Mayoral hopeful and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s impartial mayoral marketing campaign acquired a serious monetary increase on Thursday, because the NYC Marketing campaign Finance Board (CFB) voted to award it roughly $2.3 million in public matching funds.
The sizable payout provides to the practically $896,000 in non-public donations that Cuomo’s marketing campaign reported elevating final week, in keeping with CFB information. The contemporary money infusion comes as Cuomo is desperately attempting to shut a gaping double-digit polling hole between himself and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.
The increase in each non-public donations and public funds exhibits that Cuomo is already reaping some reward from present Mayor Eric Adams’ resolution to droop his reelection marketing campaign late final month. A big chunk of Cuomo’s haul poured into his coffers within the day and a half following Adams’ departure from the race, his marketing campaign stated.
The CFB additionally awarded, on Thursday, slightly greater than $1 million in public funds to Mamdani, who halted fundraising in early September after reaching the $8 million spending restrict. The democratic socialist Meeting member reported elevating $410,800 in non-public contributions final week.
Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, speak radio persona and founding father of the volunteer patrol group The Guardian Angels, additionally acquired $1.1 million from the CFB Thursday. Sliwa’s marketing campaign raked in $423,770 over the newest submitting interval.
All three candidates have raised enough funds to already start operating TV advertisements and seem poised to proceed advert buys till the Nov. 4 election.
In the meantime, the CFB as soon as once more voted to disclaim Mayor Adams thousands and thousands of {dollars} in matching funds. Whereas Adams has ceased operating for reelection, his marketing campaign remains to be actively pursuing the general public {dollars} it believes it’s owed.
If he finally receives matching funds, Adams may probably use these funds, along with the roughly $3.3 million remaining in his marketing campaign account, to wind down marketing campaign operations and repay his authorized payments, in keeping with a broadcast report.
An Adams marketing campaign spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
