During a regularly scheduled meeting today, the Campaign Finance Board determined that three campaigns from the 2009 elections committed violations. One campaign from the 2009 elections will receive post-election payment of public funds.
The Board also voted to dismiss a complaint against James G. Van Bramer (2009, Council District #26). Separately, the Board voted to deny a Rule 5-02(a) petition from Joseph Lazar (March 2010 special election, CD #44).
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
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Candidate |
Total Public Funds Received |
Violation |
Penalty |
Total Penalties |
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Daniel Halloran |
$149,155 |
Accepting a contribution from an |
$125 |
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Accepting an over-the-limit Doing Business |
$250 |
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Filing a disclosure statement 67 days late |
$750 |
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Failing to file daily disclosure statements |
$100 |
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Failing to timely provide bank statements |
$250 |
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Failing to properly report one transaction |
$50 |
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Failing to provide deposit slips, resulting in a cash variance of 7.62% |
$250 |
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Accepting a contribution from a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership |
$1,050 |
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Making cash payments greater than $100 |
$224 |
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Failing to maintain separate campaign bank account and co-mingling campaign and TIE funds |
$250 |
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Making impermissible post-election expenditures |
$812 |
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Failing to respond timely to Draft Audit Report |
$2,051 |
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Robert Schwartz |
$0 |
Failing to report and document advances |
$250 |
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Accepting a contribution from a limited liability company |
$425 |
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Failing to demonstrate that spending was in furtherance of the campaign |
$108 |
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Responding late to the Draft Audit Report |
$454 |
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James G. Van Bramer |
$172,672 |
Accepting an over-the-limit contribution |
No Penalty |
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Making impermissible post-election expenditures |
$100 |
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Failing to report an in-kind contribution, stemming from unreported coordination |
$5,000 |
Post-Election Public Funds Payments
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Candidate |
Total Public Funds Received |
Public Funds Payment |
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Daniel Halloran |
$149,155 |
$52,749* |
*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.