Lobbyist D'Amato Booted from NY-Bound Flight

Tue., Jan. 10, 2017

By Jon Gingerich

Former State Senator of New York was kicked off JetBlue flight just for speaking out. Al D’Amato, the former New York Senator and founder of lobbying powerhouse Park Strategies, was kicked off a JetBlue flight yesterday after sounding off against the plane's crew.

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