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CFB access to campaign contribution records and platforms
2:49:41
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Council Member Lincoln Restler inquires about the Campaign Finance Board's access to records needed to assess suspected intermediaries, particularly focusing on contributions linked to specific hyperlinks provided to lobbyists.
- CFB has access to the back end of their own fundraising platform, which some candidates choose to use.
- For other platforms like ActBlue, CFB doesn't have direct access and must request information from campaigns.
- If a candidate uses the NYC votes platform and creates a hyperlink, CFB can see the donations associated with those contributions.
Lincoln Restler
2:49:41
And does the CFB have access to the records that are needed to adequately assess suspected intermediaries?
2:49:48
For example, a campaign has a hyperlink that they give to a lobbyist to send around requests for donations.
2:49:55
Do you know what contributions are linked to that hyperlink or is it just what the campaign tells you?
Paul Seamus Ryan
2:50:00
We have access to the back end of our fundraising platform, which candidates, some choose to use, some do not.
2:50:08
Others use other platforms like ActBlue for example, which we don't have access to that information unless we request it from the campaigns themselves.
Lincoln Restler
2:50:19
But if Candidate X uses NYC votes, uses platform, creates a hyperlink for somebody on that platform, then you can see the donations that are associated with that, with those contributions?
Paul Seamus Ryan
2:50:29
Correct.
2:50:30
Okay.