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Donations reflect DFER execs’ early support for Stringer 2013 | GothamSchools

Donations reflect DFER execs’ early support for Stringer 2013 | GothamSchools

Donations reflect DFER execs’ early support for Stringer 2013

People with an interest in the city’s school system are beginning to throw their support behind prospective candidates for the 2013 mayoral race, according to Friday’s campaign finance filings.

Campaign finance filings released on Friday showed that two top officials with Democrats for Education Reform, a major education lobbying group, donated exclusively to Scott Stringer, who defeated charter school operator Eva Moskowitz in the 2009 Manhattan Borough President primary race with support from the city teachers union.

Joe Williams, executive director of DFER, gave a total of $1500 to the Stringer campaign in two different donations. Elizabeth Ling, DFER’s New York State political director, gave $150, according to the filings. Stringer