Clinton Said to Rent Brooklyn Space for Campaign Headquarters

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A view from, yes, Clinton Street of the building where Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to base her campaign.
A view from, yes, Clinton Street of the building where Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to base her campaign.Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton has leased two floors of office space at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn for her presidential campaign headquarters, according to a person familiar with the deal.

The agreement will put Mrs. Clinton’s political hub on the edge of Brooklyn Heights and the borough’s civic center, and just a short subway ride from Manhattan.

The person who described the lease did so on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss it publicly. Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton, declined to comment.

Signing the lease, which was first reported by Politico, effectively starts the clock on when Mrs. Clinton will have to file candidacy papers with the Federal Election Commission. Prospective office-holders have 15 days from engaging in campaign activities to register a committee. It was not immediately clear when the lease agreement had been signed, or who or what entity was listed as the tenant, but Mrs. Clinton is expected to announce her candidacy in the coming days.

Among the other tenants in 1 Pierrepont Plaza are Morgan Stanley and the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Loretta E. Lynch, President Obama’s nominee for attorney general.

The office building, like many others in the area, is owned by Forest City Ratner Companies, whose chairman, Bruce C. Ratner, is a prolific Democratic donor. Mr. Ratner developed the Barclays Center, an arena that was the centerpiece of New York’s unsuccessful bid to be the host of the Democratic National Convention in 2016.

Mrs. Clinton had also considered another Forest City Ratner property a few blocks away, at the Metro Tech complex. But the building she chose may have had an unfair advantage: It is bounded on the west by Clinton Street.

Correction: April 3, 2015An earlier version of this article gave an incorrect title for Loretta E. Lynch. She is the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, not the Southern District.

Source Via: New York Times… Clinton Said to Rent Brooklyn Space for Campaign Headquarters

 

 

 

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