450
Number of real estate contributors in the latest campaign filing period, May 12 to July 11.
$3 billion
Net worth of mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis, real estate developer and supermarket mogul who wants to bring the World’s Fair back to the Big Apple.
$369,023
Total those donors ponied up during that period to all city races, including mayor and City Council.
54 cents
80,000
Number of affordable housing units that council President Christine Quinn wants to build if she’s elected mayor. (She lives in a $1.3 million apartment in Chelsea.)
Cost of printing a primary ballot.
$10 million
Funds pledged to council candidates by Jobs for New York, a political action committee spearheaded by the Real Estate Board of New York.
$5.26 million
Cash actually raised by REBNY’s PAC.
5
Number of years since comptroller challenger Eliot Spitzer was caught in a prostitution scandal and forced to resign as governor. He sought refuge in running his father’s real estate empire.
$185,000
Annual salary that Spitzer would receive if he is elected comptroller.
$425,000
Top amount donated to Jobs for New York by seven firms, each through an election-law loophole. The companies: Brookfield Office Properties, Durst Organization, Fisher Brothers, Glenwood Management, Jack Resnick & Co., Rudin Management and SL Green Realty.
40
Percentage of votes that a candidate needs to avoid a runoff and advance to the Nov. 5 general election.
$1.1 million
Value of row house in Park Slope, Brooklyn, that mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio calls home.
$30 million
Price that Spitzer Enterprises paid for the retail condo at 350 West Broadway in February.
$71,325
Total that mayoral candidate Jack Hidary, a cousin of the Hidrock Realty family, received from real estate players in the latest filing period. Only serial sexter Anthony Weiner received more — $85,011.
$3,850
Contribution that William and Arthur Zeckendorf, of Zeckendorf Development, each gave to council member Gale Brewer, who is running for Manhattan borough president.
Sources: The Real Deal, Crain’s, The New York Times, DecideNYC, Washington Post
HISToRICAL TREASuRE AT THE oSBoRNE
205 West 57th Street NIKKI FIELD Senior Global Real Estate Advisor, Associate Broker | 212.606.7669 | nikki.field@sothebyshomes.com | www.nikkifield.com PATRICIA WHEATLEY Global Real Estate Advisor, Associate Broker | 212.606.7613 | pat.wheatley@sothebyshomes.com
$4,500,000
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