Common Cause/NY Calls on AM Blake to Come Clean

Blake is currently a candidate for Public Advocate

NEW YORK, NY (02/05/2019) (readMedia)-- In response to recent news that Assemblymember Michael Blake worked for Hilltop and its clients before and after publicly rejecting a position there, Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY, issued the following statement:

"Common Cause/NY has repeatedly called on Assemblyman Blake to stop serving private interests on the taxpayers' dime while he's supposed to be serving his constituents. Now that he's seeking higher, better paying office, he must 1) immediately disclose his client list, income, and come clean about his work 2) and once and for all give up his outside income. Ignoring legitimate questions about his work is offensive to the voters whose trust he's trying to cultivate."