The Times reports on trends in campaign finance in New York City based on a new report. The examination, to be released on Wednesday by the city’s Campaign Finance Board, shows that changes enacted before the race encouraged 34,000 New Yorkers to make campaign donations for the first time; drastically curtailed the role of businesses, […]
Category: New York City
“Special Election Operation LLC” and the Bloomberg campaign
The New York Observer notes a controversy involving Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign for office. It is one thing for a billionaire to run the most expensive private campaign in US history, spending a record $109 million. But it is something else to intentionally flout, if not break, financial disclosure laws in the process.
New York City public financing system owed money
The Times reports that New York City’s public financing system requires candidates with money left over to return it. Some haven’t. Tens of thousands of dollars that candidates initially reported as surpluses appear to have dribbled away as the city took years auditing campaigns to determine how much might be owed. There are also candidates […]