Make the Road New York Archives

Soros to Mamdani ‘Tax-Exempt’ Pipeline Raises IRS Red Flags

September 1, 2025 / 26 minutes of reading

When a syndicate of tax-exempt entities processes $11.6 million in circular money flows between entities that deny relationships on federal tax returns, demonstrates systematic EIN reporting irregularities, and converts $52+ million in taxpayer grants into political infrastructure—all while demonstrating sophisticated knowledge of the rules they’re systematically violating—it transforms questions about charity work into evidence of systematic circumvention. The coordination methods […]

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George Soros, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, Tides FoundationCorruption, Crime

Why the IRS Must Investigate the Tax-Exempt Syndicate that Weaponized Mamdani’s Campaign

August 17, 2025 / 34 minutes of reading

Updated September 2, 2025 to improve sourcing accuracy and attribution of professional audit findings An investigation of 20+ tax-exempt organizations controlling over $2 billion in assets reveals financial flows and operational relationships documented in public filings that raise questions about federal tax law compliance. This investigation builds on our previous reporting that exposed Zohran Mamdani’s elite-funded ‘grassroots revolution,’ but his

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George Soros, IRS, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, Tides Foundation, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

Grassroots Laundering: How Elite Money Flows Through Working Families Party Network

July 25, 2025 / 21 minutes of reading

When government grants flow to charitable organizations that transfer funds to political advocacy groups supporting specific candidates, is this legitimate community organizing or sophisticated financial engineering? When the same individual controls multiple supposedly independent entities across this funding chain, are we witnessing grassroots democracy or elite manipulation disguised as popular power? What if the grassroots political movements reshaping American cities

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Adrienne Adams, George Soros, Justin Brannan, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, Tides Foundation, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

The Working Families Party Elite-Funded Operation That Systematically Violated NYC Campaign Finance Disclosure Rules

July 16, 2025 / 22 minutes of reading

This investigation documents how Working Families Party coalition campaigns—including mayoral winner Zohran Mamdani, Comptroller candidate Justin Brannan, and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams—appear to have violated disclosure requirements through coordination that may have circumvented rules designed to ensure voter transparency. Equally troubling, documented relationships between Campaign Finance Board personnel and the WFP coalition raise questions about whether oversight itself was

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Adrienne Adams, Jason Curtis Anderson, Justin Brannan, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, Politico, Victoria Perrone, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

EXPOSED: The $2 Million Grassroots Laundering Operation Behind Mamdani’s Revolution

July 8, 2025 / 12 minutes of reading

Follow-up investigation to “EXPOSED: How Politico Coordinated Damage Control for Mamdani’s $1.6 Million Campaign Finance Scandal“ Zohran Mamdani’s “grassroots revolution” was a lie. Campaign finance records reveal his supposedly working-class movement was actually powered by a $2 million elite PAC operation funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, Hollywood celebrities, and out-of-state tech entrepreneurs—spending more than his entire direct campaign raised from

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Leaders We Deserve PAC, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, Victoria Perrone, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption

How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Grassroots’ Campaign Engineered the Perfect Political Heist

June 29, 2025 / 11 minutes of reading

Executive Summary Zohran Mamdani’s “grassroots revolution” was actually a $10.2 million corporate political operation that systematically deceived New York voters. Our investigation reveals: $7 million in public matching funds triggered by professional bundling, not grassroots donations 94% of contributions bundled by a single professional fundraiser employed by a taxpayer-funded organization 100% bundled money – every dollar of direct campaign contributions

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Andrew Cuomo, Brad Lander, Center for Law and Human Values Inc, Cynthia Nixon, Eric Adams, Jack Gross, Jerrod MacFarlane, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

How Make the Road New York Uses Legal Loopholes to Transform Public Funds into Political Power

June 23, 2025 / 15 minutes of reading

Executive Summary New York City taxpayers are unknowingly subsidizing partisan political activities through a sophisticated legal loophole that allows publicly funded nonprofits to directly transfer money to political action committees. Our investigation reveals how Make the Road New York (MRNY), which has received over $27 million in taxpayer funds since 2010, operates a dual structure with its political affiliate Make

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Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime