Stanford University has enrolled Edelman as the elite West coast institution considers opening an applied research campus in New York.
The university said in February that it was mulling the move and in March submitted a tentative proposal as a response to Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s push to lure a top science school to one of several city-owned properties.
Stanford has teamed Edelman with lobbying and consulting firm Tusk Strategies, which has close ties to Bloomberg and worked on his re-election campaign.
The Stanford Daily first reported the hiring of Edelman.
The Wall Street Journal reported today that Stanford is now “aggressively pursuing” the chance to win city land and is talks to with the city on a construction bid for land on Roosevelt Island between Manhattan and Queens. The university reportedly envisions a graduate institution of 2,200 students and 100 faculty members.