Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa (left), Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, and former Gov. and impartial candidate Andrew Cuomo.
Picture by Lloyd Mitchell
All three NYC mayoral candidates nonetheless standing are flush with money heading into the ultimate weeks of the marketing campaign, as evidenced by each their large spending on TV promoting and the most recent fundraising knowledge from town Marketing campaign Finance Board.
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner within the three-way contest, turned the primary candidate to achieve the CFB’s $8 million fundraising restrict on Sept. 5.
But the democratic socialist Meeting member nonetheless raised a powerful $410,800 in internet contributions over the newest submitting interval between Aug. 19 and Sept. 29, CFB information present. He submitted roughly $143,700 in claims to town’s beneficiant public marketing campaign financing program, which matches eligible contributions 8-to-1.
Among the many donors who gave Mamdani the utmost contribution of $2,100 have been A-list actor Mark Ruffalo and creator Steve Phillips.
The Meeting member spent $1.7 million over the previous month. His greatest outlay was a $250,000 fee to the Los Angeles, California-based Debra Schommer Media Group for TV promoting.
Mamdani has essentially the most marketing campaign money at his disposal, with a $5 million struggle chest, comprising each non-public donations and public matching funds. The CFB will award the candidates the most recent spherical of matching funds throughout its assembly on Thursday.
The lawmaker’s fundraising slowed considerably from the final submitting interval, when he raised simply over $1 million in non-public funds, as he hit the spending cap quickly after it started.
Mamdani’s haul got here from 6,543 donors, who contributed a median of $63. Roughly 51% of these contributions got here from New York Metropolis residents, whereas the opposite 49% got here from outdoors of the 5 boroughs.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an impartial candidate polling in second place, made up important floor within the fundraising race this submitting interval, though he’s nonetheless trailing Mamdani. He raked in a major quantity within the hours instantly after the present Mayor Eric Adams suspended his reelection marketing campaign late final month.
The previous governor reported elevating practically $896,000 in internet contributions between late August and late September, in keeping with CFB information. Almost $400,000 of that sum flowed into Cuomo’s coffers within the 36 hours following Adams’ exit from the race, in keeping with his marketing campaign. He submitted roughly $337,000 in matching funds claims.
Invoice Mulrow, Cuomo’s marketing campaign chairman, stated in a press release final Friday that “Momentum is on our side at exactly the right moment.”
“Voters are just now tuning into this race, and they want a safe city they can afford to live in, and they know Andrew Cuomo has the experience to deliver and the ability to hit the ground running on Day One,” he continued. “This is officially a two-person race, and it’s one Andrew Cuomo is going to win.”
Cuomo practically doubled his haul this cycle in comparison with the earlier one, when he raised $477,500.
Among the many notable donors who gave the utmost contribution to Cuomo have been John Darius Bikoff, who based Glaceau — the agency that made Sensible Water earlier than it was acquired by The Coca-Cola Firm. Actual property developer Joel Bergstein, who labored on the Halletts Level housing growth in Queens, additionally gave Cuomo the utmost donation.
The state’s ex-top govt spent about $1.5 million over the previous month, information present. Almost $678,000 of that quantity he paid to Capitol Message and Media LLC for his personal TV adverts. One other giant expenditure was the $100,000 he spent on North Shore Methods for marketing campaign texts and robocalls.
Together with each non-public donations and public funds, Cuomo has over $1.4 million in his marketing campaign account.
Cuomo raised his newest spherical of funds from 2,754 donors, who gave a median of $325 every. Roughly 75% of Cuomo’s contributions got here from metropolis donors, whereas the remaining 25% got here from outdoors town.
Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa raised $423,770 throughout the newest fundraising interval, a determine that is still regular from the practically $412,300 he raised through the earlier interval, in keeping with board information. He submitted $187,700 in matching funds claims.
Sliwa — a chat radio host and founding father of the Guardian Angels volunteer patrol group — spent about $1.5 million over the past month. Like his rivals, Sliwa’s greatest expenditure was the $750,000 he paid Goal Enterprises for TV adverts.
The founding father of the Guardian Angels has a $2.2 million struggle chest, comprising each non-public and public funds.
With a median contribution measurement of $100, 4,240 folks donated to Sliwa’s marketing campaign throughout this era, in keeping with information. Over half of Sliwa’s haul, roughly 60%, was donated by metropolis residents, whereas the rest got here from outdoors town.
New York News reached out to Sliwa’s marketing campaign for remark, and is awaiting a response.
