John Petry
Apr 29, 2026
Hedge fund manager. School privatization advocate. Founder of Success Academy.
Follow the money · NY State Assembly, District 56
from the real estate industry, lobbyists, school privatizers, pro-Israel donors, GOP megadonors, and super PACs.

Ultra-wealthy real estate and Wall Street figures have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into this election to support AM Zinerman and other corporate backed incumbents, because they work for them, not us. This money never enters her campaign account; these groups spend it on her behalf.
Stefani Zinerman has accepted $172,361 directly from these figures.
Of every dollar Stefani Zinerman raised, this much comes from special interests:
The donations the campaign wants on the record. Open one for the full filing.
John Petry
Apr 29, 2026
Hedge fund manager. School privatization advocate. Founder of Success Academy.
New Yorkers For Putting Students First
Mar 13, 2026
PAC. Advocates for school privatization in NY. Affiliated with StudentsFirstNY. Backed by Wall Street. Its affiliated Super PAC made its name — "New Yorkers for a *Balanced* Albany" — while seeking to maintain Republican control of the NY State Senate.
Daniel Lubetzky
Jun 6, 2024
Billionaire. Gave to extreme MAGA Republicans including Nikki Haley and Senators John Cronyn, Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, and John Thune (FEC, source).
Joel Greenblatt
Mar 15, 2024
Billionaire hedge fund manager. Went on Fox to support Trump’s 2017 disastrous tax plan. Co-founder of Success Academy.
RPAC of NYS
Jun 13, 2024
Realtors PAC
Jack Cayre
Jun 10, 2024
Developer. Billionaire. President, The Cayre Group.
The Business Council Pac
Mar 12, 2026
PAC of the Business Council, which lobbies against the affordability agenda, tenant protections, economic justice, taxes on the rich, environmental regulations. (Website accessible: source).
Greenberg Traurig Pac
May 5, 2026
PAC for lobbying firm. 2025 clients included various real estate LLCs, American Chemistry Council, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, AT&T, BFL Equities, BLDG Management Co., Inc., Brookfield Properties, DocGo, Edgewise Energy, NY Housing Association, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Real Estate Board of New YorkTwo Trees Management, and Wells Fargo (COELIG Annual Report, pg. 372-376; source)
State Street Associates Pac
Mar 2, 2026
Lobbyists for Colonial Pipeline, Dow Chemical, State Street Associates, Commercial Realty Partners, Pac. Website: source
Jef Walentas
Apr 3, 2024
CEO, Two Trees. Sued for alleged $10M rent fraud (Real Deal, 2/1/2017). Chair, Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY).
Marc Holiday
Mar 18, 2024
CEO Chairman, SL Green Realty. On the Board of Governors for Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY), the landlord lobby.
RPAC of NYS
Mar 26, 2026
Realtors PAC
Jason Laidey
Apr 29, 2026
2026 clients include the landlord lobby New York Apartment Association, WayMo, worker-exploiting Grubhub, AirBNB, and Sports Betting Alliance. (source accessed 6/10/26).
Direct contributions are drawn from Stefani Zinerman's filings on the New York State Board of Elections Public Disclosure Website. Each donation is tagged by sector by hand, and only confirmed entries count toward the totals shown here. Outside (Super PAC) spending is compiled from independent-expenditure committee filings. Figures are updated as new filings are released.
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Registered lobbyist with Moonshot Strategies.
Registered lobbyist for Pfizer, Mastercard, and Webster Bank (source accessed 6/10/2026).
PAC for lobbying firm. 2025 clients included various real estate LLCs, American Chemistry Council, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, AT&T, BFL Equities, BLDG Management Co., Inc., Brookfield Properties, DocGo, Edgewise Energy, NY Housing Association, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Real Estate Board of New YorkTwo Trees Management, and Wells Fargo (COELIG Annual Report, pg. 372-376; source)
Hedge fund manager. School privatization advocate. Founder of Success Academy.
2026 clients include the landlord lobby New York Apartment Association, WayMo, worker-exploiting Grubhub, AirBNB, and Sports Betting Alliance. (source accessed 6/10/26).
Gave to extreme Republicans like Brian Mast, Mike Johnson, Ashley Hinson, Andy Barr, and Ed Gallrein, as well as AIPAC and its affiliated groups (FEC, source). Gave $10,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2025.
Finance. Gave $50,000 to the RNC in February 2026 & thousands to Islamophobic Congressmember Randy Fine (FEC, source).
President and CEO, Fetner Properties. On the Board of Governors and the Executive Board of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the landlord lobby.
Chairman of pro-Israel New York Solidarity Network (source).
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Realtors PAC
Partner, Monadnock Development
Works for TerraCRG
Founder & President of TerraCRG, the only commercial real estate firm dedicated solely to 'Only Brooklyn.®'.
Conservative PAC. Advocates school privatization and standardized testing. Opposed to teachers' unions.
PAC. Advocates for school privatization in NY. Affiliated with StudentsFirstNY. Backed by Wall Street. Its affiliated Super PAC made its name — "New Yorkers for a *Balanced* Albany" — while seeking to maintain Republican control of the NY State Senate.
PAC of the Business Council, which lobbies against the affordability agenda, tenant protections, economic justice, taxes on the rich, environmental regulations. (Website accessible: source).
Landlord in Brooklyn.
Lobbyists for Colonial Pipeline, Dow Chemical, State Street Associates, Commercial Realty Partners, Pac. Website: source
President, Catalyst Government Relations. Represents Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, and more. source
2025 clients include Waymo, Real Estate Board of New york, Genting NY, American Chemistry Council, CVS Pharmacy (COELIG 2025 Annual Report, 386-387, source).
Partner, Bolton St. Johns.
Landlord in Brooklyn.
StudentsFirstNY's PAC
2024 clients include real estate developer Two Trees Management, LCC., Coca-Cola, and Wells Fargo. (COELIG Annual Report 2024, pg 322-327, source)
Gave $1,800 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Gave $100 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Realtors PAC
Married to Richard Scharf.
Works for Abro Management Corp
President, Abro Management Corp.
PAC of the Business Council, which lobbies against the affordability agenda, tenant protections, economic justice, taxes on the rich, environmental regulations. (Website accessible: source).
Developer. Billionaire. President, The Cayre Group.
Founder & President of TerraCRG, the only commercial real estate firm dedicated solely to 'Only Brooklyn.®'.
Works for Hollis Public Affairs
Lobbied for AirBNB, Meta, and school privatization.
Gave $25,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2025 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
The pro-Israel PAC itself.
Billionaire. Gave to extreme MAGA Republicans including Nikki Haley and Senators John Cronyn, Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, and John Thune (FEC, source).
Gave $100 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
PAC that advocates for school privatization. Led by Eva Moskowitz, an anti-union CEO who leads the Success Academy charter network.
Gave to extreme Republicans like Brian Mast, Mike Johnson, Ashley Hinson, Andy Barr, and Ed Gallrein, as well as AIPAC and its affiliated groups (FEC, source). Gave $10,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2025.
Leads education program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. Advocates for school privatization.
Works for Chevron
Lobbyist organization tied to Eric Adams. Target of federal raids (The City Reporter, 08/18/2025, source).
Multi-billionaire. Real estate investor. Founder and CEO, The Lightstone Group.
2024 clients include Chevron, MasterCard, Pfizer (source accessed 6/10/2026).
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source). Gave thousands to Trump Republican Tom Kean Jr (FEC, source).
Gave thousands to Trump Republicans like Ed Gallrein and Tom Kean Jr (FEC, source). Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Pro-business PAC (source).
President, Hartz Capital.
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC (NYS Public Disclosure website, source).
Married to Leonard Stern.
Chairman, Hartz Group. Worth $8.3B, owns more than 260 real estate properties (Forbes, 6/10/26).
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Affiliated with the Building and Realty Institute (BRI).
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Realtors PAC.
CEO; Fetner Properties | Real Estate / Solidarity PAC
Gave $100 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
On the board of a charter school network.
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Landlord in Brooklyn.
Gave $1,100 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Married to John Petry, charter school advocate and hedge funder.
Multi-billionaire. Real estate investor. Founder and CEO, The Lightstone Group.
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Gave $100 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
PAC of the Business Council, which lobbies against the affordability agenda, tenant protections, economic justice, taxes on the rich, environmental regulations. (Website accessible: source).
President and CEO, Fetner Properties. On the Board of Governors and the Executive Board of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the landlord lobby.
CEO, Two Trees. Sued for alleged $10M rent fraud (Real Deal, 2/1/2017). Chair, Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY).
Investor. Married to Jeff Blau. Sought to fundraise to register Republicans and independents to vote in Democratic primaries & stop Mayor Mamdani's victory (POLITICO, 12/25/20; NYT, 6/8/25)
Chairman and CEO, Empire State Realty Trust.
Chairman and CEO, Empire State Realty Trust.
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Member of billionaire family that made its money in real estate (source).
Gave $3,000 to "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
CEO Chairman, SL Green Realty. On the Board of Governors for Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY), the landlord lobby.
Billionaire hedge fund manager. Went on Fox to support Trump’s 2017 disastrous tax plan. Co-founder of Success Academy.
Gave to nine "AIPAC Jr." Solidarity PAC candidates on the same day in 2024 (NYSBOE Public Reporting System, source).
Hedge fund manager. School privatization advocate. Founder of Success Academy.
Member of billionaire family that made its money in real estate (source).
Member of billionaire family that made its money in real estate (source).
Principal, RFR Holding LLC. On the Board of Governors for Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the landlord lobby.
Chairman, GFP Real Estate. On the Board of Governors for Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY), the landlord lobby.
2024 clients include exploitative corporations like Grubhub and Uber (source accessed 6/10/26).
Lobbyist affiliated with Moonshot Strategies. Previously worked at StudentsFirstNY.
PAC. Advocates for school privatization in NY. Tied to charter advocacy group StudentsFirstNY. Backed by Wall Street. Its affiliated Super PAC made its name — "New Yorkers for a *Balanced* Albany" — while seeking to maintain Republican control of the NY State Senate.
Hedge fund manager. School privatization advocate. Founder of Success Academy.
Ed Reform Now's political arm
Plus $1,340 in smaller donations from these sectors.