NYC Mayor Race: Who Are Andrew Cuomo’s Donors?

There are a lot of rich people who want Andrew Cuomo to be our next mayor. On Monday, the latest disclosure statement from the New York City Campaign Finance Board showed that a pro-Cuomo super-PAC, Fix the City, has brought in around $10 million in the past five months alone. By the New York Times ’ accounting , 16 billionaires have put their money behind the disgraced former governor .

New York politics has long been a pay-to-play operation, but Cuomo’s robust list of donors shows who apparently wants to gain access to the leading Democratic contender. And even if the PAC is shattering records for outside money spent in a mayoral election, it also shows just how little it costs for these real-estate interests and the usual ultrawealthy suspects to buy into the game. (What is