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Pols Who Tacitly Blessed NYC ACC and Its $1.4B Contract to Compete for City Fiscal "Watchdog"

Justin Brannan and Mark Levine want to be comptroller after keeping mum about the ACC's 34-year boondoggle.

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Brad Aaron
Nov 22, 2024
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Justin Brannan, Mark Levine, and Jenifer Rajkumar will compete in the 2025 Democratic primary for NYC comptroller.

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It’s November 22, 2024. This is The Weekly Poop.

This week, New York City Council Member Justin Brannan officially announced that he is running for comptroller in 2025, joining Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and state Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar in the race to be the city’s next fiscal guardian.

The three will compete in the Democratic primary, where most of the voting action is likely to be.

“I want to continue my service as chair of the [City Council] finance committee,” Brannan told WPIX, “as someone who — a watchdog — who, you know, makes …

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