Six 2025 mayoral candidates (clockwise from high left): Brooklyn state Sen. Zellnor Myrie, Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos, Queens Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani, former Metropolis Comptroller Scott Stringer, Mayor Eric Adams and present Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander.
File pictures/Collage by Ethan Stark-Miller
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Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander’s marketing campaign says it has now eclipsed Mayor Eric Adams’ group within the cash race for this 12 months’s Democratic mayoral main, forward of Wednesday’s submitting deadline.
Lander’s marketing campaign says it has raised over $5.4 million, together with public matching funds that it has acquired or expects to obtain sooner or later. He has up to now introduced in $1,185,451 in uncooked contributions, his marketing campaign stated, which grows to $4,163,209 with $2,977,758 in matching funds that town Marketing campaign Finance Board (CFB) awarded him on Wednesday.
“This incredible response shows that New Yorkers are hungry for honest, effective leadership,” Lander stated in an announcement. “I’m proud to have earned the most grassroots support and to have qualified for the largest matching funds payment, which will ensure that we have the resources to speak directly to voters in the coming months about our plans to deliver a safer, more affordable, better-run city for all New Yorkers.”
The CFB awarded Lander the primary spherical of matching funds on Wednesday after it initially rejected his declare in December, because of not submitting the correct paperwork in a well timed method.
In the meantime, Adams’ 2025 re-election bid is again within the fundraising recreation after the CFB denied it the primary spherical of public matching funds final month. His marketing campaign compliance lawyer, Vito Pitta, revealed forward of Wednesday’s submitting deadline that he raked in over $250,000 within the newest fundraising quarter. That brings the mayor’s complete haul to just about $4.4 million.
“The campaign raised more than a quarter million dollars in just a few weeks following a December in which Mayor Adams was busy winning major victories for New Yorkers on housing and public safety, putting us close to $4.5 million raised in total, far more than any other campaign,” Pitta stated in an announcement. “We expect that number to grow significantly in the near future, and are well-positioned to have the maximum amount to spend.”
The mayor was anticipated to develop his battle chest by one other $4 million with public {dollars} in December, however the CFB denied the primary tranche of matching funds. The panel cited Adams’ federal corruption indictment, which incorporates allegations of dishonest town’s matching funds program by making use of for public {dollars} with unlawful straw donations, because the central cause.
Rivals catching up
Whereas Lander is the one candidate to outpace Adams up to now in fundraising, a few of the mayor’s different rivals have additionally caught as much as him.
In response to his marketing campaign, former metropolis Comptroller Scott Stringer has raised over $4.1 million in complete. Stringer raised $197,971 between October and January — $101,502 of which his marketing campaign says might be grown into $1,009,987 with matching funds.
“Our campaign has continued to bring in the resources we need to run a winning race and share my vision for New York’s future,” Stinger stated in an announcement. “New Yorkers know our city is at a crossroads. They’re ready for a reformer and leader who can get government working for everyone instead of the mayor’s cronies and deliver real solutions to the major challenges the city faces.”
Total, Stringer’s marketing campaign has had 3,779 donors who gave a median of $133.
One other candidate, state Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn) has now certified for matching funds, in keeping with his marketing campaign.
Myrie has raised a complete of $647,449 since launching his marketing campaign final Might, roughly $183,000 of which he introduced on this previous quarter, his marketing campaign says. With public matching funds, he can use some $301,981 of that quantity to carry his fundraising haul to $3,063,297.
“New Yorkers from across all five boroughs are coming together to support Zellnor because they are ready for fresh, new leadership in City Hall,” Myrie’s marketing campaign spokesperson Monica Klein stated in an announcement.
“Zellnor is serious about making our city livable and affordable — which is why he’s the only candidate who has released a plan to tackle the housing shortage head-on,” she added, referring to Myrie’s plan to assemble 1 million new houses within the metropolis over the subsequent 10 years.
In complete, Myrie’s marketing campaign has been buoyed by 3,300 donors who gave a median $127 contribution.
Democratic Social Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) was one other contender who confirmed very sturdy fundraising in the latest quarter.
Mamdani’s marketing campaign says he raised $642,339 from 6,502 donors since launching in late October, which means he now qualifies for matching funds. The marketing campaign can use not less than $300,000 of these funds to develop its battle chest to $3 million.
The Meeting member is campaigning on three core coverage proposals: freezing the lease for stabilized tenants, making MTA buses quick and free to experience, and implementing no-cost common little one care.
“We knew there was a hunger for a different kind of politics but this is beyond even our highest expectations,” Mamdani stated. “Our thousands of donors have launched us and our vision for a more affordable city into the top tier of this race.”
The campaigns of two different main rivals within the race, state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Queens) and former Bronx Meeting Member Michael Blake had not but launched their fundraising numbers by publication time.
