Campaign finance in the municipal elections in New York, New York (2017)
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| 2017 New York City elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: July 13, 2017 |
| Primary election: September 12, 2017 General election: November 7, 2017 Special election: February 14, 2017 |
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| Offices up: Mayor, city council, public advocate, and comptroller |
| Total seats up: 54 (click here for the mayoral election) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2017 |
New York City held regular elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. The city offered a public financing program for candidates for municipal office. Click here to learn more about how the program worked.
Twenty-three of the 35 general election candidates for open city council seats participated in the public financing program. Eight candidates in open races did not participate, and another four did not file detailed reports with the New York City Campaign Finance Board. For more information about campaign fundraising in the open races for New York City Council, click here.
Click here for an overview of the 2017 races for city council, public advocate, and comptroller in New York City. For more on the city's 2017 mayoral race, including campaign finance information for the mayoral candidates, click here.
Public financing program[edit]
Candidates who qualified for New York's public financing program received matching funds from the city for contributions in amounts below a certain threshold from residents of the area they were running to represent. In 2017, the match rate was $6 for every $1 in contributions of up to $175. For example, if a Staten Island resident made a $10 contribution to a participating Staten Island borough president candidate, the candidate received that $10 plus $60 in matching funds from the city.[1]
To qualify for the program, candidates had to both collect contributions of $10 or more from a minimum number of contributors and collect a minimum dollar amount in matchable contributions (contributions of up to $175 from residents of the area the candidate was running to represent). The table below presents the 2017 fundraising thresholds.
Candidates who chose to participate in the program had to agree to abide by spending limits, undergo audits, use public funds only for campaign purposes, and return unused public funds to the city. They also had to qualify for the ballot and have an opponent who qualified for the ballot. The deadline to join the program in 2017 was June 12.[1][2]
Fundraising in open city council races[edit]
The tables below present the campaign finance information available as of October 27, 2017, for general election candidates in the open city council races and as of September 6, 2017, for the primary candidates.
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About the city[edit]
- See also: New York, New York
New York City is a city in New York and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. As of 2013, its population was 8.4 million, making it the largest city in the United States.[3]
City government[edit]
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of New York uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The mayor and city council each serve four-year terms.
Demographics[edit]
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic data for New York, New York (2015) | ||
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| New York | New York | |
| Total population: | 8,426,743 | 19,747,183 |
| Land area (square miles): | 303 | 47,126 |
| Race and ethnicity[4] | ||
| White: | 43.3% | 64.6% |
| Black/African American: | 24.5% | 15.6% |
| Asian: | 13.5% | 8% |
| Native American: | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0% |
| Two or more: | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 28.9% | 18.4% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 80.3% | 85.6% |
| College graduation rate: | 35.7% | 34.2% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $53,373 | $59,269 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 20.6% | 18.5% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) | ||
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Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York City Campaign Finance Board, "How It Works," accessed August 8, 2017
- ↑ New York City Campaign Finance Board, "Disclosure Deadlines," accessed September 6, 2017
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "American Fact Finder," accessed April 24, 2014
- ↑ Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
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