Real Estate industry has a hand in financing mayoral race

Real Estate Weekly, July 4, 2001

Dimitrios Adamidis, Olymbion Construction, Brooklyn, $500.

Peter Albano, Albano Plumbing & Heating, Mount Vernon, NY, $4,500.

Andres Alvarez, Corinthian Construction, Lodi, N.J., $500.

Richard Appelbaum, Appelbaum Realty Association, Ardsley, $500.

David Berley, Walter and Samuels, Inc., Manhattan, $4,500.

Scott Bromley, Bromley, Caldari, Manhattan, $250.

Eduardo Cirilo, self-employed roofer, Manhattan, $250.

Kenneth Colao, York Hunter, Inc., Manhattan, $1,500.

Theresa Colao, York Hunter, Inc., Manhattan, $1,500.

James Coleman, Houlihan & Parnes Realtors, Scarsdale, $690.

Louis Coletti, Building Trades Employers Association, Manhattan, $2,500.

Fran Condon, Joseph Hilton Association, Manhattan, $500.

Scott Coopchik, Jones Lang Lasalle, Manhattan, $500.

Jorge Davila, C.P. Associates, Manhattan, $125.

Lawrence Davis, Emmes.& Co., Manhattan, $500.

John DiMartino, U.S. Environmental Insulation Inc., Hicksville, $250.

Alex Doulis, School Construction Authority, Long Island City, $1,000.

Ira Drukier, self-employed real estate broker, Manhattan, $4,500.

Walter Edwards, Harlem Business Alliance, Manhattan, $500.

Gerard Federico, self-employed lighting contractor, Bronx, $250.

Frascatore Construction Service, Flushing, $200.

Evangelos Gatzonis, Triple A Enterprises, Westbury, $1,000.

Perry Gault, Perry Gault Management Co. Inc., Bronx, $300.

Anthony Genovese, Magnetic Construction Group, Long Island City, $500.

Moshe Granit, Namdan, Inc., Brooklyn, $100.

Dimitrios Hanjis, JCH Delta Contracting Inc., Long Island City, $250.

Stanley Hiltelsohn, Marstan Development Corp., Manhattan, $250.

George Jaffee, Eastway Construction, Brooklyn, $250.

Scott Jaffee, Eastway Construction, Brooklyn, $500.

Steve Katsoufis, self-employed painter, Yonkers, $250.

Sharon Kern, Cool Sheet Metal, Bay Shore, $3,500.

Savas Konstantinides, Omega Brokerage Inc., Astoria, $500.

Stella Kordes, Vertical Design Construction, Long Island City, $250.

Janine Kourakas, IDX Construction, Manhattan, $1,732.

Paul Landfair, Hill International, Philadelphia, Pa., $50.

Bryan Lee, self-employed building contractor, Kansas City, Mo., $25.

John Lese, York Hunter, Manhattan, $3,000.

Sheldon Mann, Langsam Property Services Corp., Bronx, $300.

Charles Marangoudakis, Marangos Construction Corp., Maspeth, $1,000.

Tony Martello, Martell Contracting, Bronx, $4,500.

Mason Tenders PAC, Manhattan, $1,000.

Francis McArdle, General Contractors Association, Manhattan, $500.

Edward McCaffroy, O'Hara Contracting Inc., $100.

Richard Meier, self-employed architect, Manhattan, $500.

Ronay Menschel, Phipps Houses, Manhattan, $250.

Emmanuel Michelakis, EMCO Tech Construction, Astoria, $500.

Carl Mills, JCH Delta Contracting Inc., Long Island City, $250.

Edward Myers Jr., Myers Smith & Granady Inc., Manhattan, $500.

Sase Narine, SPN Enterprises, South Ozone Park, $500.

Eric Nelson, Vintage Real Estate, Manhattan, $250.

Joseph Olivieri, The Association of Wall, Ceiling & CA, Hicksville, $2,105.

Michael Patmanidis, J.C.H. Delta Contracting, Long Island City, $100.

Dominic Picinich, CHA, Picinich & Associates, Englewood, N.J., $100.

Craig Samson, Mall Properties Inc., Manhattan, $2,000.

Peter Samton, Gruzen Samton Architects, Manhattan, $250.

William Schacht, Lookwood Greene, Manhattan, $100.

Stephen Siegel, Insignia/ESG Inc., Manhattan, $4,500.

Avi Slansky, Wavecrest Management, Flushing, $500.

Sonia Somerville, Goodstein Realty, Manhattan, $1,000.

James Stefatos, Vertical Design Construction, Long Island City, $2,500.

Richard Steinberg, Mall Properties, Manhattan, $2,000.

Rhina Sue, EMCO Plumbing & Heating Inc., Manhattan, $100.

Sam Suzuki, Suzuki Associates, Manhattan, $250.

Gary Tischler, Emmes & Company, Manhattan, $1,000.

Richard Tomasetti, Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers, Manhattan, $1,000.

Suzanne Wertz, Gruning, Wertz & Associates, Manhattan, $100.

John Williams, Micen Kuuk Williams & Associates, Rutherford, N.J., $100.

As the election that will determine the city's next mayor draws near, more attention is being paid to the issue of campaign financing. While Republican Michael Bloomberg has pledged to finance his campaign with his own money, each of the four Democratic candidates has raised millions in their quest to become the next mayor.

As of Jan. 11 - the last reporting date required under the city's Campaign Finance Board rules - Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer had raised $3.37 million, Public Advocate Mark Green $3.57 million, City Controller Alan Hevesi $6.11 million, and Peter Vallone $3.45 million. Republican candidate Herman Badillo has raised $11,680.

Of those contributions, a significant portion comes from the real estate industry. In fact, a story in The New York Times said the Real Estate Board of New York is planning to raise $250,000 for each of the four Democratic candidates.

In light of the industry's role in campaign finance, Real Estate Weekly researched each candidate's campaign records. Over the next several weeks, REW will print a detailed list of real estate industry donations received by each candidate. Because the list contains only those transactions that occurred after Jan. 1, it will contain only a portion of the real estate industry donations received by candidates during the entire election cycle. The city campaign finance law limits individual contributions to $4,500 and bans corporate donations altogether.