Lobbyist Dating Carl Heastie Cleared to Return to Assembly — and Ethics Attorney Quits
As the relationship was coming to light, Heastie returned $5,000 in campaign cash to a labor group from which he’d recused himself.
Update: March 26, 2024 — This story has been updated to note that a Mason Tenders spokesperson provided an erroneous statement referring to "donations," plural, because he had misheard McGuire, rather than McGuire having misspoken himself.
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