Candidates for 2009 Citywide Elections File Disclosure Statements with Campaign Finance Board

One-hundred and twelve potential candidates in the 2009 citywide elections have filed required financial disclosure statements with the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) as of today.

This is the fifth scheduled disclosure statement for the 2009 citywide elections. All potential candidates in the 2009 elections, including non-participants, are required by law to provide a detailed report of all financial activity for their campaigns covering the period January 12, 2008 – July 11, 2008.

The following candidates have submitted disclosure statements as of the end of the day today. Updated, detailed information for these candidates can be found on the CFB website’s financial summary page and in the searchable online database.

Fall 2008 Elections. One potential candidate in the fall 2008 elections in City Council district 30 (Queens) has filed required financial disclosure statements. This is the first scheduled disclosure statement for the 2008 fall elections. The next disclosure statement filing for the 2008 elections is scheduled for August 8, 2008. All candidates in the 2008 primary and general elections, including non-participants, are required by law to provide a detailed report of all financial activity for their campaigns covering the dates from the beginning of their fundraising to July 11, 2008. The following candidate has submitted disclosure statements. Detailed information is available on the financial summaries page and in our searchable database on the CFB website.

City Council
Como, Anthony (#30)

Candidates may deliver statements to the CFB, submit filings electronically, or send the materials by mail, as long as mailed submissions are postmarked by midnight tonight.

By joining New York City’s voluntary Campaign Finance Program, candidates agree to abide by strict spending limits. In return, candidates in the Program may qualify for public matching funds. The deadline to join the Program for the 2009 elections is June 10, 2009. Changes to the law have modified the public matching funds ratio for the 2009 citywide election from $4-to-$1, for the first $250 per contributor, to $6-to-$1 for the first $175 per contributor. A summary of other changes affecting contributions and expenditures can be found on our website.

To qualify for public financing, Program participants must be opposed on the ballot, be in compliance with Program requirements, and demonstrate that they have adequate support from the public. They do this by meeting “threshold” minimum requirements for the amount of money raised and the number of individuals who have contributed to the campaign. Threshold requirements vary by office.

An additional update will be posted tomorrow morning. An analysis of the disclosure filing, including a comparison with previous election cycles, will be released later this week.