Politicians find gold on Upper East Side ;ZIP code tops for many candidates; city's runners-up.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Crain's New York Business, March, 2000 by lipowicz, alice

Financier Lewis Eisenberg wrote checks for $75,000 to the Republican National Committee last year from his Upper East Side home in ZIP code 10021. Neighbors Henry Kravis and Russell Carson also wrote checks to GOP committees-for $50,000 each-and nearby hotel executive Jonathan Tisch gave $25,000 to the Democratic party.

They all live in the ZIP code that delivers more political cash than almost any other in the country, a total of $5.9 million in the 2000 federal races so far. It's second only to lobbyist-heavy 20036 in Washington, D.C. Five other Manhattan ZIP codes-10022, 10028 and 10128 on the Upper East Side and 10023 and 10024 on the Upper West Side-also provide enormous sums for politicians. Thanks to newly accessible databases on the Internet and the...

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