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Silver Praises Ratner
Wonder what sort of over the top praise one can get from a $58,420
contribution to Sheldon Silver's Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee slush
fund? Here's Silver at an awards dinner for Bruce Ratner (the source of that $58,420
in January):
Met
Council’s Annual Builder’s Luncheon Raises One Million Dollars
August 18, 2008 (New York, NY) –Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
(Met Council) netted more than one million dollars this past week, during its
annual Builder’s Luncheon honoring Bruce Ratner, Chairman and CEO of Forest
City Ratner Companies.
The nearly 500 guests spanned the real estate, political and communal spectrum.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Congressman Anthony Weiner and Brooklyn
Borough President Marty Markowitz praised Mr. Ratner for his work in developing
New York City. The keynote speaker, Speaker of the Assembly Sheldon Silver,
presented Mr. Ratner with a beautifully decorated charity box.
Speaker Silver commented in his address, “Bruce is responsible for much
of the development and growth that’s gone on in Brooklyn and in Manhattan.
He is a major force in New York City for the good.”
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article
Many Brooklynites and New Yorkers and developers would beg to differ.
Posted: 8.20.08
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