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Recent case of withholding matching funds due to suspected super PAC coordination
2:55:48
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Council Member Lincoln Restler inquires about a recent decision to withhold $662,000 in matching funds from the Cuomo campaign due to suspected improper coordination with a super PAC. Executive Director Paul Seamus Ryan provides limited information due to ongoing investigations.
- The CFB withheld $662,000 in matching funds from the Cuomo campaign due to suspected improper use of information shared with the Fix the City super PAC.
- Recent reports indicate that the super PAC spent $1,300,000 on the ad in question, not the previously reported $662,000.
- Ryan was unable to comment on whether the CFB is seeking to recoup additional funds from the Cuomo campaign due to ongoing investigations.
- The CFB does not typically discuss ongoing investigations or enforcement matters.
Lincoln Restler
2:55:48
Just wanna ask a couple questions about the decision this week to withhold $662,000 in matching funds from the Cuomo campaign because the CFP quote had reason to believe that the fix the city super PAC had improperly used information shared by the Cuomo for mayor campaign.
2:56:06
Yesterday it was or earlier this week, it was reported that the fix the city pack actually spent $1,300,000 on that ad, not the previously reported 662,000.
2:56:17
Any update that can be shared on if the CFB is seeking to recoup additional funds from the Cuomo campaign?
2:56:30
ask more broadly?
2:56:31
If an independent expenditure turns out to be larger than had been previously understood by the CFB and the CFB later finds out there was an illegal or inappropriate collaboration between the campaign and the and the super PAC, what is the process for recouping those funds?
2:56:47
Is there a process that occurs before the election that we could anticipate or how do you communicate with voters that campaigns have violated rules?
Paul Seamus Ryan
2:56:22
I am not at liberty to discuss any investigations or enforcement matters that are currently underway, so I can't comment on that.
2:56:30
Could I