The Campaign Finance Board (CFB) yesterday doled out a whopping $23.3 million in public matching funds to candidates running for office this year, tacking onto the already historic $72.2 million they’ve given out in funds in these and any other races for the last 32 years, said the CFB.
More candidates are registered to run in the 2021 elections than in any previous New York City election cycle, and more than 71 percent of the individual contributions raised are from New York City residents, said CFB.
To qualify for public funds, candidates must meet fundraising thresholds demonstrating support from within their communities, in City Council races that means candidates must raise at least $5,000 from city residents and at least 75 contributions from residents of the district where they are running, said CFB.
The CFB then provides matching funds to qualifying candidates, $8 for every $1 they raise, up to the first $175 for donations to City Council and Borough President candidates.
Overall, 20 candidates for borough president, and 206 City Council candidates have qualified for public funds payments with 103 receiving a maximum public funds payment today, April 15, said CFB.
Here’s a breakdown of what Brooklyn Candidates received yesterday in the borough president’s race and by city council district:
Borough President-
Robert Cornegy, Jr. $190,246
Khari Edwards $60,771
Antonio Reynoso $209,937
Jo Anne Simon $386,933
City Council-
DISTRICT 33
Victoria Cambranes $8,550
Stuart Sherman $31,160
Benjamin Solotaire $5,966
April Somboun $26,440
DISTRICT 34
Jennifer Gutierrez $2,630
DISTRICT 35
Curtis Harris $6,924
Michael Hollingsworth $2
Regina Kinsey $42,277
DISTRICT 36
Tahirah Moore $7,714
Robert Waterman $26,902
DISTRICT 37
Darma Diaz $18,696
Rick Echevarria $75,886
DISTRICT 38
Yu Lin $62,586
Jacqueline Painter $26,524
Ceasar Zuniga $160,444
DISTRICT 39
Briget Rein $5,510
DISTRICT 40
Cecilia Cortez $190
Blake Morris $15,139
DISTRICT 42
Charles Barron $8,436
Wilfredo Florentino $9,074
Nikki Lucas $47
DISTRICT 45
Anthony Beckford $68,218
DISTRICT 46
Donald Cranston $1,338
Judy Newton $160,349
Dimple Willabus $4,826
DISTRICT 47
Ari Kagan $11,020
DISTRICT 48
Binyomin Bendet $104,090
Mariya Markh $59,310
Boris Noble $33,442
Inna Vernikov $74,123
