Tag: campaign-finance

NYC mayoral race: City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams says she’s giving ‘serious consideration’ to last-minute run

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Feb. 27, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams moved significantly closer to entering the 2025 NYC mayoral race by filing paperwork with the city Campaign Finance Board on Wednesday. The speaker, during a Thursday afternoon news conference, said she has taken “some initial steps to advance a campaign if and when…

Seven Queens City Council candidates receive key public matching funds

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Feb. 20, 2025 By Colum Motherway The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) has voted to approve public matching funds payments totaling $11,100,281 for 39 candidates running in the 2025 elections.  This marks the third payment of the 2025 election cycle, and it reflects the CFB’s ongoing efforts to provide crucial financial support…

Prosecutors in Santos case hand his defense over 80K pages of material

Jun. 30, 2023 By Jake Offenhartz, AP

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors said Friday that they have turned over more than 80,000 pages of materials to U.S. Rep. George Santos ’ lawyers in the federal fraud and money laundering case against him.