Manhattan Media publisher Tom Allon passed along the following invitation to his his first official fundraiser/campaign kickoff next month at the Empire State Building.
Although Mr. Allon has hired powerhouse fundraiser Cindy Darrison to help him raise money, the host committee has names on it that may not be familiar to those in the political class.
The Politicker set our crack intern, Steve Duffy, to see if he couldn’t track down who some of these folks are:
Katherine Benson–PTA at Frank McCourt High School
Richard Burns – Chairman of Manhattan Media
Barak Dunayer – president and founder of BARAK Realty
Mark Katz – he’s a humorist, speechwriter, author, and humor consultant to politicians
Susan Kittenplan – former executive editor of Allure magazine
Deanna Korey – senior vice president at Corcoran Realty
Doug Levine – Founder of Crunch Fitness
Greg Manocherian – Real Estate developer, family owns New York Health and Racquet Club
Eric Messinger–Editor of New York Family, a Manhattan Media publication
Felise Milan – professor of clinical medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.
Steven Nachman– Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney
Eric Raymon– lawyer and publisher
Ed Rekosh–Human Rights Attorney, professor at Columbia
Christa Santangelo – clinical psychologist
Dan Rattiner–former publisher, Dan’s Papers
Barbara Bergman Witt–publisher of New York Family, a Manhattan Media publication
Full invite below:

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how about identifying this Linda Alexander for me? If she’s who I think she is, it could signal a turf war w/ Scott Stringer?
I wonder how much of his campaign cash will go to his “Media” empire ?
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