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California Firm Split Fees With Figure in N.Y. Pension Scandal, Pro Publica (April 22, 2009) (Reporting that Wetherly Capital Group — which settled with former AG Andrew Cuomo for $1 million for its role in the New York State Pension Fund Pay-to-Play Scandal — and its clients gave $50,000 to city Comptroller Thompson since 2005 at the same time he sat on the boards of the five New York City pension funds. )
- New York City Comptroller Draws Scrutiny, NY Times (Apr. 22, 2009)(Scrutiny in recent days has focused on deals between the city pension funds, overseen by Mr. Thompson, and the Quadrangle Group, a private equity firm whose deals are one of the focuses of parallel corruption inquiries by Mr. Cuomo’s office and the Securities and Exchange Commission.)
- As Pension Fund Lagged, Contributions to Comptroller Grew, NY Times (Aug. 18, 2009)
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Help the Candidate: First the Campaign, Then the Lobbying, NY Times (June 8, 2004) (When Bear Stearns & Company Inc. sought help to promote its bond sale business, it hired Hank Sheinkopf, a longtime political consultant who had helped elect the official who oversees city bond sales: the city comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr. . . . After Mr. Thompson took office, Mr. Sheinkopf obtained a lucrative contract with Bear Stearns that paid him $10,000 a month to identify bond markets nationwide, state records show. The New York bond market is one of the most attractive.)
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Bill Thompson Received Millions in Loans from the “Labor Bank” He’s Promoted as Comptroller, The Village Voice (Oct. 28, 2009)
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Did Bill Thompson Get Ethics Clearance for His Bad Loans?, The Village Voice (Oct. 28, 2009)
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On Eve of Election, Thompson Is Sued Over How He Obtained His Harlem Home, The Village Voice (Nov. 2, 2009)