{"id":161574,"date":"2021-01-23T21:45:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/james-dolan-pours-4m-into-2021-nyc-mayoral-race\/"},"modified":"2021-01-23T21:45:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T18:45:53","slug":"james-dolan-pours-4m-into-2021-nyc-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-dolan-pours-4m-into-2021-nyc-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"#James Dolan pours $4M into 2021 NYC mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#James Dolan pours $4M into 2021 NYC mayoral race<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Madison Square Garden boss James Dolan has placed a $4 million bet on the upcoming NYC mayoral election \u2014 and he\u2019s hoping to have better luck in politics than he\u2019s had with his Knicks or Rangers in recent years.<\/p>\n

The polarizing sports and entertainment mogul has formed a new political expenditure committee called \u201cThe Coalition to Restore New York\u201d<\/a> and seeded it with $4 million in cash from the Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. and Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.<\/p>\n

Dolan, 65, said he\u2019s willing to spend more money if need be to educate voters about who might best lead Gotham before the June 2021 Democratic primary.<\/p>\n

Dolan\u2019s new committee plans to inundate the five boroughs with TV spots, direct mail, digital ads and other educational messages \u2014 and demand answers from all the candidates on \u201cthe five questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those questions are: How will you stop the exodus of residents from New York City? How will you address the city\u2019s increasing budget deficit? How will you get New Yorkers back to work? How will you make our city\u2019s streets safer? And how will you bring back tourism?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to get so sick and tired of hearing about these five questions by June,\u201d Dolan laughed. \u201cBelieve me. That\u2019s my goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t think that just because we all get vaccinated that New York is going to come back,\u201d he warned, adding that his wealthy friends have fled to low-tax states like Texas and Florida. \u201cThat\u2019s the part that really scares me. A big part of New York won\u2019t come back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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James Dolan has already donated so several NYC mayoral candidates, including former Citigroup vice chairman Ray McGuire.<\/figcaption>
Patrick T. Fallon\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dolan, a longtime conservative stalwart who gave more than $100,000 to the Republican National Committee last year, said he had no expectation the city GOP will be able to field a credible candidate for City Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really not about the November elections. The mayor of New York is most likely going to be chosen in June,\u201d he said, referring to the Democratic Party primary.<\/p>\n

Dolan has already sprinkled some cash<\/a> to Democratic candidates who have impressed him so far. Banker Ray McGuire, and former Office of Management and Budget director and Obama Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan have each gotten $5,100. He gave $2,000 to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to encourage people who I think are going to help New York,\u201d Dolan said. \u201cI think so far those three but there will probably be more\u201d to whom he donates.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who is running for mayor, is pictured outside the Prospect Park subway stop in 2018.<\/figcaption>
Annie Wermiel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Other notable Dem contenders for the city\u2019s top job include former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, ex-Blaz counsel Maya Wiley and City Comptroller Scott Stringer. <\/p>\n

GOP hopefuls, meanwhile, are few and far between. John Catsimatidis, a billionaire and likely the party\u2019s strongest contender, has lately been talking about running as a Democrat<\/a>. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani\u2019s son Andrew has also talked about getting in the race.<\/p>\n

Dolan said his favorite mayor was Mike Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe and I weren\u2019t always best of friends. We disagreed about the West Side Stadium and about the Olympics, and we locked horns with things like that, but I still think he was very good mayor,\u201d Dolan said. <\/p>\n

Dolan\u2019s mayor\u2019s-race foray comes after he stuck his nose into the Staten Island Congressional race last year. After being insulted by Rep. Max Rose over his management of the Knicks, an angry Dolan poured at least $50,000 into the coffers of GOP challenger Nicole Malliotakis \u2014 and urged his wealthy friends to pony up too. Rose lost in a landslide. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happ<\/a>y for her that she got elected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dolan said he was motivated to step in as the city continues to face devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. His own Knicks and Rangers have been forced to play game<\/a>s without fans \u2014\u00a0putting a big hole in MSG finances. The Garden reported a $78.5 million loss in its fiscal fourth quarter of 2020, and public filings show the pandemic could cost MSG Sports $450 million in lost revenue on an annualized basis. <\/p>\n

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Former Obama housing secretary Shaun Donovan speaks during a virtual announcement of his candidacy for the 2021 NYC mayoral race.<\/figcaption>
Bebeto Matthews\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sports boss said he was very much open to federal assistance. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping for help from everywhere,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need help. It\u2019s not political. \u2026 We need solutions.\u201d <\/p>\n

He said he was hoping for the success of Joe Biden and the new administration. <\/p>\n

\u201cI hope everything goes well there because to hope that somebody doesn\u2019t do well in a position like that is like hoping for the milk man to bring you sour milk,\u201d said Dolan. \u201cIt\u2019s our government. I don\u2019t want it to run badly. I want it to run well no matter who it is.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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