At a regularly scheduled meeting today, the New York City Campaign Finance Board voted to issue public funds payments to two candidates who will appear on the general election ballot in Queens City Council District 23 on November 3. The Board approved a payments of $95,005 to Joseph Concannon and a payment of $34,263 to Barry Grodenchik.
This is the first payment by the Board to general election candidates in this district. To date, the Board has paid $629,768 in public matching funds to six different campaigns vying for this seat.
In addition, the Board voted to issue a public funds payment of $8,538 to Jessica Lappin’s 2013 campaign for Manhattan Borough President.
The Board determined enforcement matters for four campaigns involved in the 2013 citywide election cycle. Details of the Board’s determinations are outlined in the charts below.
Archived video of today’s meeting will be available at www.nyccfb.info/live.
Violations and Penalties
(for details, follow the link in Total Penalties column)
| Candidate | Violation | Penalty | Total Penalties |
|
Sal Albanese Candidate, 2013 Mayor Program Participant: no public funds |
Failing to provide merchant account statements | $50 | $10,425 |
| Failing to file a daily pre-election disclosure statement | $250 | ||
| Accepting an over-the-limit contribution | $10,000 | ||
| Accepting a contribution from a corporation | $125 |
| Candidate | Violation | Penalty | Total Penalties |
|
Fernando Cabrera Candidate, 2013 City Council District 14 Program Participant: |
Failing to report transactions | $93 | $966 |
| Accepting contributions from corporations or limited liability corporations | $773 | ||
| Failing to document joint expenditures | $100 | ||
| Failing to demonstrate that spending was in furtherance of the campaign | No penalty | ||
| Making impermissible post-election expenditures | No penalty |
| Candidate | Violation | Penalty | Total Penalties |
|
Daniel Squadron Candidate, 2013 Public Advocate Program Participant: |
Failing to report two transactions | $83 | $1,975 |
| Failing to file/late filing of daily pre-election disclosure statements | $300 | ||
| Accepting over-the-limit contributions | $384 | ||
| Accepting contributions from corporations and limited liability companies | $100 | ||
| Accepting contributions from unregistered political committees | $508 | ||
| Failing to document transactions | $300 | ||
| Failing to demonstrate compliance with intermediary reporting and documentation requirements | $300 |
Public Funds Repayments
| Candidate |
Public Funds Received (does not reflect repayment obligation) |
Public Funds Repayment |
|
Daniel Squadron Candidate, 2013 Public Advocate |
$2,558,599 | $30,704.56* |
|
Clyde Vanel Candidate, 2013 City Council District 27 |
$48,420 | $1,715 |
*Final bank balance
Hurley and Mays have satisfied their repayment obligations