“He would call whenever they needed money, or I would call whenever we had an issue,” Mr. Rechnitz said of Mr. Offinger. Campaign finance records show that Mr. Rechnitz bundled $41,000 for the mayor in his 2013 campaign. Mr. Rechnitz said Mr. de Blasio visited him at his office soon after Mr. Rechnitz met with Mr. Offinger. They talked about “different issues in the city, if he wins, who he should be appointing for certain positions.”“Just talking and getting to know one another,” Mr. Rechnitz said. Several times, Mr. Rechnitz’s testimony elicited what sounded like muffled laughs of disbelief from the audience.

Source: New York Times October 26, 2017 23:48 UTC