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$150G party for Cuomo brings in nearly $1M

Governor Andrew Cuomo at the Empire State Plaza

Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams, Jr. | Governor Andrew Cuomo at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. (Jan. 17, 2012)

A birthday fundraiser headlined by singer Mary J. Blige cost Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's campaign chest more than $150,000 and brought in nearly $1 million, new campaign finance records show.

The Dec. 6 event at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan honoring Cuomo cost more than $150,000 for such things as video production, flowers, stage lighting and tchotchkes for guests, according...

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