Updated 6/23 with most recent campaign finance report

This year, outside interest groups have been dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into propping up Councilman Shaun Abreu.

Uber has spent $243,212 supporting Abreu.

A pro-Charter School PAC called “New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany” backed by billionaire Alice Walton has spent $120,00

Billionaire Trump-backer Bill Ackman has spent $37,014 through the group “New Yorkers for a Better Future 2025.”

In 2024, Shaun Abreu approved a development at 701 W. 135th by Crosscap Holdings—a shell company for Castellan Real Estate Partners. Castellan had previously been placed under a state monitor because of its abusive practices as a landlord, having pressured rent-stabilized tenants to leave by illegally demanding citizenship information. Abreu approved this development after being lobbied by Crosscap in 2024.

Outside interest groups spend big to help elect Shaun Abreu in 2021. The New York City Campaign Finance Board reported Voters of NYC, Inc.—a PAC funded by billionaire real estate mogul Stephen Ross—spent $18,521 supporting Abreu. New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany—a pro-charter school PAC funded by billionaire Alice Walton—spent $40,915.

In addition to this outside spending, Abreu has received an additional $9,000 in direct contributions from executives and lawyers with direct ties to real estate developers and investors since 2019.

In June 2021, Shaun Abreu endorsed Eric Adams, despite knowing that Eric Adams was a former conservative Republican and and that Adams was already under investigation for corruption.