November 27 the NYC Campaign Finance Board (CFB) issued public matching funds payments to 47 candidates totaling $894,749.
To qualify for public funds, candidates must demonstrate support by raising small contributions in their communities. This encourages the candidates to spend more time speaking to voters and less time fundraising. Click here to see the exact thresholds that candidates must meet to qualify for public funds. The table below lists all candidates who have been awarded public funds in the 2023 election cycle. It also includes the following calculations:
Payment 11/2: The amount of public funds paid to the candidate on November 2nd.
Total Public Funds Paid (Primary/General): The amount of public funds paid to the candidate for the 2023 election cycle. The maximum public funds payment for each election is $184,000.
Total Amount Raised: The total dollar amount raised from individual, organizational, and all other contribution sources, as of October 23rd.
Percent In-district: The percent of the number of contributions reported from individual residents in the candidate’s council district, as of October 23rd, excluding organizational and other contribution sources.
Percent Small Donors: The percent of aggregate contributions from individuals that totaled $175 or less, as of October 23rd, excluding organizational and other contribution sources. Aggregate contributions refer to the total dollar value of all contributions reported from a donor. For example, the aggregate contribution from a donor who made two $5 contributions is $10.
2023 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC FUNDS PAYMENTS
| Candidate | District | Payment 11/2 | General | Primary | Total Amount Raised | Percent in-district | Percent small donors |
| Jung, Ursila * | 01 | $0 | $0 | $156,968 | $48,378 | 38.5% | 78.9% |
| Lee, Susan † | 01 | $0 | $0 | $184,000 | $42,598 | 56.9% | 86.5% |
| Marte, Christopher | 01 | $21,549 | $98,461 | $183,675 | $104,869 | 43.8% | 83.2% |
| Qiu, Helen * | 01 | $42,970 | $141,960 | $0 | $20,908 | 39.1% | 97.1% |
| Rivera, Carlina | 02 | $0 | $0 | $111,106 | $45,298 | 59.3% | 89.8% |
| Ryan, Allison | 02 | $0 | $0 | $61,648 | $14,188 | 76.7% | 88.2% |
| Bobrick, Robert * | 03 | $47,176 | $47,176 | $0 | $6,668 | 51.7% | 100% |
| Bottcher, Erik | 03 | $2,300 | $46,000 | $0 | $141,251 | 52.2% | 74.3% |
| Powers, Keith | 04 | $6,542 | $111,832 | $0 | $60,495 | 44.3% | 55.7% |
| Robinson, Brian * | 04 | $21,672 | $97,573 | $0 | $18,651 | 41.7% | 91.8% |
| Brewer, Gale | 06 | $33,109 | $167,416 | $0 | $58,464 | 49.4% | 80.8% |
| DiStasio, Diane * | 06 | $19,940 | $106,656 | $0 | $23,447 | 47.7% | 90.9% |
| Dickens, Inez | 09 | $0 | $0 | $180,084 | $68,186 | 46.8% | 73.6% |
| Jordan, Kristin | 09 | $0 | $0 | $78,128 | $26,205 | 44.7% | 92.3% |
| Salaam, Yusef * | 09 | $0 | $0 | $144,092 | $84,454 | 15.1% | 88.3% |
| Taylor, Al * † | 09 | $0 | $0 | $184,000 | $41,224 | 40.1% | 88.3% |
| DeLaRosa, Carmen | 10 | $0 | $0 | $97,680 | $46,540 | 45.5% | 85.5% |
| Perez, Guillermo * | 10 | $0 | $0 | $87,760 | $18,760 | 54.9% | 99.7% |
| Dinowitz, Eric | 11 | $2,300 | $46,000 | $0 | $63,213 | 56.7% | 74.8% |
| Ahmed, Aisha * | 12 | $0 | $0 | $58,440 | $9,660 | 71.9% | 95.3% |
| Riley, Kevin | 12 | $80 | $5,542 | $98,998 | $93,703 | 42.9% | 71.3% |
| Ferrara, Bernadette | 13 | $0 | $0 | $77,840 | $15,568 | 77.2% | 92.6% |
| Havranek, George * † | 13 | $0 | $0 | $184,000 | $47,679 | 86.1% | 81.5% |
| Marmorato, Kristy * | 13 | $76,824 | $102,360 | $145,640 | $64,660 | 50.5% | 87.6% |
| Velazquez, Marjorie | 13 | $36,882 | $168,672 | $113,347 | $139,393 | 25.5% | 74.8% |
| Zherka, Hasime Samantha * | 13 | $0 | $0 | $59,844 | $12,483 | 78.1% | 98.9% |
| Bradshaw, Rachel * | 14 | $0 | $0 | $63,600 | $14,295 | 65.8% | 87.4% |
| Sanchez, Pierina † | 14 | $1,098 | $10,560 | $184,000 | $55,355 | 25.3% | 87.4% |
| Feliz, Oswald | 15 | $0 | $43,700 | $0 | $26,525 | 64% | 83% |
| Farias, Amanda | 18 | $2,276 | $45,500 | $0 | $61,612 | 24.9% | 85% |
| Avella, Tony | 19 | $35,079 | $126,256 | $183,216 | $64,268 | 68.8% | 82.2% |
| Bae, Christopher * † | 19 | $0 | $0 | $184,000 | $52,934 | 29.7% | 81% |
| Graziano, Paul | 19 | $0 | $0 | $158,600 | $22,450 | 60.4% | 96.9% |
| Paladino, Vickie ‡ | 19 | $8,708 | $183,450 | $0 | $212,163 | 63.6% | 64.5% |
| Chen, JinLiang * | 20 | $9,440 | $165,240 | $152,741 | $52,790 | 77.2% | 93.7% |
| Pai, Yu-ChingJames | 20 | $35,848 | $165,200 | $0 | $31,813 | 57% | 89.9% |
| Ung, Sandra ‡ | 20 | $9,200 | $184,000 | $0 | $84,308 | 47.9% | 62.9% |
| Caban, Tiffany ‡ | 22 | $9,200 | $184,000 | $46,000 | $64,157 | 29.8% | 90.2% |
| Castro, Charles * | 22 | $0 | $110,450 | $0 | $23,165 | 39.8% | 92.9% |
| Klingman, Kelly * | 22 | $29,563 | $110,184 | $0 | $19,688 | 62.8% | 90% |
| Behar, Steve | 23 | $0 | $0 | $180,344 | $29,903 | 45.8% | 91% |
| Chow, Bernard * ‡ | 23 | $9,194 | $183,875 | $0 | $27,909 | 32.2% | 96.5% |
| Lee, Linda ‡ | 23 | $34,857 | $184,000 | $183,000 | $136,055 | 30.7% | 68.9% |
| Rahman, Rubaiya * | 23 | $0 | $0 | $183,900 | $29,075 | 53.6% | 98.8% |
| Gennaro, James ‡ | 24 | $8,451 | $183,250 | $0 | $63,486 | 56.1% | 80.2% |
| Baryab, Fatima † ‡ | 25 | $9,200 | $184,000 | $184,000 | $46,655 | 44.1% | 99.7% |
| Krishnan, Shekar † | 25 | $30,327 | $69,596 | $184,000 | $75,678 | 57.1% | 73.1% |
| Pacheco, Ricardo * | 25 | $0 | $0 | $108,088 | $16,928 | 70.4% | 91.5% |
| Jeffcoat, Marvin | 26 | $6,065 | $74,180 | $0 | $16,112 | 53.6% | 89.7% |
| Kim, Hailie | 26 | $0 | $0 | $168,520 | $25,015 | 49.1% | 94.5% |
| Won, Julie † | 26 | $6,862 | $84,040 | $184,000 | $96,379 | 30.7% | 81.9% |
| Ramgopal, Rusat * | 28 | $2,300 | $46,000 | $0 | $11,995 | 50.3% | 96.3% |
| Felder, Ethan * | 29 | $0 | $0 | $156,104 | $42,793 | 53.9% | 86.9% |
| Nijjar, Sukhjinder * † | 29 | $2,606 | $25,520 | $184,000 | $29,390 | 54.5% | 98.5% |
| Schulman, Lynn † | 29 | $24,303 | $123,924 | $184,000 | $110,584 | 29.6% | 68.9% |
| Restler, Lincoln | 33 | $2,300 | $46,000 | $0 | $51,095 | 58.3% | 69% |
| Gutierrez, Jennifer | 34 | $0 | $1,467 | $105,632 | $34,229 | 46.9% | 87.8% |
| Nurse, Sandy ‡ | 37 | $9,200 | $184,000 | $0 | $64,509 | 17.9% | 92.2% |
| Vega, Isaiah * | 37 | $43,312 | $43,312 | $0 | $7,148 | 52.9% | 97.1% |
| Aviles, Alexa | 38 | $4,267 | $146,136 | $0 | $43,105 | 36.1% | 89.4% |
| Rodriguez, Paul * | 38 | $79,608 | $79,608 | $0 | $13,929 | 44.8% | 96% |
| Hanif, Shahana | 39 | $2,300 | $46,000 | $0 | $50,166 | 48.9% | 81.7% |
| Joseph, Rita | 40 | $0 | $43,700 | $0 | $70,645 | 24.7% | 70.5% |
| Mealy, Darlene | 41 | $0 | $0 | $46,000 | $22,336 | 52.7% | 81.5% |
| Banks, Chris | 42 | $0 | $0 | $164,320 | $45,260 | 52.4% | 88.3% |
| Barron, Charles | 42 | $0 | $0 | $97,848 | $25,837 | 54.3% | 89.6% |
| Chan, WaiYee * † | 43 | $0 | $0 | $184,000 | $64,079 | 40.1% | 89.9% |
| Labella, Vito * | 43 | $22,536 | $113,470 | $0 | $19,170 | 40.7% | 93.5% |
| Ng, Stanley * | 43 | $0 | $0 | $183,780 | $39,662 | 35.5% | 92.9% |
| Tan, Ying * † | 43 | $23,989 | $133,976 | $184,000 | $45,462 | 30.1% | 97% |
| Zhuang, Susan * † ‡ | 43 | $9,200 | $184,000 | $184,000 | $73,352 | 37.5% | 90.1% |
| Tischler, Harold * † ‡ | 44 | $9,200 | $184,000 | $184,000 | $54,993 | 47.5% | 96.4% |
| Yeger, Kalman † | 44 | $1,545 | $29,392 | $184,000 | $60,163 | 44% | 67.2% |
| Narcisse, Mercedes | 46 | $2,301 | $46,000 | $0 | $88,263 | 32.9% | 64.9% |
| Brannan, Justin ‡ | 47 | $9,986 | $180,250 | $0 | $179,018 | 41.9% | 65.1% |
| Kagan, Ari † ‡ | 47 | $44,157 | $175,440 | $184,000 | $76,209 | 39.9% | 80.2% |
| Pereira, Avery * | 47 | $0 | $0 | $43,960 | $10,300 | 63% | 93.4% |
| Adler, Amber | 48 | $0 | $108,338 | $0 | $31,508 | 32.4% | 93.7% |
| Kazatsker, Igor * | 48 | $14,928 | $51,750 | $87,888 | $18,581 | 64.8% | 97% |
| Vernikov, Inna † | 48 | $29,999 | $56,014 | $184,000 | $66,300 | 39.3% | 79.7% |
| Hanks, Kamillah | 49 | $0 | $173,850 | $0 | $124,043 | 41.5% | 53.7% |
| All Candidates | All Districts | $894,749 | $5,653,276 | $7,096,791 | $4,239,785 | ||
| * The 2023 election cycle is the first time the candidate is being paid.† The candidate has received the maximum public funds payment for the primary election‡ The candidate has received the maximum public funds payment for the general election. | |||||||
DISCLOSURE AND PAYMENT CALENDAR
Candidates in the 2023 New York City elections filed their disclosures with the CFB by October 23rd. The above payments are based on campaign financial data provided by this deadline. The next disclosure reports will be due Monday, December 4th.
HOW THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE PROGRAM WORKS
The CFB provides matching funds out of the city’s General Fund to qualifying candidates at a rate of $8 for every $1 received from New York City residents, up to the first $175 for donations to City Council candidates.
To qualify for matching funds, candidates must demonstrate support from within their communities by meeting a two-part fundraising threshold and abide by the other requirements set in the Campaign Finance Act. For instance, to qualify for public funding in City Council races, candidates must raise at least $5,000 from city residents. Only the first $175 contributed per city resident counts towards meeting the threshold. Additionally, City Council candidates must receive at least 75 contributions from residents of the district where they are running. Candidates also must comply with all program rules, including individual contribution limits and a prohibition on collecting contributions from corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships.
CANDIDATE SERVICES
The CFB’s Candidate Services staff offers candidates extensive support by providing access to trainings, resources, and one-on-one guidance to help campaigns navigate their disclosure requirements and compliance obligations. For the 2023 elections, the agency published a detailed guidance documents with the payment schedule, requirements, and applicable deadlines for candidates to follow.
FOLLOW THE MONEY
More information about the candidates’ campaign finance data is available on the CFB website in the Campaign Finance Summary portal. Individual contributions, campaign spending, intermediaries, and independent PAC expenditures are available in the CFB’s Follow the Money database.