That summer, Ms. Jacobs secured state financing to help Maimonides buy a CT scanner.
“I don’t think we did anything wrong,” said Mary Jo Ehrlich, chief of staff for Ms. Jacobs. “The onus isn’t on us to find out what their tax status is.”
Asked if the campaign did any vetting of donors, she said, “I don’t know that we go through and say, ‘We can’t take this,’ or ‘We can’t take that.’ “
Charities Give to State Campaigns, Despite Law
That summer, Ms. Jacobs secured state financing to help Maimonides buy a CT scanner.
“I don’t think we did anything wrong,” said Mary Jo Ehrlich, chief of staff for Ms. Jacobs. “The onus isn’t on us to find out what their tax status is.”
Asked if the campaign did any vetting of donors, she said, “I don’t know that we go through and say, ‘We can’t take this,’ or ‘We can’t take that.’ “