QUESTION
Could the clerk's office track a registered lobbyist's previous political campaign work or fundraising for elected officials?
2:09:11
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The clerk's office indicates it could potentially track a registered lobbyist's prior political campaign work or fundraising for elected officials through data gathering.
- The City Clerk suggests the possibility of implementing this tracking.
- A council member acknowledges the clerk's office's readiness to take on new challenges and expresses willingness to explore this model.
- The Executive Director of the NYC Campaign Finance Board notes current limitations in tracking non-lobbyist consultants and fundraisers, indicating a lack of systematic reporting of such relationships.
Lincoln Restler
2:09:11
Clerk to the clerk's office, do you think that could potentially work from your all's perspective if if we were to pursue a model along those lines?
Michael McSweeney
2:09:21
I think I think we could definitely do it.
2:09:23
I mean, it would it would be a matter of how to, you know, track down the data, but I I I don't see why we couldn't.