Dov Hikind Spends Campaign Cash on Car Lease

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Ross Barkan

Assemblyman Dov Hikind dropped more than $800 of campaign cash on a car lease this month, raising the eyebrows of ethics watchdogs.

Mr. Hikind, a Brooklyn lawmaker with a war chest of nearly $1 million, spent $815.60 at a Bay Ridge Nissan to renew the lease on a car that doesn’t appear to have a specific campaign function. He spent the money on July 1, according to his campaign filings.

“I use it for anything related to work,” Mr. Hikind told the Observer. “I don’t take it to Albany.”

“I don’t know why suddenly you’re asking about it now. It’s nothing new. It’s something I’ve been doing for the past number of years,” he added, not specifying how the car lease pertained to his re-election bid against a long-shot Republican.

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/07/dov-hikind-spends-campaign-cash-on-car-lease/#ixzz387jXdTb1

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