City Councilman David Weprin, a Democrat, is getting some unusual help in his campaign for city comptroller.
The first name listed as a host of his November 29 fund-raiser is Adam Barsky, the former Deputy Secretary for Republican Governor George Pataki.
Barsky later became the Director of the New York City Office of Management and Budget under Rudy Giuliani, and the mayor’s Chief Financial Officer.
Which should make for some interesting conversation around the hors d’oeuvres table about the fiscal prudence of the previous Republican administrations.
Here’s the email:
Adam Barsky, David Borowich, Alan Cutter, Alon Harnoy, Ari Mentzel, Adam Rudich, Zoya Raynes, Jason Sheller, Sharon Tzur, and Bram Weber
At a cocktail reception with
New York City Council Finance Chair
Councilman David Weprin
Thursday, November 29, 2007
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Law offices of Kramer Levin
1177 Avenue of the Americas
(between 46th and 47th streets)
New York, NY
UPDATE:
Weprin confirmed that he is in fact a friend of Barsky from their days at SUNY-Albany (where I graduated from years later). But a source close to Barsky said that even though he will be supporting Weprin for comptroller, his name was accidentally added to this event and that Barsky won’t be attending it. That’s because Barsky is hosting a fund-raiser for his old boss, Rudy Giuliani, the same night.
The invite for that Barsky event, is below.
NEW YORK CITY FINANCE CHAIR
KEN LANGONE
NATIONAL FINANCE LEADER
JOHN FASO HOST COMMITTEE
*PARTIAL LISTING AT TIME OF PRINTING
ARTHUR L. AIDALA
JONATHAN A. BALLAN
ADAM L. BARSKY
ROSS C. BEVEVINO
BARTLE BULL
MICHAEL CAREY
AGOSTINO CANGEMI
ANTHONY COLES
PATRICK CONDREN
VICTOR CONSOLI
DANIEL CONNOLLY
ALEXANDER CONTI
RICK DEL MASTRO
WILLIAM J. DIAMOND
JOHN S. DYSON
JOSEPH G. FARRELL, JR.
BRUCE GELB
SANDER GERBER
EVANGELINE AND GEORGE GIORDANO
CATHERINE GIULIANI
SENATOR MARTY GOLDEN
BILL GROSS
IRENE HALLIGAN
ROBERT M. HARDING
ERIC HATZIMEMOS
KAREN HENRY
GEOFFREY HESS
GAIL HILSON
MEL IMMERGUT
TAMRA AND JOSEPH LHOTA
OLIVER LIBBY
JOHN L. MASCIALINO
RANDY MASTRO
TERRY NEESE
SYLVIA NG
RISTYNE L. NICHOLAS
PETER J. POWERS
WILLIAM PRATT
MARJORIE RAINES
DANIEL D. RICCIARDI
JOSEPH B. ROSE
MAURY SATIN
BART M. SCHWARTZ
STEVEN SINACORI
MARY SMITH
THOMAS VON ESSEN
JOANNE YOUNG
CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND A DINNER RECEPTION HONORING RUDOLPH W. GIULIANI TO BENEFIT THE RUDY GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE
SHERATON NEW YORK HOTEL AND TOWERS
811 SEVENTH AVE (AT 53RD STREET) METROPOLITAN BALLROOM NEW YORK CITY
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007