Donor Cash Funds NY Speaker Carl Heastie’s Sports Outings

Carl Heastie, staff scored $14K in free Celtics tickets from gaming giant — before it won massive NY tax break

He “gamed” the system. Sports-obsessed Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and his staffers were treated to thousands of dollars in luxury Boston Celtics tickets by a gambling company — that later scored a projected $18 million in state tax breaks, an investigation reveals. Heastie (D-Bronx) and staffers earlier this year were given nearly $14,000 in high-end...

Donor cash funds NY Speaker Carl Heastie’s sports outings

By Sam Mellins

Donors Paid for NY Speaker Heastie's Celtics, Yankees Suites

A company that was lobbying Speaker Carl Heastie provided him and his staff with free Celtics tickets. Weeks later, it won a new tax break.

NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Goes to a Celtics Game…

And a concessions company gets a tax break.