| A longtime friend | Yitzchok Leshinsky |
| A longtime friend | Bill de Blasio |
| Is Current | yes |
| Notes | The relationship between Leshinsky and de Blasio goes back at least a decade. Hank Sheinkopf, a spokesman for Housing Bridge, told the news website New York World in 2014 that Leshinsky and de Blasio “had been friends for a long period of time.” |