Election officials on Monday denied a request from New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ 2025 campaign for millions in public matching dollars.
The decision — based on bookkeeping irregularities and a federal criminal case against the mayor involving straw donors — deals a body blow to the beleaguered mayor’s reelection effort, which he must now redouble to make up for the withheld cash.
It comes just a day after Adams’ top adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin stepped down amid a criminal probe into her own dealings — an investigation that appears to be unrelated to the federal case.
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Mayoral candidates who receive donations from New Yorkers of up to $250 are eligible to have the contribution matched eightfold with public tax dollars — a system that encourages small-dollar donations to reduce influence peddling.
But officials from the Campaign Finance Board, which oversees the city’s campaign finance system, voted unanimously Monday to deny Adams’ request for that lucrative line of funding.
“After thoroughly reviewing all available information, including the details of the indictment of Mayor Adams, the board has determined that there is reason to believe the Adams campaign has engaged in conduct detrimental to the matching funds program in violation of the law, including the Campaign Finance Act and the board rules,” Board Chair Frederick Schaffer said at the meeting. “His campaign also failed to provide documents and information requested by the board. Accordingly, Mayor Adams’ campaign for reelection has failed to demonstrate eligibility for public funds payment at this time.”
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