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Senator Savino Sticks With Consulting Firm Fined For Campaign Finance Violations

State Senator Diane Savino. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)State Senator Diane Savino has no plans to abandon her longtime consulting firm, The Advance Group, even though the company was fined tens of thousands of dollars last week for violating New York’s campaign finance laws, the Daily News Reports

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Former Council Candidate Igor Oberman Called Fundraisers From Government Office, Say Investigators

ObermanIgor Oberman, who ran in the Democratic primary and then in the general election as the Working Families Party candidate to replace former Councilman Michael Nelson, raised more than $40,000 from donors while using his work phone at Taxi and Limousine Commission job, a Department of Investigation report claims.