“You can’t serve two bosses. There’s a built-in conflict of interest. Pick one or the other and do it,” said John Kaehny, who runs the government watchdog group Reinvent Alb…
and whose clients include the powerful United Federation of Teachers, which heavily lobbies Big Apple politicians, holds the controversial dual gig, The Post has learned.
His firm’s website boasts a client list that, aside from the UFT, also includes the Super PAC Nicole is Complicit, which was aimed at defeating GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis , as well as numerous Democratic candidates, including. several serving on the City Council — Finance CommitteeEmpire Center for Public Policy fellow Ken Girardin said Yedin’s dual role is a “massive conflict of interest” after seeing the teachers’ union listed as one of his clients.
“It opens up a whole can of worms. It’s corruption waiting to happen. It’s not just that he can look after his clients in the Council. He can look after the donors of his clients seeking government funding.”Yedin is a pal of Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan and previously worked on Brannan’s council staff before getting bumped to a higher paid gig working for the entire Council.Yedin and the Council both defended the dual role.
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