Folks there is little trickle down. Most of that money goes to his attack dog Wolfson who shamefully mocks the people with terms like "pay to play" when he knows Mike's money manger Steve Rattner's Quadrangle is implicated in 3 states including NY for pay to play.
I wrote a letter about why we should not have Mike as mayor and cc: The Publisher stating I would publish my letter if they don't with a header about how The NY Times censors NYers against Mike for Mayor and sent my art poster along for good measure.
Pre- Bloomberg's rule -- I had 9 letters published in The New York Times.