CFB makes big payouts to primary candidates
BY ARIAMA C. LONG
Ka-ching!
According to the city’s Campaign
Finance Board’s (CFB) latest filings
released yesterday, Monday, March 15, some
candidates finally 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 first $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 first 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 qualified for public
funds payments.
Here’s a rundown of the top finishers:
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.
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“Working people — everyday New Yorkers
— are propelling this campaign, and our
contributors represent 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 first.”
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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