Dennis Mehiel
Dakota-Spurned Cardboard Magnate Mehiel Asking $35 M. for Carhart Mansion Duplex
Westchester corrugated-cardboard magnate Dennis Mehiel tasted the sorrowful, sour lows of Manhattan high-end real estate in September 2002, back when he was the running mate to H. Carl McCall, the Democratic nominee for New York governor.
“What does it take to get the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor?” asked a front-page article in the right-leaning Sun. “Something less, it appears, than the qualifications for buying an apartment in the Dakota.”
Mr. Mehiel had been rejected by the beloved Central Park West co-op’s board, which, as far as bad news goes, wasn’t as salacious as some of the political leaks that year, but is still enough to make a multimillionaire blush. read more »
On Pelosi's Summer To-Do List: Raise Money in Westchester
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is coming to New York on June 3 for a fund-raiser at the suburban home of Dennis Mehiel, according to a Democratic source.
Mehiel, a successful businessman from Westchester, has been a major source of Democratic money in the state for years.
He also ran for lieutenant governor on a ticket with Carl McCall in 2002 and was New York chair of the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004.
Unfriendly in Albany
He welcomed Mike to the fight for city education money today with a letter, Capitol Confidential reports, that included this line:
"While we are certainly pleased that Mayor Bloomberg has decided to join us as an ally in our fight, it is hard to understand why he has chosen not to get involved until now and why even today, he will not join us in publicly calling upon the governor to drop his appeal of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit."
Also on the Albany blog today: an obscure challenger for Hevesi and former Lieutenant Governor candidate Dennis Mehiel heading the fundraising for the State Senate Democrats.
Mehiel's Return
I wasn't able immediately to reach Mehiel, but ran the story past his friend, the supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis, who confirmed it. read more »
"He's got money in the bank, he's bored, and he thinks he can do some good things for the world," Catsimatidis said.
