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On His Way Out Door, Bloomberg Appoints Hearn to Head CFB

By DAVID SIMS
Posted 1/6/14

City Investigation Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn, after serving in that job all 12 years of the Bloomberg administration, jumped to a five-year unsalaried term chairing the Campaign Finance Board under an 11th-hour appointment by Mayor Bloomberg, who praised her work in fighting corruption, tripling arrest rates and recovering city funds.

Ms. Gill Hearn was the longest-serving DOI Commissioner in history. Her role at the CFB, where she replaces retiring head Father Joseph P. Parkes, will have some overlap, as she oversees the board that regulates the influence of private money in elections.

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