Developer of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse fined for illegal de Blasio contribution
Mega-developer Toll Brothers admitted to the state’s ethical oversight commission in July that the company had illegally donated $25,000 to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s not-for-profit “Campaign for One New York” at a time when the developer was working to develop a hotel and condo in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The NYS Joint Commission on Public Ethics fined Toll Brothers $15,000 for the donation at the time the city was overseeing approvals for the 1 Hotel and Pierhouse complex. Toll Brothers has agreed to the fine and has waived its right to appeal.
The settlement agreement was signed on July 8 but was just released by the city on Thursday. It was first reported in the news outlet THE CITY.