Mayor Eric Adams of New York was again denied public matching funds for his re-election campaign on Wednesday, a major setback as he competes against former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to emerge as the strongest challenger to Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.
The city’s Campaign Finance Board said that Mr. Adams was not eligible for public funds because his campaign had provided “incomplete and misleading” information, and the board believed that the campaign had violated the law.
The board did not provide details about its findings, but said the decision was based on “all of the available evidence, including but not limited to its own independent investigation.”
Todd Shapiro, a spokesman for Mr. Adams’s campaign, called the decision “vague and unsubstantiated” as well as “deeply concerning and potentially damaging.”
“We strongly disagree with the Campaign Finance Board’s decision and reject both the tone and substance of its statement,” Mr. Shapiro said.
The board denied Mr. Adams’s request for public funds after he was indicted on federal corruption charges late last year. That decision prevented him from receiving millions of dollars under the city’s program, which gives qualifying candidates an eight-for-one match of small-dollar donations.
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