Trivette Knowles, a veteran New York political guide, began his new job as marketing campaign supervisor for Ramos, a Queens state senator, on Tuesday, he confirmed.
Ramos’ new rent comes after fellow mayoral candidate Whitney Tilson terminated Knowles as his marketing campaign supervisor earlier this month in a workers purge that resulted within the axing of at the very least six different aides and a fundraising guide.
“Senator Ramos is an accomplished legislator who consistently stands her ground for progressive values,” Knowles mentioned in a press release on his determination to grow to be her marketing campaign supervisor. “She spends every day fighting for working-class New Yorkers, and I am excited to join her in this fight.”
Knowles replaces guide Katie Hamill, who got here on as Ramos’ marketing campaign supervisor in the beginning of this 12 months.
Knowles’ transfer to Ramos’ camp comes as each her and Tilson’s candidacies are on shaky floor. Ramos and Tilson haven’t clinched greater than 1% assist in most polls of the crowded June 24 Democratic mayoral main.
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Jessica Ramos and Whitney Tilson. (AP; whitneyformayor.com)
Meantime, Ramos hasn’t certified for public matching funds but and her newest marketing campaign finance submitting launched this week exhibits she’s within the damaging by $881 after elevating lower than $70,000 over the previous couple of months. That marked the worst fundraising complete for the interval for any of the candidates within the Democratic main till Mayor Adams — who’s dealing with severe political headwinds amid his federal corruption indictment and surrounding scandals — disclosed Tuesday that he solely raised $36,121 within the newest window.
Tilson isn’t in a lot better form financially.
He hasn’t certified for public matching funds, both, and his staff has seen an unusually excessive error price on the claims they did submit for matching beneath this system. His newest marketing campaign finance disclosures exhibits he has simply $84,857 in money available after spending greater than $660,000, most of it on exterior consultants, to this point.
That pales compared to different high contenders within the mayoral race, like ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has greater than $1.2 million within the financial institution after simply two weeks of fundraising, and Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, whose war-chest tops $3.6 million, filings present.
Although he didn’t share particulars on how Ramos’ marketing campaign would pull it off, Knowles voiced optimism that she’ll quickly qualify for matching funds as voters “continue investing in her ideas, her leadership and her vision for a more affordable New York City.”
Initially Revealed: March 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM EDT
