New York City Mayor hopeful, Bill de Blasio, is being sued for pay violations and employment discrimination, the Daily News reported.
While railing in Union Square against low wages for fast food workers, last week, Blasio perhaps failed to mention that he's received donations from the owner of the Singh Hospitality Group, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut and other fast food joints.
According to the Daily News, the mayoral candidate received at least $17,875 in direct and bundled contributions, campaign finance records show. The restaurant group is facing a lawsuit for employment discrimination and a second for pay violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to court records.
After railing with the fast food hopefuls, de Blasio accused rival mayoral candidate Christine Quinn of being a hypocrite for accepting donations from the owner of the Riese Organization, one of the largest fast food groups in New York, according to Daily News.
According to the Daily News, de Blasio said Quinn was working for her donors in big business "while blocking and watering down legislation that would improve the lives of others."
de Blasio's campaign commented on their disagreement of Quinn blocking paid sick leave legislation in the City Council earlier this year.
"As speaker, Christine Quinn excluded thousands of fast food workers from living wage and paid sick days legislation to benefit her corporate campaign contributors," de Blasio spokesman Dan Levitan said, according to the Daily News. "As mayor, Bill de Blasio would expand these protections to cover the working families she sold out."
de Blasio's campaign has decline to comment on the candidates donations from the restaurants industry, the Daily News reported.
Before his sexting scandal made national news forcing him to resign from office, Democratic hopeful Anthony Weiner also took cash from the owner of the Riese Organization in 2007 as part of his congressional campaign.
