{"id":2433733,"date":"2025-05-12T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-regulators-withhold-600000-from-cuomo-over-finance-violations\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:21:21","slug":"campaign-regulators-withhold-600000-from-cuomo-over-finance-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-regulators-withhold-600000-from-cuomo-over-finance-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign regulators withhold $600,000 from Cuomo over finance violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcampaign-regulators-withhold-600000-from-cuomo-over-finance-violations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2433733&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City campaign finance regulators have temporarily withheld $600,000 from mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo due to allegations of illegal coordination with a super PAC, Fix the City. The accusations stem from Cuomo&#8217;s campaign website,which reportedly provided messaging later used by the super PAC in advertisements,a practice known as &#8220;redboxing.&#8221; The city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayoral-candidates-ramp-up-fighting-a-month-before-primary\/\" title=\"NYC Mayoral Candidates Ramp Up Fighting a Month Before Primary\">campaign finance board<\/a> is tightening regulations regarding this practice. Despite the allegations, Cuomo&#8217;s campaign has denied any wrongdoing, asserting that their activities complied with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-for-our-lives-issue-biden-1-billion-list-of-gun-control-policy-demands\/\" title=\"March For Our Lives Issue Biden  Billion List Of Gun Control Policy Demands\">campaign finance laws<\/a>. A spokesperson mentioned they would contest the board&#8217;s preliminary ruling and seek the full matching funds to which their campaign is entitled. Cuomo recently received $1.5 million in matching funds but was warned that future violations could result in losing access to public funding.As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ongoing political climate<\/a>, State Senator Zellnor Myrie, a primary opponent, filed the complaint against Cuomo, criticizing his history with campaign laws. Meanwhile, Cuomo\u2019s campaign claims to be gaining momentum, leading local polls.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Campaign regulators withhold $600,000 from Andrew Cuomo over finance violations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2115660\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York City<\/a> campaign finance regulators have withheld $600,000 from mayoral candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andrew-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> over allegations that he illegally coordinated with a super PAC known as Fix the City.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Cuomo stemmed from his campaign website, which laid out specific messaging that Fix the City then used to create advertisements, a practice known as &ldquo;redboxing.&rdquo; Just last week, New York City&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">campaign finance<\/a> board emailed the campaigns that it was adopting stricter regulations around the legally dubious practice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3408257\/comedian-tony-hinchcliffe-money-not-why-he-spoke-trump-msg-rally\/\">Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe says money was not why he spoke at Trump&#8217;s MSG rally<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3408206\/iowa-state-auditor-democrat-rob-sand-announces-run-for-governor\/\">Iowa state auditor Democrat Rob Sand announces run for governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3408166\/georgia-insurance-commissioner-john-king-senate-ossoff\/\">Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King launches bid for US Senate seat against Ossoff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Based on the preliminary results of our investigation, the Board has reason to believe Fix the City&rsquo;s $622,056 expenditure for an ad distributed on May 4, 2025 was not independent of the Cuomo campaign,&rdquo; board member Richard Davis said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nyccfb.info\/media\/press-releases\/nyc-campaign-finance-board-approves-pre-primary-matching-funds-payments-to-2025-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement.<\/a> &ldquo;Expenditures coordinated with a campaign are considered in-kind contributions that undercut New York City&rsquo;s strict spending and contribution limits, which are in place to ensure voters, not big money, decide elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The webpage outlining Cuomo&rsquo;s campaign strategy has since been deleted, but Cuomo&rsquo;s campaign denied any wrongdoing in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our campaign has operated in full compliance with the campaign finance laws and rules, and everything on our website was reviewed and approved by our legal team in advance of publication &mdash; as I&rsquo;m sure Scott Stringer, Justin Brannan and others did when they launched similar pages,&rdquo; Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said. &ldquo;We look forward to making that clear when we respond to the Board&rsquo;s preliminary ruling and receiving the full matching funds to which the campaign is entitled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the board awarded Cuomo $1.5 million in matching funds, but members warned that campaigns that are found guilty of coordinating with super PACs could lose access to public funds.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, a primary opponent of Cuomo, filed the complaint against the former New York governor&rsquo;s campaign, but it is unclear whether it led to the investigation by the Campaign Finance Board.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Campaign Finance Board just confirmed what we&rsquo;ve known all along: Andrew Cuomo is for sale,&rdquo; Myrie said in a statement. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s spent decades bending laws, shutting down ethics investigations, and exploiting every loophole to serve himself &mdash; and now he&rsquo;s doing it again, backed by a super PAC funded by billionaires and corporations who know Cuomo will serve the highest bidder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Azzopardi said Cuomo&rsquo;s campaign is gaining greater momentum, having raised $3.5 million in the past 71 days.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3403058\/andrew-cuomo-new-party-failing-democrats-new-york-city-mayoral-race\/\">ANDREW CUOMO FORMS &lsquo;FIGHT AND DELIVER PARTY&rsquo; AFTER &lsquo;PROOF&rsquo; OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY FAILING<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>We &ldquo;are gratified to have the broadest coalition of supporters, and lead in every poll with voters in every borough, gender, race and ethnicity,&rdquo; Azzopardi said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforprogress.org\/blog\/2025\/3\/26\/cuomo-leads-nyc-mayors-race-with-39-mamdani-at-15-all-other-candidates-in-single-digits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Polling conducted<\/a> in late March shows Cuomo leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-obama-task-force-member-says-rise-in-crime-is-fault-of-the-police\/\" title=\"Former Obama Task Force Member Says Rise In Crime Is \u2018Fault Of The Police\u2019\">mayoral primary race<\/a> with 39%. Meanwhile, Mayor Eric Adams, who was accused of accepting foreign gifts, is polling at just 7% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rokeefe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ross O&rsquo;Keefe<\/a> contributed to this report<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2115660\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2115660\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$600,000 withheld from Cuomo over alleged finance violations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2433734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Andrew-Cuomo--1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33926,3714,39987,32603,55090],"class_list":["post-2433733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-finance","tag-cuomo","tag-new-york-politics","tag-political-news","tag-regulatory-violations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Andrew-Cuomo--1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433737,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433733\/revisions\/2433737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}