BROOKLYN — Former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes used money seized from drug dealers and felons to help fund his failed reelection bid, the city Department of Investigation found.
Hynes used $219,924 in asset-forfeiture funds to pay political consultant Mortimer Matz during the campaign, according to the DOI report released under the state Freedom of Information Law.
“It appears Matz provided few if any actual public relations and communications services to [Hynes],” the report stated. “DOI’s review suggests that Matz was serving primarily if not exclusively as a political consultant to Hynes personally.”
The investigation subpoenaed more than 6,000 emails sent to or received by Hynes on his official account during the 18-month period leading up to the 2013 general election.
