During a regularly scheduled meeting today, the Campaign Finance Board determined that two campaigns in the 2009 elections and one campaign in the February 2009 special election commited violations.
Separately, one campaign in the February 2009 special election will receive a post-election payment of public funds. The Board also determined that one campaign in the 2009 elections must repay public funds.
The Board also voted to deny a Rule 5-02(a) Petition from Delia M. Hunley-Adossa CD #35 (2009).
For details, see below. Please note that the hyperlinked documents attached to the 'Total Penalties' for each campaign provide detail on the violations committed (pdf).
Violations and Penalties
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Candidate |
Total Public Funds Received |
Violation |
Penalty |
Total Penalties |
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Helen M. Marshall |
$341,128 |
Accepting a corporate contribution |
$250 |
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Accepting a contribution from an unregistered political committee |
$125 |
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Accepting an over-the-limit "Doing Business" contribution |
$250 |
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Using an entity other than the principal committee in furtherance of the election |
$855 |
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Failing to document transactions |
$250 |
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Donald R. Pagano CD #49 |
$32,892 |
Failing to respond to the Draft Audit Report |
$3,289 |
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Making non-campaign related expenditures |
$100 |
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Failing to file a daily disclosure statement |
$100 |
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Bob Zuckerman |
$88,550 |
Accepting contributions from unregistered political committees |
$225 |
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Accepting an over-the-limit "Doing Business" contribution |
$2,000 |
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Failing to document transactions |
$50 |
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Exceeding the expenditure limit |
$1,603 |
1 Candidate paid penalties in full.
Please review the 2009 Penalty Guidelines for more information on how penalties are assessed.
Post-Election Public Funds Payment
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Candidate |
Total Public Funds Received |
Public Funds Payment |
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Donald R. Pagano |
$32,892 |
$1,4171 |
1 Penalties assessed by the Board were deducted from the candidate's payment.
Public Funds Repayments
2009 candidate Bob Zuckerman is required to repay the balance remaining in the campaign's bank account; 2009 candidate Helen M. Marshall has already repaid the balance remaining in the campaign's bank account.
Archived video of today’s meeting, and past Board meetings, can be found at www.nyccfb.info/live.