New York City Mayor Eric Adams is suing the city’s campaign finance regulators for denying him millions of dollars in public matching campaign funds.
Adams, who is running for reelection as an independent, filed the suit on May 27 at the state Supreme Court.
In the complaint, he accuses the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) of violating city, state, and federal rules by withholding $3.4 million he said he is entitled to under the city’s public campaign financing program, which offers candidates an 8-to-1 match for small donations, from $5 up to $250, that they raise from residents of their districts.
The suit argues that the board improperly based its denial on a 2024 criminal indictment that has since been dismissed. That five-count corruption indictment accused Adams of accepting illegal straw donations to his 2021 mayoral campaign in exchange for official favors, including expediting permits for a Turkish consulate….