Int 0554-2011
Increasing the minimum thresholds for eligibility for public funding for candidates for city council.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2011-04-28
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2011-04-28Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2011-04-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2011-04-28 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2011-04-28 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of section 3-703 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 67 of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2. (a) The threshold for eligibility for public funding for participating candidates in a primary or general election, or special election to fill a vacancy, shall be in the case of:
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(iv) member of the city council, not less than [five] ten thousand dollars in matchable contributions comprised of sums of up to one hundred seventy-five dollars per contributor including at least [seventy-five] one hundred fifty matchable contributions of ten dollars or more from residents of the district in which the seat is to be filled.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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