Mayor Bloomberg isn’t the only wealthy occupant of City Hall these days.
Several key advisers have racked up millions from shrewd investments or family legacies, according to financial disclosure forms for last year released yesterday.
Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, a longtime adviser to Texas financier Robert Bass, earned at least $2 million from investments.
But the cash pile could be much larger because city Conflicts of Interest Board reporting categories don’t go higher than the vague “above $500,000.”
The 43-year-old deputy mayor reported holding top positions in 27 investment and acquisition companies, including eight offshore holdings in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
Doctoroff owned a piece of seven New York City commercial properties – including the West Side home of The Daily News – and two Providence, R.I., hotels.
The deputy mayor told the board he transferred his holdings into blind trusts and now works for $1 a year.
City planning chief Amanda Burden, daughter of Standard Oil heir Stanley Mortimer and stepdaughter of CBS founder William Paley, took in about $1 million last year in interest and dividends from her investment stash.
Burden’s trusts and other investments were worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $45 million as of December, according to detailed brokerage statements she attached to her Conflicts of Interest Board filing.
Burden revealed far more information than the law requires.
On the other end of the disclosure spectrum is Economic Development Corp. President Andrew Alper.
Alper, who left a 20-year financial career as a partner at Goldman Sachs to take the buck-a-year city job, is also potentially worth millions.
But he filed a “privacy request,” which shields the size of his wallet from the public until the conflicts board reviews his argument.
A spokeswoman said Alper plans to release the documents once they are finalized in two weeks.
Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo also left a lucrative career as lawyer for the NHL, NBA and professional soccer at Proskauer Rose, where he was earning more than $500,000 a year.
And Deputy Mayor Patti Harris was earning more than $500,000 a year at Bloomberg LP before she joined her boss – and took a big pay cut – at City Hall.
Nine commissioners and aides reported owning real estate other than their primary or secondary residences.
Most of Bloomberg’s key staffers are living solidly in the upper-middle class, but they aren’t sitting on mounds of dough.
Many report living off their salaries or stashing away modest nest eggs in retirement accounts and small stock portfolios.
Business Services Commissioner Robert Walsh reported a regular-guy life with a mortgage and car loan, without much stockpiled on the asset side.
Like much of America, four aides and commissioners said they carried credit-card debt.
LIVIN’ LA VIDA SWANKY
DEPUTY MAYOR DAN DOCTOROFF
Reported 2001 income: At least $2 million
Major holdings: He has top positions in 27 investment companies. Owned pieces of seven New York City commerical buildings and the Kent and Providence Hotels in Rhode Island. Everything now in blind trusts.
Annual City Salary: $1
CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONER AMANDA BURDEN
Reported 2001 income: About $1 million
Major holdings: Five trusts and six investment accounts worth a total of $45 million as of December. No reported real estate investments.
Annual city salary: $165,000