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COURIER L 4 IFE, MAR. 26-APR. 1, 2021
BYBEN VERDE
As the 2021 mayoral race
heats up, Borough President
Eric Adams has received
more campaign donations
from Brooklynites than any
of his competitors — raising
a whopping $820,000 from his
fellow Kings Countians.
A map from the city’s
Campaign Finance Board
paints a picture of where the
millions of campaign dollars
are fl owing, with Adams
leading the pack among candidates
collecting donations
from Brooklyn — and entrepreneur
Andrew Yang, City
Comptroller Scott Stringer,
former Sanitation Commissioner
Kathryn Garcia, and
activist Maya Wiley trailing
steadily behind the Beep.
Former Obama Cabinet
Secretary Shaun Donavan
and non-profi t executive Dianne
Morales have also produced
strong showings in the
borough.
Adams, a second-term
borough president and former
state senator, has seen a
strong base of support among
the relatively conservative
Marine Park and Mill Basin
neighborhoods, where he’s
pulled in $95,380, according
to campaign fi lings.
Bay Ridge has also provided
a signifi cant windfall
for the Beep, with residents
of the 11209 zip code donating
$39,240. Residents of Bedford
Stuyvesant, where Adams
lives, have contributed
$49,664 through the campaign
— showing Adams’
broad appeal across disparate
political factions.
Former presidential candidate
Yang has raised over
$305,000 from Brooklynites,
while Stringer, a prodigious
fundraiser and resident of
the distant isle of Manhattan,
has raised over $237,300
in the borough.
In addition to Adams’
dominance on his turf, the
map also shows other candidates
doing well on their
home fi elds — such as in Park
Slope, where neighborhood
native Garcia out-raised all
her rivals with $54,724 from
492 of her neighbors.
Overall, in nearly all
cases, residents of zip codes
covering Park Slope and
Brooklyn Heights donated
far more money than any
other areas in Brooklyn.
Outside of the borough’s
limits, Yang has steamrolled
the fundraising fi eld, collecting
$6.5 million in just 57 days
from 15,600 donors. Much
of Yang’s support comes
from devout followers of his
2020 presidential campaign,
where, despite low name recognition,
he outlasted more
established candidates like
then-Senator Kamala Harris
and Congressmember
Beto O’Rourke with his idea
for no-strings-attached cash
payments to all Americans.
The eccentric entrepreneur
also leads public polls, with
28 percent of respondents
choosing Yang as their candidate
of choice in a recent
Politico poll.
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