Thursday, January 12, 2017

Aide to John Catsimatidis Doing Polling for 2017 NYC Mayoral Race


By Will Bredderman

An assistant to eccentric billionaire John Catsimatidis—the supermarket mogul who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for New York City mayor in 2013—sent a quasi-anonymous email poll asking New Yorkers their thoughts on Mayor Bill de Blasio and his potential rivals, a possible prelude to a second try at Gracie Mansion for the businessman.

A source forwarded the Observer a survey emailed to him from a group calling itself the “Red Zone Report,” which listed its address as 800 Third Avenue, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 110022. That address corresponds to the offices of Catsimatidis’s Red Apple Group, which runs the Gristedes and Red Apple grocery store chains, as well as his various real estate investments.

The message—subject lined “Poll on New York City Mayor 2017, 4 questions”—contains no other indication of its origin, and intimates it is merely seeking recipients’ opinions. 

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Source: The Observer (via The Empire Report)

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