New York Focus is reporting on the hidden flows of money, power and favors behind the Bronx political machine.
The chair of Assembly Democrats’ campaign committee said he wasn’t aware his organization had sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Bronx.
The disclosures included over a dozen missing or incomplete reports covering a period of more than four years.
A Bronx political firm close to the borough’s Democratic party chair, Jamaal Bailey, is cashing in on local civil court races.
Our reporting spurred the disclosure of millions in spending and illuminated the networks behind the Bronx political machine.
It’s not clear what the money was used for in a county where Democrats outnumber Republicans ten-to-one.
An expert calls the six-figure haul “extraordinary” for an unpaid party seat whose powers are picking judges, poll workers, and party officers.