Board Approves $14M in Public Funds
06/17/2021
Payments approved to 270 candidates; In total for 2021, more than $109M with $39M to candidates for mayor
The NYC Campaign Finance Board (CFB) approved $14,034,807 in public matching funds payments to 270 candidates in the final pre-election payment of the 2021 primary elections during a public meeting this morning. With today's payments, the Board has approved more than $39.2 million to eight candidates running for mayor.
This includes four mayoral and two comptroller candidates who received the maximum payment allowed under the law for the primary election. Previously, only one citywide candidate had received the maximum payment (Christine Quinn in the 2013 Democratic primary for mayor).
The CFB has now issued $109,764,381 million to candidates participating in the 2021 elections — the most in the history of New York City's campaign finance program — and more than the total that candidates have reported raising in private contributions (over $64.1 million as of June 16). Maximum public funds payments have been issued to 130 candidates. Public funds also outweigh spending by independent expenditure committees, or Super PACs, which reported spending more than $29.1 million as of June 17, mostly on the race for mayor.
"Public financing serves as a balance to the millions that wealthy special interests have poured into the races," said Frederick Schaffer, Chair of the CFB. "Public financing says that the voters, not big money, get to choose who gets to lead our city."
The payments approved by the Board today are detailed in the table below and will be added to the CFB's campaign finance summary by the end of the day. The CFB's interactive contribution map helps voters see where candidates are raising money within the city, showing more than 93 percent of individual contributions raised by candidates are less than $250, and that more than 72 percent come from NYC residents.
"Clearly, the changes to the matching funds program approved by the voters in 2018 and by the Council in 2019 have achieved their goals of increasing the amount of small dollar fundraising and public financing available on the citywide level," said Amy Loprest, Executive Director of the CFB. "I commend the candidates and their staff for all the hardwork they have done reaching out to and engaging with New York City residents throughout this campaign. We wish them well in the final stretch of the primary election."
To qualify for public funds, candidates must meet fundraising thresholds demonstrating support from within their communities. The eligibility thresholds encourage candidates to raise small contributions from voters living within the city.
Today's public funds payments are based on campaign filings received from candidates as of June 11 and amendments filed by campaigns in response to the CFB's ongoing audit process.
This includes four mayoral and two comptroller candidates who received the maximum payment allowed under the law for the primary election. Previously, only one citywide candidate had received the maximum payment (Christine Quinn in the 2013 Democratic primary for mayor).
The CFB has now issued $109,764,381 million to candidates participating in the 2021 elections — the most in the history of New York City's campaign finance program — and more than the total that candidates have reported raising in private contributions (over $64.1 million as of June 16). Maximum public funds payments have been issued to 130 candidates. Public funds also outweigh spending by independent expenditure committees, or Super PACs, which reported spending more than $29.1 million as of June 17, mostly on the race for mayor.
"Public financing serves as a balance to the millions that wealthy special interests have poured into the races," said Frederick Schaffer, Chair of the CFB. "Public financing says that the voters, not big money, get to choose who gets to lead our city."
The payments approved by the Board today are detailed in the table below and will be added to the CFB's campaign finance summary by the end of the day. The CFB's interactive contribution map helps voters see where candidates are raising money within the city, showing more than 93 percent of individual contributions raised by candidates are less than $250, and that more than 72 percent come from NYC residents.
"Clearly, the changes to the matching funds program approved by the voters in 2018 and by the Council in 2019 have achieved their goals of increasing the amount of small dollar fundraising and public financing available on the citywide level," said Amy Loprest, Executive Director of the CFB. "I commend the candidates and their staff for all the hardwork they have done reaching out to and engaging with New York City residents throughout this campaign. We wish them well in the final stretch of the primary election."
To qualify for public funds, candidates must meet fundraising thresholds demonstrating support from within their communities. The eligibility thresholds encourage candidates to raise small contributions from voters living within the city.
Today's public funds payments are based on campaign filings received from candidates as of June 11 and amendments filed by campaigns in response to the CFB's ongoing audit process.
| Office | Candidate | Payment Approved on June 17, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Eric Adams | $318,973 |
| Shaun Donovan | $184,140 | |
| Kathryn Garcia | $2,147,447 | |
| Fernando Mateo | $2,033,918 | |
| Dianne Morales | $293,209 | |
| Scott Stringer | $326,172 | |
| Maya Wiley | $1,106,529 | |
| Andrew Yang | $453,768 | |
| Comptroller | Brian Benjamin | $224,166 |
| Michelle Caruso-Cabrera | $238,010 | |
| Zachary Iscol | $151,332 | |
| Corey Johnson | $202,444 | |
| Brad Lander | $241,218 | |
| Kevin Parker | $172,769 | |
| Reshma Patel | $274,272 | |
| David Weprin | $340,162 | |
| Borough President - Brooklyn | Robert Cornegy, Jr. | $185,861 |
| Kimberly Council | $61,546 | |
| Khari Edwards | $63,053 | |
| Antonio Reynoso | $197,444 | |
| Jo Anne Simon | $151,077 | |
| Borough President - Manhattan | Lindsey Boylan | $63,927 |
| Elizabeth Caputo | $52,982 | |
| Brad Hoylman | $77,193 | |
| Benjamin Kallos | $134,300 | |
| Mark Levine | $127,466 | |
| Borough President - Queens | Elizabeth Crowley | $286,981 |
| Donovan Richards | $76,145 | |
| Jimmy Van Bramer | $46,624 | |
| Borough President - Staten Island | Lorraine Honor | $43,688 |
| Steven Matteo | $61,892 | |
| Radhakrishna Mohan | $22,144 | |
| Mark Murphy | $49,593 | |
| Leticia Remauro | $85,811 | |
| Brandon Stradford | $24,359 | |
| Cesar Vargas | $22,956 | |
| Borough President - Bronx | Fernando Cabrera | $109,614 |
| Nathalia Fernandez | $55,206 | |
| Vanessa Gibson | $64,445 | |
| Samuel Ravelo | $14,732 | |
| Luis Sepulveda | $28,322 | |
| City Council District 1 | Susan Lee | $8,444 |
| Gigi Li | $8,445 | |
| Jenny Low | $8,442 | |
| Maud Maron | $8,444 | |
| Christopher Marte | $7,159 | |
| Tiffany Winbush | $5,576 | |
| City Council District 2 | Erin Hussein | $15,120 |
| City Council District 3 | Leslie Boghosian Murphy | $10,891 |
| Erik Bottcher | $8,444 | |
| Phelan-Dante Fitzpatrick | $9,839 | |
| Marni Halasa | $7,199 | |
| Aleta LaFargue | $24,098 | |
| Arthur Schwartz | $34,258 | |
| City Council District 5 | Billy Freeland | $8,445 |
| Rebecca Lamorte | $17,673 | |
| Julie Menin | $8,444 | |
| Kim Moscaritolo | $8,444 | |
| Tricia Shimamura | $8,445 | |
| Christopher Sosa | $10,238 | |
| City Council District 6 | Gale Brewer | $8,419 |
| Maria Danzilo | $8,444 | |
| David Gold | $5,182 | |
| Sara Lind | $8,444 | |
| Jeffrey Omura | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 7 | Shaun Abreu | $8,445 |
| Marti Allen-Cummings | $8,444 | |
| Daniel Cohen | $8,444 | |
| Keith Harris | $41,960 | |
| Stacy Lynch | $8,444 | |
| Lena Melendez | $4,564 | |
| Maria Ordonez | $8,444 | |
| Corey Ortega | $12,305 | |
| Carmen Quinones | $17,013 | |
| Raymond Sanchez | $7,651 | |
| City Council District 8 | Diana Ayala | $8,462 |
| City Council District 9 | Cordell Cleare | $21,052 |
| Joshua Clennon | $9,692 | |
| Billy Council | $11,648 | |
| Kristin Jordan | $8,444 | |
| Ruth McDaniels | $2,587 | |
| Athena Moore | $17,087 | |
| Bill Perkins | $44,912 | |
| Mario Rosser | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 10 | Carmen De La Rosa | $8,468 |
| Angela Fernandez | $8,444 | |
| Johanna Garcia | $8,444 | |
| Josue Perez | $23,757 | |
| City Council District 11 | Eric Dinowitz | $17,936 |
| Mino Lora | $53,041 | |
| Abigail Martin | $8,444 | |
| Daniel Padernacht | $45,780 | |
| Marcos Sierra | $4,647 | |
| City Council District 12 | Kevin Riley | $26,376 |
| City Council District 13 | Monique Johnson | $9,417 |
| Marjorie Velazquez | $8,394 | |
| City Council District 14 | Adolfo Abreu | $8,444 |
| Fernando Aquino | $13,323 | |
| Haile Rivera | $13,740 | |
| Pierina Sanchez | $8,444 | |
| Socrates Solano | $2,881 | |
| Yudelka Tapia | $9,394 | |
| City Council District 15 | Ischia Bravo | $84,638 |
| Oswald Feliz | $113,639 | |
| Bernadette Ferrara | $26,529 | |
| John Sanchez | $79,881 | |
| City Council District 16 | Ahmadou Diallo | $15,013 |
| Yves Filius | $8,281 | |
| Althea Stevens | $8,954 | |
| City Council District 17 | Helen Hines | $6,242 |
| City Council District 18 | Michael Beltzer | $10,789 |
| Amanda Farias | $8,444 | |
| Darlene Jackson | $3,642 | |
| Mohammed Mujumder | $8,444 | |
| Mirza Rashid | $18,278 | |
| William Rivera | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 19 | Tony Avella | $8,444 |
| Adriana Aviles | $6,308 | |
| Nabaraj KC | $8,444 | |
| Richard Lee | $8,444 | |
| Vickie Paladino | $8,444 | |
| John-Alexander Sakelos | $23,648 | |
| Austin Shafran | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 20 | Hailing Chen | $8,445 |
| John Choe | $8,444 | |
| Anthony Miranda | $148,275 | |
| Sandra Ung | $8,444 | |
| Neng Wang | $4,725 | |
| Dao Yin | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 21 | Ingrid Gomez | $8,558 |
| Francisco Moya | $8,108 | |
| George Onuorah | $14,002 | |
| City Council District 22 | Leonardo Bullaro | $8,445 |
| Tiffany Caban | $8,445 | |
| Catherina Gioino | $2,599 | |
| Evie Hantzopoulos | $8,444 | |
| Nicholas Velkov | $7,542 | |
| City Council District 23 | Steve Behar | $21,674 |
| Sanjeev Jindal | $20,714 | |
| Jaslin Kaur | $8,444 | |
| Linda Lee | $8,444 | |
| Debra Markell | $8,444 | |
| Koshy Thomas | $7,676 | |
| Harpreet Toor | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 24 | Moumita Ahmed | $8,439 |
| James Gennaro | $8,540 | |
| Saifur Khan | $7,376 | |
| Mohammad Uddin | $11,048 | |
| City Council District 25 | Yi Chen | $8,444 |
| Shekar Krishnan | $8,444 | |
| Liliana Melo | $21,471 | |
| Manuel Perez | $48,408 | |
| Alfonso Quiroz | $17,572 | |
| Carolyn Tran | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 26 | Amit Bagga | $8,444 |
| Lorenzo Brea | $5,784 | |
| Julia Forman | $8,444 | |
| Glennis Gomez | $23,741 | |
| Denise Keehan-Smith | $18,777 | |
| Badrun Khan | $42,500 | |
| Heajin Kim | $14,010 | |
| Jesse Laymon | $8,388 | |
| Brent O'Leary | $8,445 | |
| Steven Raga | $94,921 | |
| Emily Sharpe | $5,615 | |
| Julie Won | $8,444 | |
| Ebony Young | $16,848 | |
| City Council District 27 | Marie Adam-Ovide | $9,907 |
| Kerryanne Burke | $9,348 | |
| Jason Clark | $8,444 | |
| Rene Hill | $13,298 | |
| James Johnson | $8,444 | |
| Al-Hassan Kanu | $15,327 | |
| Harold Miller | $8,444 | |
| Anthony Rivers | $1,885 | |
| Jermaine Sean Smith | $7,344 | |
| Nantasha Williams | $8,445 | |
| City Council District 28 | Adrienne Adams | $12,089 |
| Ruben Wills | $15,287 | |
| City Council District 29 | David Aronov | $8,444 |
| Avi Cyperstein | $8,444 | |
| Aleda Gagarin | $8,444 | |
| Eliseo Labayen | $5,151 | |
| Lynn Schulman | $8,444 | |
| Douglas Shapiro | $5,832 | |
| Edwin Wong | $14,806 | |
| Donghui Zang | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 30 | Juan Ardila | $8,445 |
| Robert Holden | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 31 | Selvena Brooks-Powers | $2,561 |
| City Council District 32 | Kaled Alamarie | $8,344 |
| Joann Ariola | $8,444 | |
| Bella Matias | $9,269 | |
| Michael Scala | $10,199 | |
| Helal Sheikh | $13,708 | |
| Felicia Singh | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 33 | Elizabeth Adams | $8,123 |
| Victoria Cambranes | $9,192 | |
| Toba Potosky | $8,344 | |
| Lincoln Restler | $8,444 | |
| Stuart Sherman | $9,372 | |
| Benjamin Solotaire | $6,009 | |
| April Somboun | $8,445 | |
| City Council District 34 | Jennifer Gutierrez | $8,444 |
| Andy Marte | $11,689 | |
| Scott Murphy | $6,736 | |
| City Council District 35 | Renee Collymore | $6,409 |
| Curtis Harris | $5,092 | |
| Michael Hollingsworth | $8,269 | |
| Crystal Hudson | $8,444 | |
| Hector Robertson | $40,968 | |
| City Council District 36 | Henry Butler | $8,444 |
| Tahirah Moore | $9,742 | |
| Chi Osse | $8,444 | |
| Robert Waterman | $8,307 | |
| City Council District 37 | Darma Diaz | $8,432 |
| Christopher Durosinmi | $81,608 | |
| Rick Echevarria | $16,782 | |
| Heriberto Mateo | $30,760 | |
| Sandy Nurse | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 38 | Alexa Aviles | $8,444 |
| Rodrigo Camarena | $8,444 | |
| Yu Lin | $7,608 | |
| Jacqueline Painter | $12,224 | |
| Victor Swinton | $19,648 | |
| Ceasar Zuniga | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 39 | Shahana Hanif | $8,444 |
| Mamnunul Haq | $8,439 | |
| Justin Krebs | $8,444 | |
| Briget Rein | $21,097 | |
| Douglas Schneider | $8,444 | |
| Brandon West | $8,439 | |
| City Council District 40 | Cecilia Cortez | $16,402 |
| Kenya Handy-Hilliard | $8,444 | |
| Rita Joseph | $8,444 | |
| Blake Morris | $13,280 | |
| Josue Pierre | $6,427 | |
| Edwin Raymond | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 41 | Darlene Mealy | $82,062 |
| City Council District 42 | Charles Barron | $8,638 |
| Wilfredo Florentino | $8,882 | |
| Nikki Lucas | $8,445 | |
| City Council District 45 | Farah Louis | $8,445 |
| City Council District 46 | Gardy Brazela | $8,394 |
| Donald Cranston | $9,394 | |
| Mercedes Narcisse | $7,989 | |
| Shirley Paul | $8,444 | |
| Tiffany Tucker-Pryor | $4,805 | |
| R. Dimple Willabus | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 47 | Alec Brook Krasny | $8,444 |
| Ari Kagan | $8,444 | |
| Joseph Packer | $2,584 | |
| Steven Patzer | $8,444 | |
| City Council District 48 | Amber Adler | $44,406 |
| Binyomin Bendet | $41,986 | |
| Mariya Markh | $8,445 | |
| Steven Saperstein | $7,944 | |
| City Council District 49 | Amoy Barnes | $8,444 |
| Selina Grey | $9,758 | |
| Kamillah Hanks | $4,884 | |
| John McBeth | $2,384 | |
| Troy McGhie | $7,688 | |
| Ranti Ogunleye | $8,539 | |
| Kelvin Richards | $8,444 | |
| Michael Schnall | $17,743 | |
| City Council District 50 | David Carr | $8,444 |
| Jordan Hafizi | $5,204 | |
| Marko Kepi | $8,444 | |
| Sam Pirozzolo | $17,240 | |
| Kathleen Sforza | $11,332 |
The CFB withholds five percent of the public funds payment until the final payment prior to the election. For primary election candidates, the withheld amount is issued in today's payment.
DISCLOSURE AND PAYMENT CALENDAR
The next disclosure reports are due by midnight on July 15. The first general election payment could also come on July 15 based on the June 11 disclosures. In total, there have been eight public matching funds payments scheduled ahead of the primary elections on June 22.
HOW THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE PROGRAM WORKS
The CFB provides matching funds out of the city's General Fund to qualifying candidates at a rate of $8 for every $1 received from New York City residents, up to the first $175 for donations to City Council and Borough President candidates, and up to $250 for donations to citywide candidates, for a maximum payment-per-resident of $1,400 or $2,000, respectively.
To qualify for matching funds, candidates must demonstrate support from within their communities by meeting a two-part fundraising threshold and abide by the other requirements set in the Campaign Finance Act. For instance, to qualify for public funding in City Council races, candidates must raise at least $5,000 from city residents. Only the first $175 contributed per city resident counts towards meeting the threshold.
Additionally, City Council candidates must receive at least 75 contributions from residents of the district where they are running. Candidates also must comply with all program rules, including individual contribution limits and a prohibition on collecting contributions from corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships.
The matching rate increased to $8-to-$1 in November 2018 when it was adopted by voters along with other improvements to the matching funds program. For 2021, candidates may choose to participate in the previous program, which provides public funds at a $6-to-$1 matching rate. However, 98 percent of 2021 candidates participating in the program are choosing to abide by the new rules.
To qualify for matching funds, candidates must demonstrate support from within their communities by meeting a two-part fundraising threshold and abide by the other requirements set in the Campaign Finance Act. For instance, to qualify for public funding in City Council races, candidates must raise at least $5,000 from city residents. Only the first $175 contributed per city resident counts towards meeting the threshold.
Additionally, City Council candidates must receive at least 75 contributions from residents of the district where they are running. Candidates also must comply with all program rules, including individual contribution limits and a prohibition on collecting contributions from corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships.
The matching rate increased to $8-to-$1 in November 2018 when it was adopted by voters along with other improvements to the matching funds program. For 2021, candidates may choose to participate in the previous program, which provides public funds at a $6-to-$1 matching rate. However, 98 percent of 2021 candidates participating in the program are choosing to abide by the new rules.
CANDIDATE SERVICES
The CFB's Candidate Services staff offers candidates extensive support by providing access to trainings, resources, and one-on-one guidance to help campaigns navigate their disclosure requirements and compliance obligations. For the 2021 elections, the agency published a detailed guidance document with the payment schedule, requirements, and applicable deadlines for candidates to follow.
FOLLOW THE MONEY
More information about the candidates' campaign finance data is available on the CFB website in the Campaign Finance Summary portal. Individual contributions, campaign spending, intermediaries, and independent PAC expenditures are available in the CFB's Follow the Money database.