Updated: NYC Campaign Finance Board Votes on Enforcement Matters, Approves Matching Funds at Public Meeting

12/15/2022

At today's public meeting, the NYC Campaign Finance Board (CFB)  approved the first public matching funds payments to candidates in the 2023 elections, totaling $83,106 to 1 candidate. A video recording of the meeting is available on the CFB's Youtube channel.

Other business conducted during the public meeting included:

An announcement of all campaigns that were in compliance. The candidates below have completed the post-election audit process without any violations and penalties assessed by the Campaign Finance Board. The Board recognizes the diligence of the candidates and their campaign staff in running campaigns that maintained compliance with New York City’s campaign finance law. Of these campaigns, 26 are first time candidates with the CFB.

The Board also voted on a set of Proposed Rules approved on Thursday, December 15th by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (“CFB”).  These proposed rules were published in The City Record on December 15th 2022, and are now available for public comment.  A public hearing will be held on the proposed rules on zoom at 2 p.m. on January 17, 2023. For instructions to join the meeting, please click here. The Board must receive any written comments on or before January 13, 2023. Anyone wishing to testify at the public hearing should notify Bethany Perskie, General Counsel, by email at BPerskie@nyccfb.info or by phone at (212) 409-1861 in advance of the hearing. 

Election Cycle 

Candidate 

Office 

Treasurer

First Time 

CFB Candidate?

2021 

Devin Balkind 

Public Advocate 

Devin Balkind 

No

2021 

Lattina Brown

City Council  

District #17 

Lattina Brown 

Yes

2021 

Louis A. Cespedes

City Council  

District #45 

Monica I. Gutierrez 

No

2021 

Avatar Davi 

Mayor 

Avatar Davi 

Yes

2021 

Robert A. Elstein

Borough  

President  

(Brooklyn) 

Kenneth Elstein 

Yes

2021 

Miguel Estrella

City Council  

District #7 

Ramona Ravel 

No

2021 

Sheryl A. Fetik

City Council  

District #29 

Susan Stuart 

Yes

2021 

Pearlene S. Fields

Borough  

President  

(Brooklyn) 

Camille S. Orta 

Yes

2021 

Vitaly A. Filipchenko 

Mayor 

Vitaly A. Filipchenko 

Yes

2021 

Cleopatra Fitzgerald 

Mayor

Jeannette Domenech  Soto 

Yes

2021 

Raja M. Flores 

Mayor 

Michael Williamson 

Yes

2021 

Aaron Foldenauer 

Mayor 

Aaron Foldenauer 

No

2021 

Sabrina Gates

City Council  

District #33 

Leslie Heredia 

Yes

2021 

Pierre Gooding

City Council  

District #9 

Cherech Allam 

No

2021

Pamela Hamilton 

Johnson

City Council  

District #12 

Geneva Johnson 

No

2021 

Harriet L. Hines

City Council  

District #40 

Terry F. Wilson 

Yes

2021 

Bryan Hodge Vasquez

Borough  

President  

(Bronx) 

Bryan Hodge Vasquez 

Yes

2021 

Zuri S. Jackson

City Council  

District #46 

Shaun S. Woods 

Yes

2021 

Suraj Jaswal

City Council  

District #25 

Suraj Jaswal 

Yes

2021 

Angelo King

City Council  

District #24 

Angelo King 

No

2021 

Deirdre M. Levy

City Council  

District #35 

Deirdre M. Levy 

Yes

2021 

Michael E. Lewyn

Borough  

President  

(Manhattan) 

Michael E. Lewyn 

Yes

2021 

Lilithe L. Lozano

City Council  

District #15

Aisha Hernandez  

Ahmed 

No

2021 

Carl L. Lundgren

City Council  

District #18 

Carl L. Lundgren 

No

2021 

Nancy Martinez

City Council  

District #31 

Susan M. Russell 

No

2021 

Bernadette Mcnear

City Council  

District #9 

Bernadette Mcnear 

Yes

2021 

Ivan D. Mossop Jr.

City Council  

District #28 

Ivan D. Mossop Jr. 

No

2021 

Juan Pagan

City Council  

District #2 

Anna Rosario 

No

2021 

Alex K. Pan 

Comptroller 

Alex K. Pan 

Yes

2021 

Jason R. Price

City Council  

District #49 

Levorn Long 

Yes

2021 

Louis J. Puliafito

Borough  

President  

(Manhattan) 

Vick Bathija 

No

2021 

Paul A. Rodriguez 

Comptroller 

Nathan Weiner 

Yes

2021 

Catherine Rojas 

Mayor 

Nathalie Feliz 

Yes

2021 

Sheba T. Simpson

City Council  

District #9 

Sheba T. Simpson 

Yes

2021 

Edward A. Sonnino 

Mayor 

Edward A. Sonnino 

Yes

2021

Francis E.  

Spangenberg

City Council  

District #19

Francis E.  

Spangenberg 

Yes

2021 

Marco A. Tamayo

City Council  

District #5 

Elizabeth Nelson 

Yes

2019A 

Eric A. Ulrich 

Public Advocate 

Craig Caruana 

No

2021 

Zack Weiner

City Council  

District #6 

Joseph E. Gallagher 

Yes

2021 

Thomas J. Zmich

Borough  

President  

(Queens) 

Karina Zmich 

Yes

 

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