NYC Mayor Eric Adams Asks Tech Executives at Private Dinner to Keep Companies in the City

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Eric Adams privately tell companies to remain in New York during private dinner hosted by powerful industry leaders.

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Longtime angel investor Ron Conway co-hosted the event with Josh Mendelsohn, a managing partner of tech-focused investment firm Hangar, Mike Ference, a fellow partner at Hangar and Julie Samuels, the founder of New York tech advocacy group Tech:NYC, according to a list of hosts and attendees provided to CNBC.

Famed chef Chef Daniel Boulud, who runs the company that owns Le Pavillon, stopped by to chat, according to attendees.noting that it's important for tech leaders and companies to be civically engaged. Mendelsohn, Ference and Samuels did not return requests for comment. Representatives for all the other people listed as attending the dinner either declined to comment or did not return a request for comment.

Those who attended the dinner could also be of help to Adams when he's up for reelection in 2025. City campaign finance records shows Adams has raised just over $850,000 for his 2025 reelection campaign. Alan Patricof and Conway are among the attendees to the dinner that have been prolific political fundraisers. Both helped raise at least $100,000 for President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign for the White House, according to the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.

 

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