On September 26, 2024, Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on five federal charges including bribery, conspiracy, and campaign finance offenses. To better understand the context of the alleged campaign finance-related crimes, New York Law School’s Center for New York City and State Law offers the following Q-and-A between Ben Max, the Center’s executive editor, and Amy Loprest, a Senior Fellow at the Center and the former longtime Executive Director of the New York City Campaign … <Read More>
Campaign Finance Board
Council Member’s Legislation to Reveal Campaign Contribution Sources
Voters will receive the campaign contribution information in the CFB’s Voter Guides. On April 9, 2019, Council Member Ben Kallos introduced Introduction 1504 of 2019, a proposed bill that would reveal where politicians get their campaign contributions from and make this information more accessible to voters. To track the source of contributions, the bill would require campaign contributors to indicate their industry.
REMINDER: April 11th – New York Campaign Finance Law: Promises and Reality – CLE
Presented by the New York City Campaign Finance Board and the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School
“New York Campaign Finance Law: Promises and Reality”
When
Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm
Check-in: 1:30 pm
Where
New York Law School, Auditorium
185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets)
Credits
3.0 Transitional and Nontransitional CLE Credits: 2.5 in Professional Practice and .5 in Ethics and … <Read More>
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: New York Campaign Finance Law: Promises and Reality – CLE
Presented by the New York City Campaign Finance Board and the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School
“New York Campaign Finance Law: Promises and Reality”
When
Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm
Check-in: 1:30 pm
Where
New York Law School, Auditorium
185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets)
Credits
3.0 Transitional and Nontransitional CLE Credits: 2.5 in Professional Practice and .5 in Ethics and … <Read More>
CityLaw Profile: Frederick Schaffer, Chair of the Campaign Finance Board
In February 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Frederick Schaffer as the Chair of the City’s Campaign Finance Board. The Board, which will be thirty years old next year, is responsible for enforcing New York City’s campaign finance law, monitoring campaign contributions and disclosures, overseeing the public matching funds program and enforcing the rules. Schaffer takes the reigns as the Board heads into the 2017 mayoral campaign.
Schaffer was born and raised in Brooklyn. One … <Read More>
CityLaw Profile – COIB General Counsel Wayne Hawley on Ethical City Government
Wayne Hawley has served with the Conflicts of Interest Board since 1999. Born in California, Hawley grew up in a military family and moved frequently, completing high school in Virginia before returning to California as an undergrad at Claremont McKenna College. He relocated to the East Coast again for Yale Law School, then in his words, “followed the bouncing ball” back to Los Angeles for two years of private practice. Hawley crossed the country again … <Read More>