Campaign Finance Laws

Oct
13

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
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Apr
16

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
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Feb
13

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
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Sep
24

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’
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Aug
19

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
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May
09

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
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Jan
21
Is New City Council Bill a Local Citizens United?

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
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Dec
09

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
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