He said that representatives of his group bought tickets to a campaign fund-raiser for Senator Marcellino in Albany at the urging of a lobbyist but “never thought of it as a political contribution.”
Senator Marcellino, who the records showed also accepted money from other nonprofit groups, said, “It was a dumb mistake on our part, and they shouldn’t have done it either.”
Charities Give to State Campaigns, Despite Law
He said that representatives of his group bought tickets to a campaign fund-raiser for Senator Marcellino in Albany at the urging of a lobbyist but “never thought of it as a political contribution.”
Senator Marcellino, who the records showed also accepted money from other nonprofit groups, said, “It was a dumb mistake on our part, and they shouldn’t have done it either.”