New York Post
Mayor de Blasio has ties to two of the firms representing the New York Blood Center in its controversial tower plan, which has been fiercely opposed by its Upper East Side neighbors and other elected officials.
The de Blasio administration has pushed the project, with Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi submitting testimony in favor of the expansion plan to the City Council, which held a marathon public hearing on the project earlier this month. A vice president at the city’s public hospital system also supported it.