Spy Kids: 2016 Jenifer Rajkumar campaign staffers say they were asked to infiltrate rival operations

"We actually recruited volunteers who would be - this is the word she used - they would be 'spies' that would be sent to volunteer for other Assembly campaigns, and then they would be snapping pictures of their daily schedules in the respective candidates' offices," said Rohan Narine, who served as deputy campaign manager for Rajkumar at the time. "They would have to report back to us at like 9 or 10 p.m. after they volunteered for the competitors' campaigns."

"It put these volunteers, who are mainly college kids, under a lot of stress because they didn't really know how to be themselves, working or volunteering for us while they were in other candidates' offices," Narine said. "But you know, Rajkumar loved to play the opposition research game by actually planting physical people in other campaign offices."

Asked about the alleged spying, campaign spokesperson Arvind Sooknanan said: "Just another sexist and absurd attempt to tarnish the image of the only woman of color running for citywide office this year."

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