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Feiner financials raise some ethical conflict of interest issues, his protests notwithstanding
Grassroots for Greenburgh provides the following two documents as a public service to Greenburgh residents.
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Paul Feiner
Financial Disclosure
Statement-July 15, 2005.pdf
(1.4 MB) Paul Feiner Financial Disclosure Statement-August 12, 2005.pdf (438 KB) Please note: These documents are provided in Adobe PDF format, which requires the free Adobe reader, available at the Adobe web site.
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These are the financial disclosure statements [required for all candidates by the New York State Board of Elections] for Paul Feiner, Supervisor of the Town of Greenburgh, for the periods 1/15/05—7/15/05 and 7/16/05—8/12/05. Mr. Feiner is a candidate again for Supervisor in the upcoming Democratic primary on Tuesday, September 13, 2005.
The documents demonstrate that Mr. Feiner is well funded, with campaign reserves in excess of $130,000. Additionally, Mr. Feiner garners the continued support of developers’ lawyers who have active projects before the Town. This clearly is a conflict of interest, notwithstanding Mr. Feiner’s protestations to the contrary.
In an 8/19/05 letter published in The Journal News, Mr. Feiner states, "'contributions will not be accepted from those who have current applications pending before the Town of Greenburgh at the time the contribution is made.' I have returned campaign contributions sent to me this year by those who have current applications pending before the town.”
But Mr. Feiner obfuscates. Attorneys for developers act as their seconds. The following law firms represent clients with active and current applications pending before the Town and have contributed to the Feiner campaign:
McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt, LLP (5/31/05 contribution of $500, and a previous contribution of $750) are representing BMW and the Scarsdale Golf Club, both with applications with contentious issues before the Town.
DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Tartaglia Wise and Wiederkehr, LLP (5/27/05 contribution of $250 and a previous contribution of $500) are representing the Greenburgh Health Center and Nob Hill clients, again, two projects which have aroused some deep community concerns and have current applications pending before the Town. See: The Scarsdale Inquirer -- July 29, 2005
Snyder & Snyder, LLP (4/22/05 contribution of $500 and a previous contribution of $1,000) are long time supporters of Paul Feiner and contributed then and now to the Supervisor’s campaigns. See: The Scarsdale Inquirer -- July 29, 2005
In a 1999 press release, the Secor Homes Civic Association, Inc. (SHCA) took the Supervisor to task for taking campaign contributions from Snyder & Snyder.
“SHCA members noted that Paul Feiner is a personal friend and recipient of campaign funds from Snyder & Snyder, LLP, attorneys for Nextel. SHCA also noted that Mr. Feiner has publicly acknowledged trying to help Snyder and Snyder expedite the Nextel/WFAS application even though it failed to conform to Town standards. Principals at Snyder and Snyder also served on Feiner’s congressional campaign committee. Mr. Feiner has previously stated he needs $600,000 to $700,000 for his next congressional campaign.” See: SHCA Press Release--March 8, 1999.
Snyder & Snyder, LLP still represent telecommunications companies doing business in Greenburgh.