Glenwood's stealth state clout - Albany Times Union
FILE- In this May 4, 2015 file photo, New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, right, speaks alongside his son Adam after their arraignment on federal charges including extortion and soliciting bribes. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) ORG XMIT: NYR401. 30, 2013 file photo, then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, left, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, shake hands after a news conference in Albany, N. Y. Albanys latest corruption cases focus on New York City real estate interests seeking tax breaks from... (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) ORG XMIT: NYMG202. On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, luxury apartment buildings owned by the development firm Glenwood Management look over the East River, where a controversial marine waste transfer station is in the final stages of construction. "They hired three sectors of professional hit men – the lawyers, the lobbying firms, the PR firms. Though much of Glenwood's revenue is derived from high-end apartment buildings in Manhattan, the tidal force of its political dollars sweeps across the state. Source: www.timesunion.com
