Former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was denied nearly $3 million on Tuesday in a campaign fund published by New York City’s Campaign Finance Regulators.
The publicly matched campaign fund’s $2.5 million denial followed a desperate email from the Cuomo campaign sent Friday, appealing to those who donated to his campaign to fill out the form so that all requirements for public funds are inevitably met. But the effort failed.
A public confirmation of the denial came in Tuesday’s press release from the New York City Campaign Finance Committee (NYCCFB). The press release also said that the CUOMO campaign failed to meet the total contributions that must be at least 1,000 different individuals and be a total contribution that must be at least $250,000.
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A Cuomo spokesman said the “technical software errors” had been improved and appropriate documentation was provided to the city’s Campaign Finance Committee. However, the campaign will not receive matching funds until the next allocation period starting on May 12th. (Getty Images/Fox News)
“Our campaign was officially announced on March 1st, and within 13 days we proudly raised $330,000 of matchable funds from over 2,800 donors, from over 2,800 donors, exceeding the Campaign Finance Committee threshold for the FILING 15 to 1.5 million from FILING 15 to 1.5 million since March 13th, and more than 4,100 individuals,” Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopaldi said in a statement.
“Last Friday, the campaign was notified by the Campaign Finance Committee. Due to technical software errors, the contributions collected in one of the vendor platforms, NGP, lack one of the fields required for the Campaign Finance Committee, so the campaign was necessary to resolve this technical problem while meeting the threshold required to receive the matching fund.”
Azzopardi noted that “technical software errors” had been improved and appropriate documentation was provided to the city’s Campaign Finance Committee. However, the campaign will not receive matching funds until the next payment period starting on May 12th.
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Almost every other mayoral candidate received payments Tuesday, according to Politico. However, incumbent mayor Eric Adams found himself rejecting $4.5 million in matching funds for the same reasons Cuomo did, along with other bookkeeping and compliance errors.
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Voting from Siena College found Cuomo to be the frontline among Democrats, but it was not included in the findings as Adams runs for reelection as an independent.
Adams faced an investigation into federal corruption until the Trump administration stepped in and rejected the case. After the investigation, Richard Davis, one of the NYCCFB members, refused to vote on issues relating to Adams after writing the editorial earlier this year.
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Adams was also denied publicly matched funds during the NYCCFB’s final payment round announced on March 17th.
