Int 0953-2024

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 3-702 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 34 for the year 2007, is amended to read as follows: 12. The term "intermediary" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, political committee, employee organization or other entity which, (i) other than in the regular course of business as a postal, delivery or messenger service, delivers any contribution from another person or entity to a candidate or other authorized committee; or (ii) solicits contributions to a candidate or other authorized committee where such solicitation is known to such candidate or [his or her] such candidate's authorized committee. For purposes of clause (i) of this subdivision, contributions delivered by an intermediary include a contribution that is submitted electronically directly to a candidate or other authorized committee by a person or entity using a personalized hyperlink provided to such person or entity by such intermediary for such purpose. For purposes of clause (ii) of this subdivision only persons clearly identified as the solicitor of a contribution to the candidate or [his or her] the candidate's authorized committee shall be presumed to be known to such candidate or [his or her] such candidate's authorized committee. "Intermediary" shall not include spouses, domestic partners, parents, children, or siblings of the person making such contribution, or [any] a fundraising agent, as such term is defined in the rules of the board [or any hosts of a campaign sponsored fundraising event paid for in whole or in part by the campaign. Where there are multiple individual hosts for a non-campaign sponsored event, the hosts shall designate one such host as the intermediary]. � 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-703 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph p to read as follows: (p) maintain records for any fundraising events, including the date and location of the event; the individual or organization, other than the candidate's authorized committee, that is the host of the event; an itemized list of all expenses incurred for or relating to the event, including any such expenses not paid or incurred by the authorized committee; and, for each contribution received at or for the event, the name of the contributor and amount of such contribution. Such records shall be provided to the board no later than a date specified by the board by rule. � 3. Section 3-708 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 12. If the board creates a digital fundraising platform through which contributions by a person or entity to a candidate or other authorized committee may be collected, such platform shall include a function that permits a candidate to generate a report of all contributions submitted using a specific personalized hyperlink. � 4. This local law takes effect January 1, 2026. RL/JG LS #16469/17170/17202 06/18/25 8:40 PM 2 1