The New York City Campaign Finance Board reportedly fined former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo $675,000 while awarding millions in public matching funds to his opponent on Friday.
The board said that Cuomo’s mayoral campaign improperly colluded with a super PAC supporting him, according to multiple reports. The decisions represent another financial blow to Cuomo, who has been fined $1.3 million in total for improper coordination ahead of the June 24 Democratic mayoral primary, Politico reported.
Meanwhile, the board reportedly awarded $2.4 million in public matching funds to primary candidate Adrienne Adams, who is speaker of the New York City Council. The board said it is withholding the $1.3 million because it believes an ad produced by the pro-Cuomo PAC was not made independently of Cuomo’s campaign.
Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 after allegations of sexual assault — and faces the rebirth of another scandal as the Department of Justice investigates whether he lied to Congress about COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes that happened on his watch.
The first candidate in the primary to reach maximum public matching funds was Zohran Mamdani, a socialist state representative, the Gothamist reported. Mamdani has consistently polled second place behind Cuomo and has gained on Cuomo in the polls. Adrienne Adams polled in fifth place in a Wednesday Emerson College poll.
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