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Campaign Finance Laws

A collection of 8 issues

Senator Savino Sticks With Consulting Firm Fined For Campaign Finance Violations

State Senator Diane Savino. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)State Senator Diane Savino has no plans to abandon her longtime consulting firm, The Advance Group, even though the company was fined tens of thousands of dollars last week for violating New York’s campaign finance laws, the Daily News Reports

Woman Accused Of Illegally Funneling Money To Michael Grimm Will Not Implicate Congressman

Diana DurandDiana Durand, a former beau of Congressman Michael Grimm who was arrested in January for illegally funneling money to the Republican pol’s campaign, will not implicate the congressman in the scheme, squashing a plea deal. The Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/grimm-ex-girlfriend-diana-durand-implicating-fundraising-investigation-article-1.1757813] : >

Woman Accused Of Funneling Illegal Donations To Congressman Grimm Appears In Court

The Texas woman arrested last month as part of the FBI probe into Congressman Grimm’s campaign fundraising appeared in Brooklyn court yesterday, and her lawyers told reporters that she was being targeted because of her association with Grimm. Diana Durand, 47, was put in handcuffs in January and charged

Albanese Is Looking To Overhaul Election System

Source: azipaybarah via flickrSal Albanese’s third run for mayor ended in defeat, but the veteran Bay Ridge Democrat isn’t ready to quit fighting for what he believes in, namely campaign finance reform. Brooklyn Daily is reporting [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/38/web_whithersal_2013_09_20_

Man Who Raised Thousands For Grimm Pleads Guilty To Fraud

Ofer Biton, an Israeli man who may have illegally raised $500,000 for Michael Grimm’s congressional campaign in 2010 [/fbi-continues-probe-on-congressman-michael-grimms-finances/], pleaded guilty to visa fraud in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/associate-rep-grimm-pleads-guilty-visa-fraud-article-1.1429304] that as part

Report: Over 100,000 Violations Of State Campaign Finance Laws Committed By New York Politicians

Source: 401 (K) via FlickrCorrupt New York politicians are dominating the news lately, most recently the scandal surrounding State Senator John Sampson [http://wp.me/pwfBX-bQM]. While the alleged crimes of Sampson and Malcolm Smith are serious in size and scope, they aren’t the only local politicians skirting on

Is New City Council Bill a Local Citizens United?

For anyone interested in campaign finance laws (as all of us should be), it seems that there’s a new piece of proposed legislation making its way through the City Council’s Committee on Governmental Operations. As reported by Beth Morrissey at The New York World [http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/

Gentile Violated Campaign Finance Law

(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