The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted today to approve the first public funds payments of the 2013 general elections. The Board authorized payments totaling $2,689,731 to 52 candidates in the general election who qualified for payment. Details of today's public funds payments are available in the table below.
The Board also ratified public funds payments made on September 12 to two candidates in the Public Advocate runoff.
New York City's matching funds program provides public funds at a rate of $6-to-$1 for the first $175 contributed by City residents, for a maximum of $1,050 in public funds per contributor. The low-dollar match encourages candidates to raise small contributions from New Yorkers living in the neighborhoods they hope to represent, instead of relying on large contributions from special interests. To date, the Board has authorized payments totaling $37,859,510 to 142 eligible candidates in the 2013 elections.
The Board voted to dismiss complaints against the 2013 campaigns of Ari Kagan, Ben Kallos, Micah Kellner, Christine Quinn, and Joel R. Rivera. Prior to the Board's votes to dismiss these complaints, CFB Executive Director Amy Loprest said, "the Board voting to dismiss complaints does not necessarily mean that a particular complaint had no merit. In some cases, remedial action, such as reporting previously unreported transactions, has resolved the complaints. The dismissal of a complaint does not preclude the Board from finding violations or assessing penalties during the post election process."
The Board authorized public funds payments to the following candidates:
Mayor | ||||
de Blasio, Bill | $45,229 | Lhota, Joseph J | $220,675 | |
Comptroller | ||||
Stringer, Scott M | $66,832 | |||
Borough President | ||||
Brewer, Gale A (M) | $72,641 | Oddo, James S (S) | $186,342 | |
Katz, Melinda (Q) | $28,101 | Escoffery-Bey, Mark (X) | $4,759 | |
Diaz Jr., Ruben (X) | $188,884 | |||
City Council | ||||
Mendez, Rosie (2) | $21,945 | Caruana, Craig N (30) | $87,780 | |
Garland, David P (5) | $46,398 | Crowley, Elizabeth S (30) | $87,780 | |
Kallos, Benjamin J (5) | $51,004 | Richards, Donovan J (31) | $15,458 | |
Cardona, Ralina M (8) | $46,540 | Simon, Lew M (32) | $26,233 | |
Mark-Viverito, Melissa (8) | $62,284 | Ulrich, Eric A (32) | $86,218 | |
Cohen, Andrew J (11) | $21,945 | Council, Kimberly N (37) | $14,206 | |
King, Andrew L (12) | $15,994 | Espinal, Jr., Rafael L (37) | $712 | |
Cabrera, Fernando (14) | $21,945 | Barron, Inez D (42) | $5,677 | |
Torres, Ritchie (15) | $40,954 | Gentile, Vincent J (43) | $87,780 | |
Gibson, Vanessa L (16) | $399 | Quaglione, John F (43) | $87,780 | |
Arroyo, Maria (17) | $9,291 | Greenfield, David G (44) | $21,945 | |
Nestler, Walter G (18) | $29,572 | Williams, Jumaane D (45) | $21,779 | |
Palma, Annabel (18) | $21,175 | Maisel, Alan (46) | $21,945 | |
Saffran, Dennis J (19) | $87,780 | Treyger, Mark (47) | $60,996 | |
Vallone, Paul A (19) | $38,532 | Deutsch, Chaim M (48) | $64,148 | |
Constantinides, Costa G (22) | $87,780 | Oberman, Igor (48) | $19,961 | |
De Stefano, Danielle M (22) | $34,690 | Storobin, David (48) | $87,780 | |
Serpe, Lynne (22) | $50,000 | Rose, Deborah (49) | $87,495 | |
Blishteyn, Alexander (24) | $70,076 | Mancuso, John (50) | $1,966 | |
Lancman, Rory I (24) | $40,886 | Matteo, Steven (50) | $87,780 | |
Miller, I. Daneek (27) | $1,425 | Ignizio, Vincent M (51) | $21,945 | |
Wills, Ruben W (28) | $570 | Walsh, Christopher (51) | $77,719 | |
Archived video of today's meeting will be available at www.nyccfb.info/live.