Q&A
Discussion of Eric Adams' 2021 campaign's responsiveness to CFB requests
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Council Member Restler brings up specific issues regarding Eric Adams' 2021 campaign's responsiveness to CFB requests, while Paul Seamus Ryan is limited in his ability to comment on ongoing audits.
- Restler cites reports that the Adams campaign never responded to requests for information on suspected intermediaries and stopped responding to the CFB entirely after the June 2021 primary
- Ryan states that he cannot comment on any open audits or investigations, including those related to Mayor Adams
- Restler provides details from public reporting about the number of requests sent to the Adams campaign and their partial or non-responses
- The discussion highlights the tension between public interest in campaign compliance and the CFB's policy of not commenting on ongoing audits
Lincoln Restler
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the other baseline requirements.
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And I appreciate you're speaking in broad strokes about the policies of the CFP, but I I wanna just put a name on this.
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You know, thanks to FOIL and reporting from Bridget Bergin and WNYC, we found that Eric Adams' campaign never responded 2021 campaign never responded to requests from the CFP for more information on suspected intermediaries.
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His campaign stopped responding to the CFB entirely after the June 2021 primary.
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I I you know, because some of this information is in the public sphere, I I I'd like to ask how many times has the Adams campaign 2021 campaign failed to fully respond to requests by the CFP for information?
Paul Seamus Ryan
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We have a very firm policy against commenting on any open audits or other investigations.
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I'm not at liberty to comment at all on any matters regarding a specific candidate in that circumstance, and mayor Adams is one such candidate.
Lincoln Restler
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I I will just note, according to reporting by Bridget Bergin, the CFP sent 13 requests, the campaign to the Adams 2021 campaign since June 2021.
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The campaign partially responded to 9 of them, never addressed intermediary questions, stopped responding to all CFB questions.
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Excuse me.
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The, the CFP has sent a total of 13 requests for information to the Adam 2021 campaign.
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Campaign partially responded to 2 thirds of them, never addressed intermediary questions, and stopped responding entirely to the CFP for over 3 years.
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I'd like to shift gears to the authority that is afforded to the CFB in your rules.
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Under section 301 d of the CFB rules, candidates are also ineligible from receiving matching funds if they have, quote, committed fraud or material misrepresentation.