
BY ARIAMA C. LONG
Ka-ching!
According to the
city’s Campaign Finance
Board’s (CFB) latest fi lings released
yesterday, Monday,
March 15, some candidates
fi nally cashed in big in their
respective campaigns and
races.
The CFB gives out matching
funds to qualifying candidates
at a rate of $8 for every $1
donated from city residents,
that means up to the fi rst $175
for donations to city council
and borough president candidates,
and up to $250 for donations
to citywide candidates.
Overall, CFB has as of now
approved $9,469,159 in public
matching funds payments
to 90 different candidates for
March. Interestingly enough,
this will likely be the fi rst
year that CFB will be close
to topping the $50 million in
public matching funds given
out in 2013’s citywide elections.
Three candidates for
mayor, three for comptroller,
13 for borough president, and
71 for city council have qualifi
ed for public funds payments.
Here’s a rundown of the
top fi nishers:
For the Mayoral
race, Brooklyn Borough
President Eric Adams has
$14,060, City Comptroller
Scott Stringer has $97,622,
and Maya Wiley cashed in
with $1,911,681.
Adam’s campaign broke
out the bubbly for having
raised more than $9.3 million
in total if you include today’s
$14,000.
“I am overwhelmed by the
support our campaign has
received from every corner
of this city,” said Adams in a
statement. “Working people
— everyday New Yorkers —
are propelling this campaign,
and our contributors represent
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the beautiful diversity
of New York. Our campaign
has the most support because
we are a movement to deliver
what hard-working New Yorkers
deserve: a fair, safe, prosperous
city that puts them
fi rst.”
For Comptroller, which
really is a job all about
the benjamins, Senator
Brian Benjamin raised
$14,297, Councilmember
Brad Lander had $76
added to his estimated stash
of $3,426,051, and Assemblymember
David Weprin
raised a whopping
$1,338,614.
The stand outs this time
around for borough president
candidates are Councilmember
Antonio Reynoso in
Brooklyn with $65,426, Senator
Brad Hoylman in Manhattan
with a huge payment
of $996,231, business owner
Leticia Remauro in Staten
Island with $171,342, and Assemblymember
Nathalia
Fernandez in the Bronx with
$229,064.
In the city council district
races 11 people got the max for
public funds payment, which
is $160,444. Those candidates
were Mario Rosser in District
9, William Rivera in District
18, Austin Shafran in District
19, Jaslin Kaur in District 23,
Julie Won in District 26, Avi
Cyperstein District 29, Donghui
Zang in District 29, Lincoln
Restler in District 33, Rodrigo
Camarena District 38,
Kenya Handy-Hilliard in District
40, and Shirley Paul in
District 46.
There will be another
round of public funds payment
on April 15. There are
eight public funds payments
scheduled ahead of the primary
elections on June 22.
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