Campaign Finance

Outside of New York City, Suffolk County was the largest county in the state to establish a public campaign finance program. It didn’t survive a year in operation — without supporting a single campaign — before Republicans took away its funding.

New York State Supreme Court justices have tossed Harry Wilson’s lawsuit against his Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin. Wilson alleged that Zeldin violated campaign finance laws earlier this month.

The Suffolk County Legislature this week heard public comments on a GOP-backed bill to repeal a law that would allow political candidates to use public money for their campaigns.

Harry Wilson is suing fellow Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin, alleging the party-backed challenger violated campaign finance laws.

State Attorney General William Tong and Dominic A. Rapini, a candidate for secretary of the state, this week became the first candidates for statewide office to qualify for Connecticut’s public financing of campaigns in 2022.

Suffolk County has established a public campaign finance board to oversee the distribution of public money to political campaigns.Suffolk County Executive…

Suffolk County’s police union spent millions of dollars on political donations that skirted campaign finance laws and contradicted their tax statements,…

When Nancy Goroff won her Democratic primary in July she had a bit more than $300,000 cash on hand. Her opponent Lee Zeldin had eight times that.$20…

Connecticut’s Public Campaign Finance Program started a decade ago. A new report from a non partisan nonprofit, called Common Cause, says it should be a…

Earlier this week, the state’s public campaign finance commission issued a plan to allow candidates for state offices to receive public matching grants…