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...It was more telling who didn't attend the Real Estate Board of New York's annual banquet last week.
...Amid continuing pressure from the left wing - including the Working Families Party and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - to not accept campaign cash tied to the real-estate industry and other wealthy interests, the pols have all recently been no-shows, sources said.
...Another source who attended the event said the no-show pols "Don't want to be seen as close to real estate."
...The WFP in its 2020 questionnaire to candidates seeking its endorsement, asks: "Will you refuse all donations from corporate PACs, real estate and the charter school industry?".
...Cuomo's campaign kitty has received more than $5 million from real-estate donors during his gubernatorial campaigns.
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