By Robert Greene
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And the real sticky part is that BFI is sometimes indistinguishable from the city. Its chief lobbyist, Arnie Berghoff, was once the City Council’s top staffer, the keeper of City Hall’s secrets and master of its processes. Berghoff co-chairs City Hall’s biggest annual must-go charity event with Mitchell Englander, Smith’s chief of staff (and, with Smith, one of BFI’s staunchest opponents).