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Campaign Finance Board Votes on Penalties and Payments

May 9, 2013

During a regularly scheduled meeting today, the Campaign Finance Board determined that two campaigns from the 2009 elections committed violations. One campaign from the 2009 elections will receive a post-election payment of public funds.

For details on the Board's actions, please refer to the charts below. Please note that the numbers in the "Total Penalties" column are linked to documents that provide detail on the violations committed.

Violations and Penalties


Candidate

Total Public Funds Received

Violation

Penalty

Total Penalties

Bill de Blasio
Public Advocate (2009)

$2,251,389

Accepting over-the-limit contributions

$1,625

$20,500

Accepting corporate contributions

$500

Accepting contributions from unregistered political committees

$1,750

Accepting over-the-limit Doing Business contributions

$1,250

Failing to file a daily disclosure statement

$300

Failing to document specific transactions

$400

Failing to demonstrate compliance with subcontractor reporting requirements

$50

Maintaining a petty cash fund greater than $500

$345

Failing to demonstrate that spending was in furtherance of the campaign

$1,598

Making improper post-election expenditures

$1,132

Commingling

$10,000

Failing to document 30 contributions

$1,550

Daniel P. Dromm
CD #25
(2009)

$129,471

Accepting a corporate contribution

No Penalty

$0

Making improper post-election expenditures

No Penalty

 

Post-Election Public Funds Payments

Candidate

Total Public Funds Received

Public Funds Payment

Bill de Blasio
Public Advocate (2009)

$2,251,389

$24,948*

 

*The candidate's total penalties will be deducted from this amount.
 
Archived video of today’s meeting will be available at www.nyccfb.info/live.