By William Neuman and J. David Goodman
In the
years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Mayor’s Fund to Advance the City
of New York became a fund-raising juggernaut: The city-run nonprofit,
which channels donations to city programs or causes, raised tens of
millions of dollars from private sources.
But
under Mayor Bill de Blasio, the fund has not kept pace. Contributions
are stagnant, if not falling, and now support fewer programs.
And
the chairwoman of the nonprofit, Chirlane McCray, has largely been
missing in action: She has attended less than half of the fund’s board
meetings, and her outreach to donors has been sporadic.
Ms.
McCray, the mayor’s wife, has not even set foot in the fund’s office
for nearly a year; her public schedules in 2017 recorded less than 20
hours spent on Mayor’s Fund business during the entire year.
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Source: The New York Times (via Empire Report New York)
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