Today’s Hack

‘Show me today’s reformer,” the late Brooklyn Democratic Chairman Meade Esposito once said, “and I’ll show you tomorrow’s hack.”

Though Esposito, last of the oldtime New York political bosses, delivered that quip three decades ago, he easily could’ve been talking about Mayor de Blasio.

We’ve long referred to the Campaign for One New York nonprofit as the mayor’s personal slush fund, raising millions from folks trying to curry political favor. Now Politico New York, by examining the timeline of gifts to the fund, has confirmed our description.

Of the 74 donors in the first six months of 2015 (for $1.71 million in gifts), fully 62 percent either had business or labor contracts with de Blasio’s administration or were trying to get a project OK’d when they donated.

Like Joseph Dussich, who suddenly got City Hall business for his rodentrepellant trashbags (after eight years of trying) once he gave $100,000 — 20 times what he could legally donate to de Blasio’s campaign fund.

Or DC 37, the city’s largest municipal union, which gave $20,000 while successfully negotiating raises for its members.

Or realestate firms, responsible for half the donations, who gave as they were pressing de Blasio on the 421a tax break.

None of this is surprising. De Blasio, after all, switched sides on banning Central Park horse carriages after proponents of the ban kicked in big bucks to his 2013 campaign. And the PR firm that runs the Campaign for One New York enjoys unrivaled insider access at City Hall.

But de Blasio used to be the most vocal advocate of limiting the role of “dark” money — especially corporate dough — in politics. Now that he’s mayor, his deposit box is wide open for unlimited donations.

Somewhere, Meade Esposito is smiling.