Sentences with phrase «spent public campaign funds»

Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign was fined $ 47,778 Thursday amid allegations it spent public campaign funds on plane tickets for his son, a makeup artist for his family and a second party to celebrate the mayor's election in 2013.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign was fined $ 47,778 Thursday amid allegations it spent public campaign funds on plane tickets for his son, a makeup...

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«Not one kobo of public funds was spent by or given to my Directorate during the campaign and as far as I am aware not one kobo of public funds was spent by or given to the PCO.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

And the Public Campaign Action Fund, an organization that supports the public financing of political campaigns spent $ 1.36 miPublic Campaign Action Fund, an organization that supports the public financing of political campaigns spent $ 1.36 mipublic financing of political campaigns spent $ 1.36 million.

These revelations were uncovered by the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption as part of a broad investigation into the spending of campaign funds by state lawmakers that was shut down when Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly disbanded the Commission last month.

She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.

In addition, a summary page enables users to access an overview of campaign spending, independent expenditures, and public funds received for all citywide, borough president, and city council races.

Between January and February alone, the Public Campaign Action Fund spent $ 450,000 on a television ad buy.

Barnhart raised a total of $ 50,000 in private funds for her campaign, or $ 16,000 less than Bronson's public spending.

Wooden alleged that the Coleman campaign is intentionally hiding how much money it has on hand, how much is being spent and the specific activities in which it is spending the public funding.

For example Germany has no limits on campaign spending, but also has strict rules on transparency, and generous public funding of political parties in order to level the playing field.

Public officials in New York would be prohibited from spending political campaign funds on personal expenses like clothing and country club dues under the two - way ethics reform deal, but paying for criminal defense attorneys and meals with political cash would still be allowed.

Before being disbanded last year, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption had begun to investigate Ball's use of campaign funds, including «around $ 23,000» he spent at retail stores, according to documents obtained by City & State.

And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the state provides dollar for dollar matching funds for Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.

One such change in 2013 doubled the amounts that contributors could give to state political parties, and permitted the parties to spend as much as they want on candidates receiving public funding for their campaigns.

But those Republicans say that spending public funds on political campaigns is a waste of taxpayer money.

It also would institute a public campaign financing system similar to New York City's, where candidates agree to spending limits in return for public matching funds.

But the Obama campaign — which was building its own fund - raising behemoth, even at the expense of the candidate's earlier pledge to accept public financing and the spending cap that came with it — didn't want outside interference.

State election law prohibits current and former candidates from tapping campaign funds for «personal» expenses that are unrelated to political campaigns or holding public office, though both men say their spending was political in nature.

When alarms were raised over monetary inducements and reckless political spending during the campaigns, none of the major contenders for public offices questioned the sources of funding of the electioneering because doing so at that period might jeopardise their political aspirations.

Stringer can only spend about $ 4 million on his campaign because he's accepting public matching funds.

That's because campaign spending in New York is closely regulated by strict and comparably low contribution limits — even lower for anyone with business before the city — and with a public financing system that offers matching funds from taxpayers to candidates who opt in and follow further fundraising rules.

The Campaign Finance Board limits the mayor's official 2017 campaign fund to spending $ 328,000 in public funds between January 1,2014 and December 31, 2016, with any spending in excess of those amounts to be «charged against the first limit applicableCampaign Finance Board limits the mayor's official 2017 campaign fund to spending $ 328,000 in public funds between January 1,2014 and December 31, 2016, with any spending in excess of those amounts to be «charged against the first limit applicablecampaign fund to spending $ 328,000 in public funds between January 1,2014 and December 31, 2016, with any spending in excess of those amounts to be «charged against the first limit applicable.»

For politicians to raise and spend money without a particular elected seat in mind is not unusual and does not violate campaign finance regulations, although it can matter if a candidate decides to eventually participate in the city's public matching funds program.

Until recently, most education - focused campaign spending not coming from teachers unions has been delivered by groups such as the American Federation for Children and the Great Lakes Education Project, both of which emphasize the use of public money to fund private schools with vouchers.

$ 91,000 in campaign donations flowed to Connecticut Democrats from a single wealthy businessman and charter school advocate, Jonathan Sackler, and three members of his family; those donations and others from Wall Street were rewarded with proposals for over $ 21 million in new charter school funding while public school spending remains flat.

That's why they've spent decades running well - funded campaigns to mislead and deceive the public about what's really happening to the planet.

In this analysis, Public Campaign Action Fund has attempted to quantify how much coal and oil interests spent in the first six months of 2008.

EEI is also spending significant funds on a broader public relations campaign, including ads on «both broadcast and cable television, radio and online» according to an EEI spokesman.

The reason: Special interest groups, with funding and support from Big Polluters, have spent decades on well - coordinated campaigns to spread doubt in the media and sway public opinion about the reality of the crisis.