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UFT Spending Heavy For Thompson But No Big Bang Yet

By DAVID SIMS
Posted 8/19/13

The United Federation of Teachers has already dropped $580,000 on William C. Thompson Jr.’s mayoral campaign in the last month, with at least $1 million in total budgeted for the campaign, according to Aug. 9 filings.

The union endorsed Mr. Thompson on June 27 and quickly became one of his highest-profile supporters, and is helping bankroll his campaign through an independent political committee called United for the Future.

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