The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
John Catsimatidis might be supporting Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo in 2010 (no matter what office he's seeking), but he's also a big believer in restoring the Legislature's "balance of power", which to him means helping the GOP take back the Senate majority. Since 2002, which predates his own transformation from a Democrat into a Republican, Catsimatidis personally contributed...
brownstoner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thanks to a tipster, we've got this breaking shot of the new signage that just went up on the side of 218 Myrtle Avenue, the first of (hopefully) four buildings that John Catsimatidis' Red Apple group plans to build...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) United Refining Energy Corp. ("URX"), a publicly held special purpose acquisition company (NYSE Amex: URX) (NYSE Amex: URX.U) (NYSE Amex: URX.WT), announced today that the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Catsimatidis, will present at the 2009 FBR Capital Markets Fall Investor Conference in New York City on Wednesday, December 2nd,...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
AG Andrew Cuomo sounded a distinctly pro-business and centrist note at a Tuesday night fundraiser organized for him by Republican supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis, according to an attendee at the event. Cuomo eschewed election the night party hosted by Democratic mayoral nominee Bill Thompson (who received an eleventh-hour endorsement from the AG) in favor of the fundraiser, which...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Democrat-turned-Republican supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis is the driving force behind an Election Day fundraiser for AG Andrew Cuomo, according to another host of the event, attorney Ravi Batra. "I’m just following John Catsimatidis' lead," said Batra, a Democrat perhaps best known (by me, anyway) for representing former Sen. Ada Smith in the infamous...
