The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted today to approve the fourth public funds payments of the 2013 elections. The Board paid $968,454 to 39 candidates who qualified for payment today. In addition the Board ratified public funds payments made on August 22 to seven candidates. To date, the Board has authorized payments totaling $27,795,390 to 115 eligible candidates in the 2013 elections. Details of today's public funds payments are available in the table below.
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.
In addition, the Board determined that one independent spender from the 2013 elections committed violations. Details on the violation is in the table below. Before the Board's vote on that matter, Executive Director Amy Loprest issued the following statement: "The staff is recommending a $250 penalty for this late filing but as we get closer to the election, the Board will be recommending higher penalties for late filings as the disclosures become more important."
The Board voted to deny 5-02(a) petitions from two 2013 campaigns: Alicia Barksdale in Council District #7 and Ruben W. Wills in Council District #28.
Lastly, the Board voted to dismiss complaints against two 2013 campaigns: Corey Johnson in Council District #3 and Ari Kagan in Council District #48.
The Board authorized public funds payments to the following candidates:
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Mayor |
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de Blasio, Bill |
$27,654 |
Thompson, Jr., William C |
$85,984 |
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Lhota, Joseph J |
$41,638 |
Weiner, Anthony D |
$4,774 |
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Public Advocate |
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James, Letitia |
$27,195 |
Saujani, Reshma M |
$67,733 |
Squadron, Daniel L |
$23,170 |
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Comptroller |
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Stringer, Scott M |
$24,510 |
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Borough President |
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Brewer, Gale A (M) |
$27,645 |
Katz, Melinda (Q) |
$7,239 |
Escoffery-Bey, Mark (X) |
$166,058 |
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Jackson, Robert (M) |
$8,322 |
Vallone, Jr., Peter F (Q) |
$2,650 |
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Lappin, Jessica S (M) |
$3,990 |
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City Council |
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Rajkumar, Jenifer (01) |
$5,540 |
Batista, Raquel E (15) |
$84,588 |
Wills, Ruben W (28) |
$74,413 |
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Del Rio, Richard (02) |
$237 |
Rivera, Joel R (15) |
$59,579 |
Soto, Humberto (34) |
$1,567 |
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Hartzog, Edward A (05) |
$997 |
Gibson, Vanessa L (16) |
$4,104 |
Tillard, Conrad (36) |
$45,429 |
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Johnson, Joyce S (07) |
$199 |
Muhammed, Naaimat (16) |
$3,443 |
Mateo, Heriberto (37) |
$8,635 |
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Otto, Mark T (07) |
$2,479 |
Arroyo, Maria (17) |
$33,658 |
Banks, Christopher W (42) |
$3,790 |
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Santos, Edward N (08) |
$1,767 |
Pabon, Julio (17) |
$798 |
Barron, Inez D (42) |
$3,705 |
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Rodriguez, Ydanis A (10) |
$78,650 |
Rahman, Mujib U (24) |
$741 |
Whitehead, John C (42) |
$1,083 |
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Johnson, Pamela A (12) |
$1,111 |
Mays, Gregory (27) |
$30,723 |
Mancuso, John (50) |
$513 |
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Vanel, Clyde (27) |
$2,143 |
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Violations and Penalties
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Independent Spender |
Violation |
Penalty |
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Filing a disclosure statement late |
$250 |
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Archived video of today's meeting will be available at www.nyccfb.info/live.