$16,700School Privatizers
New Yorkers For Putting Students First
7 donations · 2020-2026
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.
$10,700School Privatizers
John Petry
3 donations · 2022-2026
Hedge fund manager. School privatization advocate. Founder of Success Academy.
$4,375Real Estate
Jack Cayre
2 donations · 2024-2026
American billionaire businessman and real estate developer; leads Midtown Equities (source).
$3,750Real Estate
RPAC of NYS
3 donations · 2024-2026
Realtors PAC
$3,750Lobbyist
The Business Council Pac
3 donations · 2024-2026
PAC of the Business Council, which lobbies against the affordability agenda, tenant protections, economic justice, taxes on the rich, environmental regulations. (Website accessible: source).
$3,000GOP donors
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).
$3,000School Privatizers
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.
$1,500Lobbyist
Jason Laidey
2 donations · 2024-2026
2024 clients include exploitative corporations like Grubhub and Uber (source, accessed 6/10/26).
$1,000Lobbyist
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%20)
$1,000Lobbyist
State Street Associates Pac
Mar 2, 2026
Lobbyists for Colonial Pipeline, Dow Chemical, State Street Associates, Commercial Realty Partners, Pac. Website: source.
$1,000Real Estate
CEO, Two Trees. Sued for alleged $10M rent fraud (Real Deal, 2/1/2017). Chair, Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY).
$1,000Real Estate
CEO Chairman, SL Green Realty. On the Board of Governors for Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY), the landlord lobby.