Eric Adams Tries Yet Again to Score Public Matching Funds

Far behind in the latest polls, Mayor Eric Adams is once again suing the city Campaign Finance Board (CFB), the agency that keeps denying his requests for millions of dollars of public matching funds due to what it sees as his continuing failure to address its concerns about his questionable campaign fundraising tactics.

The new case, filed Friday in Brooklyn federal court, is the mayor’s second lawsuit against the board since May. The first case was dismissed July 11 by Brooklyn Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who declared the board was justified in denying the campaign’s fund requests over its continued failure to turn over documents the agency has been demanding since last fall regarding dubious donations tied to millions of dollars in public matching funds.

On Friday the new case was initially randomly assigned to Chief Judge Margo Brodie, but by day’s end Monday it was reassigned back to Judge Garaufis.

CFB officials declined to discuss the latest litigation. The board will next vote on matching fund requests in 10 days.





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