Blaz nonprofit shuts, still ‘proud’

MAYOR DE BLASIO’S controversial political nonprofit — which raised millions for his pet projects while operating outside the city’s strict campaign finance rules — is disbanding.

A spokesman for the group, dubbed Campaign for One New York, said it is suspending all operations and will stop raising funds.

“We’re proud of what at we’ve accomplished, and d believe now is the right t time to bring our work to a close,” said spokesman n Dan Levitan.

The campaign raised money to push for top de Blasio initiatives like universal prekindergarten and his affordable housing plan but had lately slowed its fund-raising efforts.

It operated independently from City Hall and, as a nonprofit, was able to accept large donations from various entities doing business before the city — including unions, lobbyists and corporations.

Those donations were not subject to the $4,950 limit the city Campaign Finance Board places on election fundraising — and in many cases were much larger.

Steve Nislick and Wendy Neu — the two anti-horse-carriage lobbyists pro- hibited from donating large amounts to de Blasio’s mayoral campaign because of their efforts to enact a ban — each gave $50,000 to the group in 2015.

That donation came three days after a meeting on horse carriages. The two have given a total of $125,000 to the group since its inception.

Other noteworthy donations included a whopping $350,000 from the American Federation of Teachers — the umbrella union for the city’s teachers — and $100,000 from Two Trees Management, a real estate developer that does business with the city.

Nothing the group did w was illegal, and political nonprofits are fairly common. It also voluntarily d disclosed its donors even t though the law didn’t req quire it to.

But good government groups blasted the Campaign for One New York for creating the appearance of a conflict of interest by accepting huge donations that would be banned under campaign finance rules.

Last month, Common Cause New York asked the Campaign Finance Board and the city Conflicts of Interest Board to look into the group to make sure it was operating on the up and up.

The nonprofit’s demise was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.