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Early Voting. Anna Van Der Heijden/BklynerThe New York City Campaign Finance Board sent voter directories with inaccurate poll site information to 150,000 voters citywide, a spokesperson for the CFB told Bklyner. The inaccurate information was included in the CFB’s annual General Election Voter Guide, which since 2017
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Brad Lander. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE—Council Member Brad Lander, who is running for comptroller, brought in $360,532 over the last six months, out-raising all of the other candidates running for the citywide position. The latest campaign finance filings, submitted Monday, show he has raised the cash
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Pam Harris at a press conference in Kaiser Park last week. (Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bite)Assemblywoman Pamela Harris [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/?s=pamela+harris#.V4z5yJMrLWU] — who has been under fire last week [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/07/harris-campaign-pushes-back-allegations-inappropriate-ties-nonprofit/#.V4z5lZMrLWU] for the blurred line between her political
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Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz. (Photo: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz [https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanStevenCymbrowitz/photos/a.465589220131458.107581.465589086798138/465633266793720/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz has once again dipped into his campaign funds to finance a European excursion, the Observer reports [http://observer.com/2016/03/globetrotting-lawmakers-blow-campaign-cash-on-travel/] . Filings with
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Photo by winmac [https://www.flickr.com/photos/winmac/92847877/]/FlickrHeads up, neighbors! Primary Day is tomorrow, September 10, and we’ve compiled some information to make exercising your right to vote as easy as possible. Remember, you are only eligible to vote tomorrow if you are a registered member
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ObermanIgor Oberman, who ran in the Democratic primary and then in the general election as the Working Families Party candidate to replace former Councilman Michael Nelson, raised more than $40,000 from donors while using his work phone at Taxi and Limousine Commission job, a Department of Investigation report claims.
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ObermanThree candidates in the race to replace term-limited Councilman Michael Nelson have traded allegations of campaign improprieties to the Campaign Finance Board, burdening their opponents with additional paperwork and spurring them to cry foul. Five complaints have been made targeting three different candidates. Four of them appear to have come
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(source: Brooklyn Graphic via Brooklyn Daily)Newscorp website Brooklyn Daily is reporting that Councilman Vincent Gentile broke city campaign finance rules by spending too much on his 2009 reelection campaign. The Campaign Finance Board, which made the ruling on Thursday, fined Gentile just under $26,000. The board censured the
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An ABC News investigative report [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=7291989] revealed a loophole in campaign contribution regulations that allow millions of dollars to be funneled to legislators in the State Senate. Senator Carl Kruger [/tag/carl-kruger/] is one of the chief recipients of