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New York City candidates receive over $100M in public matching funds
NY Post ^ | 6/25/2021 | Jon Levine

Posted on 06/26/2021 5:17:32 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

With New York City’s municipal elections moving into the rearview mirror, the bill for the city has come due, with Gotham taxpayers on the hook for more than $109 million, records from the city Campaign Finance Board show.

The nine-figure payout is a result of the city’s incredibly generous system of public matching funds for those who run for mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president and City Council.

Leading the pack with their hands out were the city’s Democratic mayoral hopefuls, who were offered $8 for every dollar contributed by a donor up to their first $250. That means a $250 contribution actually results in a $2,250 payday for an aspiring pol.

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1 posted on 06/26/2021 5:17:32 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Where does that $100 Million in NY TAXPAYERS DOLLARS go? The Main Stream Media… ad buys after ad buys….


2 posted on 06/26/2021 5:30:00 PM PDT by Shady (Prince Andrew must be dethroned...And who killed Ashli Babbitt? )
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To: Right Wing Vegan
They could have used 1/10th of that to pay alll the homeless people to cross the river into NJ.
3 posted on 06/26/2021 5:31:57 PM PDT by LIConFem (Bring a Commie to room temperature for Mommy)
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To: Shady

Anddddd… Advertising costs are not yet subject to sales tax (but you can bet political advertising will be exempt…


4 posted on 06/26/2021 5:32:12 PM PDT by Shady (Prince Andrew must be dethroned...And who killed Ashli Babbitt? )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Making the taxpayers pay for the lubricant.


5 posted on 06/26/2021 5:43:54 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Politics ruined America.


6 posted on 06/26/2021 6:00:24 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Oregon just passed the same, with a $6 benefit.


7 posted on 06/26/2021 7:14:08 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: SpaceBar

ways to launder money part 3


8 posted on 06/27/2021 4:36:59 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Right Wing Vegan

100 million they must have gotten most of this from the permanently deliberate closing of restaurants during the scam demic


9 posted on 06/27/2021 4:46:50 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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