All In The Family. City Comptroller John Liu is investigating the connection between ex-deputy mayor - and current Bloomberg LP. emplyee Kevin Sheekey (above) who is a brother-in-law of Jim Caiola, a partner in the Philadelphia-based Emerald Green Group, who beat three rivals for a 20-year licence to run the historic Central Park restaurant, a Parks Department consession. Kevin Sheekey is also the older brother of former Parks Department spokeswoman Megan Sheekey who was appointed by Bloomberg as the president of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City.
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City Comptroller John Liu is investigating the connection between a former deputy mayor and the winning Tavern on the Green bidder.
“The process by which [this] privilege . . . was awarded . . . is something the Comptroller’s Office will be looking into,” Liu spokesman Matt Sweeney announced yesterday, according to the New York Post.
Ex-Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey is a brother-in-law of Jim Caiola, a partner in the Philadelphia-based Emerald Green Group, which bested three rivals for a 20-year lease to run the historic Central Park restaurant.
Caiola claims he had no contact with Sheekey on the matter, and Phil Abramson, a spokesman for the Parks Department, which selected the winner, insisted, “We looked at the proposals based on the merits.”
But former Parks Commissioner Henry Stern said, “This isn’t some hot-dog stand on Delancey Street that the guy is getting a deal on,” he said. Any relationship — blood, marriage, family — between the concessionaire and the city should be disclosed.”
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