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Garcia New York City mayoral aspirants Andrew Yang and Kathryn Garcia brought in the most money in public matching campaign funds among a crowded field of Democratic candidates, the city Campaign Finance Board said Thursday. Former presidential contender Yang got almost $2.2 million and former city Sanitation Commissioner Garcia, who recently scored endorsements by Daily News, got $2.1 million in public financing, representing nearly half of the $8.8 million disbursed Thursday for the June 22 Democratic mayoral primary. The public funds, which provide an 8-to-1 match of individual contributions from New Yorkers up to $250, are intended to help offset the influence of independent outside political action committees, which have spent about $15.7 million in the mayoral election, board Chairman Frederick Schaffer said in a Thursday board meeting. That’s nearly double what was spent in the 2013 race for City Hall, when Mayor Bill de Blasio was elected. ....
NYC matching funds revive underdogs’ campaigns; Shaun Donovan left out Shant Shahrigian The city showered cash on mayoral wannabes on Thursday, giving renewed life to underdogs’ campaigns and boosting the already huge war chests of frontrunners. Left out was Shaun Donovan, the former Bloomberg and Obama big who’s poised to benefit from millions of dollars through a PAC called New Start NYC largely funded by his father. “The Board is deferring its decision on whether to pay public funds to the Donovan campaign today, but it has not made a determination on public funds payments nor on whether there has been a violation,” New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYCCFB) Chairman Frederick Schaffer said in a statement. “The Board will seek further information in this matter from the Donovan campaign and from New Start NYC and will review that information promptly.” ....
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