NY mayor de Blasio "quietly soliciting donations" for new nonprofit, Campaign for One New York, designed to "buttress" policy goals thru ads, social media.

"Mayor Bill de Blasio is ramping up a political campaign to promote his housing and education priorities, with an eye toward amassing a financial war chest that can compete with well-financed opponents. Mr. de Blasio and his fund-raising team have quietly solicited large contributions in recent weeks from donors in the mayor’s inner circle, according to three people who requested anonymity to describe moves by the administration that were not yet intended to be public." -- Michael M. Grynbaum, the New York Times