Will Bredderman

1 week ago | politico.com | Will Bredderman

For decades, New York politics was defined by party machines, yes, but also a hyper-engaged voting public. Now, with the end of both, a candidate’s star-power is all that counts. Illustration by Jade Cuevas/POLITICO (source images via AP, Getty Images and iStock) Will Bredderman is a veteran political journalist, having begun his career at the Bay Ridge Courier and most recently served on the staff of the Daily Beast.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Will Bredderman

A mayoral campaign aide to Andrew Cuomo resigned after The Post questioned the years he spent working for companies tied to the Chinese Communist Party and his meteoric rise through the Democratic Party, which alarmed local politicos and national security experts alike. Dr. Lining “Larry” He stepped down from his role as Cuomo’s Asian outreach director Friday, a week after The Post reached out to him and the Cuomo campaign about his extensive business ties to his native China.

3 weeks ago | jerseyvindicator.org | Will Bredderman

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop is running for governor as a reformer, vowing to break the power of New Jersey’s notorious political bosses. But amid the global COVID-19 crisis and a glut of federal money, the Democrat’s administration pulled a classic backroom move — steering tens of millions of dollars in no-bid contracts for its vaccination program to a then-unknown company, Bespoke Health, whose owners later underwrote a portion of the mayor’s travel to France and boosted his political allies.

1 month ago | jerseyvindicator.org | Will Bredderman

U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer followed up his New Jersey gubernatorial campaign launch last fall with a massive digital ad buy from his congressional office — a payment to a vendor linked to his political operation that Washington watchdogs say looks like a flagrant use of public funds to advance the Democrat’s political ambitions. Days after Gottheimer kicked off his bid for Drumthwacket on Nov.

2 months ago | nypost.com | Will Bredderman

New York City Council boss and mayoral hopeful Adrienne Adams helped funnel millions of dollars to her Queens church and its affiliated non-profits — part of the powerful political machine of her close ally, ex-Rep. Floyd Flake. During her time as speaker for the past three years the Council has funneled more than $3 million in taxpayer dough to organizations affiliated with the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Jamaica, led by Flake and his wife M. Elaine Flake.