The city Campaign Finance Board (CFB) on Monday voted to grant former Gov. Andrew Cuomo a portion of the $1.3 million in matching funds it withheld from his leading mayoral bid over preliminary findings of illegal coordination between the campaign and a super PAC supporting it.
CFB member Richard Davis, in a Monday statement, said the board’s decision to award Cuomo over $540,000 that it had previously withheld came after the super PAC backing his candidacy — “Fix the City” — updated documentation with the board. The PAC, Davis said, showed it had actually spent close to $757,000 on a May 4 TV ad, over which the board suspects it illegally coordinated with Cuomo’s campaign, instead of the nearly $1.3 million it had previously reported.
