America
Hillary Clinton sets up campaign headquarters in Brooklyn
New York, April 4
Former US secretary of
state Hillary Clinton has chosen the New York borough of Brooklyn as the
place to set up campaign headquarters for her 2016 run for president,
the daily Politico reported on Friday.
According to the daily,
which quotes people close to the campaign, the Clinton team has signed a
contract to lease offices at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in the Brooklyn Heights
neighbourhood.
Clinton's campaign headquarters will occupy two
floors of this office building in one of the Brooklyn areas best served
for public transport. The investment brokerage Morgan Stanley has a
branch office in the same building, while the US attorney for the
Eastern District of New York is just across the street.
It is
currently accepted as a fact that the former first lady of the US
(1993-2001) will officially announce her candidacy for the 2016
presidential election in the coming weeks.
According to Politico,
signing the contract is proof that Clinton will take that step very
soon, since Federal Election Commission rules stipulate that no more
than 15 days may pass between the first campaign activities and
registering the candidacy with the authorities.
However, it is
not yet known whether the signing was done under the name of the Clinton
campaign or of another entity or individual.
The ex-secretary of
state has lived several years in the New York suburb of Chappaqua, and
the foundation she heads with her husband and daughter is based in the
Big Apple neighbourhood of Harlem.
Brooklyn, the most populous
borough of the five that make up New York City, has seen a major
transformation in recent years, becoming for many one of the nation's
great symbols of modernity.