Follow the CFB on 
|
Please upgrade your Flash Player
|
Testimony Before the Campaign Finance Board
- Comments on Revised Proposed Rules on the Disclosure of Independent Expenditures
- Hearing on Proposed Rules for Disclosure of Independent Expenditures
- Disclosure of Independent Expenditures Hearing
- 2009 Post-Election Hearings
- “Doing Business”
- 2005 Post-Election Hearings
Comments on Revised Proposed Rules on the Disclosure of Independent Expenditures
Hearing on Proposed Rules for Disclosure of Independent Expenditures
| 10/27/2011 | Video Recording of the Hearing on Proposed Rules for Disclosure of Independent Expenditures |
| 10/27/2011 | Official Transcript of the Hearing on Proposed Rules for Disclosure of Independent Expenditures |
| 10/27/2011 | Opening Statement of Father Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., Chairman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board |
| Proposed Independent Expenditure Rules and Plain Language Guide | |
| 10/27/2011 | American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO |
| 10/27/2011 | Angel Aybar |
| 10/27/2011 | Rick Berg, Actors' Equity Association |
| 10/27/2011 | Richard Berlin, Harlem RBI |
| 10/27/2011 | Robert Bishop, Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin LLC |
| 10/27/2011 | Deanna Bitetti, Common Cause/New York |
| 10/27/2011 | Gregory Brender, United Neighborhood Houses |
| 10/27/2011 | Gale A. Brewer, New York City Council Member |
| 10/27/2011 | Philmore Brown, Insulators Local 12 |
| 12/23/2011 | Campaign Legal Center |
| 10/27/2011 | Arthur Cheliotes, The Communications Workers of America Local 1180 |
| 10/27/2011 | Michael E. Clark, Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York |
| 10/27/2011 | Arthur Clements, Transit Workers Union Local 100 |
| 10/27/2011 | Walter Cooper, Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ |
| 10/27/2011 | Dick Dadey, Citizens Union of the City of New York |
| 12/14//2011 | Molly Daniels, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network |
| 10/27/2011 | Bill de Blasio, New York City Public Advocate |
| 10/27/2011 | Demos Demopoulos, Teamsters Local 553 |
| 10/27/2011 | Benjamin Dulchin, Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, Inc. |
| 10/27/2011 | Arthur Eisenberg, New York Civil Liberties Union |
| 10/27/2011 | Althea Erickson, Freelancers Union |
| 10/27/2011 | Desiree Fraser |
| 10/27/2011 | Robin Frith, Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ |
| 10/27/2011 | Josh Gold, NY Hotel & Motel Trades Council |
| 10/27/2011 | Laurence Gold, Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ |
| 10/27/2011 | Michelle Jackson, Human Services Council |
| 10/27/2011 | Ketny Jean-Francois, Community Voices Heard |
| 10/27/2011 | Serge Jeudy |
| 10/27/2011 | Gary S. Karter, LSA Family Health Service |
| 10/27/2011 | Gigi Li & Sierra Stoneman-Bell, Neighborhood Family Services Coalition |
| 10/27/2011 | Carly Knudson, New Yorkers for Clean, Livable & Safe Streets |
| 10/27/2011 | Harry M. Kresky, Election Law Committee, New York County Lawyers' Association |
| 10/27/2011 | Mark Ladov, Brennan Center for Justice |
| 10/27/2011 | Laurence D. Laufer, Genova, Burns & Giantomasi |
| 10/27/2011 | Jennifer March-Joly, Citizens' Committee for Children |
| 10/27/2011 | Joan Malin, Planned Parenthood of New York City |
| 10/27/2011 | Patrick Markee, Coalition for the Homeless |
| 10/27/2011 | Juan Martinez, Transportation Alternatives |
| 10/27/2011 | Barry Newmark, Brooklyn Community Services |
| 10/27/2011 | Aleksandra Nosel |
| 10/27/2011 | Elizabeth Perez, Lawyers Alliance for New York |
| 10/27/2011 | Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker |
| 10/27/2011 | Barbara T. Rochman, Women's City Club of New York |
| 10/27/2011 | Santos Rodriguez, Insulators Local 12 |
| 10/27/2011 | Gene Russianoff, New York Public Interest Research Group |
| 10/27/2011 | Doug Sauer, New York Council of Nonprofits, Inc. |
| 10/27/2011 | Judith Seemungal |
| 10/27/2011 | Wayne Shephard, Transit Workers Union Local 100 |
| 10/27/2011 | Ronald Soloway & Cara Berkowitz, UJA Federation of New York |
| 10/27/2011 | Yanela Tamayo |
| 10/27/2011 | United Federation of Teachers |
| 10/27/2011 | Peter Ward, Hotel Trades Council |
| 10/27/2011 | Wanda Williams, District Council 37 |
| 10/27/2011 | Assemblyman Keith Wright, Congressman Joseph Crowley, Assemblyman Carl Heastie, Assemblyman Vito Lopez |
| 10/27/2011 | Ha Chhao Yi |
| 10/27/2011 | Ariel Zwang, Safe Horizon |
Disclosure of Independent Expenditures Hearing
| 03/10/2011 | Video Recording of the Disclosure of Independent Expenditures Hearing |
| 03/10/2011 | Official Transcript of the Disclosure of Independent Expenditures Hearing |
| 03/10/2011 | Opening Statement of Father Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., Chairman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board |
| 03/10/2011 | Opening Statement of Amy Loprest, Executive Director of the New York City Campaign Finance Board |
| Disclosure of Independent Expenditures White Paper (March 2011) | |
| 03/10/2011 | Marcy Benstock, Clear Air Campaign Inc |
| 03/10/2011 | Deanna Bitetti, Common Cause/NY |
| 03/10/2011 | Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate for the City of New York |
| 03/10/2011 | Gale A. Brewer, New York City Council |
| 03/10/2011 | Alex Camarda & Rachael Fauss, Citizens Union of the City of New York |
| 03/10/2011 | Walter Cooper, SEIU 32BJ |
| 03/10/2011 | Robin Frith, SEIU 32BJ |
| 03/10/2011 | Josh Gold, NY Hotel & Motel Trades Council |
| 03/10/2011 | Laurence D. Laufer, Genova, Burns & Giantomasi |
| 03/10/2011 | Susan Lerner & Deanna Bitetti, Common Cause/NY (Supplemental) |
| 03/10/2011 | Terry Meginniss, SEIU 32BJ |
| 03/10/2011 | Barbara T. Rochman, Women's City Club of New York |
| 03/10/2011 | Gene Russianoff, New York Public Interest Research Group |
| 03/10/2011 | Ciara Torres-Spelliscy & Mark Ladov, Brennan Center for Justice |
The Campaign Finance Board holds public hearings after each municipal election. These hearings provide an opportunity for civic groups, candidates, elected officials, and the general public to comment on the Board’s work during the election and suggest changes the Board should consider for future elections.
The Post-Election Hearings on the 2009 citywide elections were held on December 1-2, 2009. Below are links to the official transcripts, the CFB’s preliminary analysis of the election, opening statements of the Board Chairman and Executive Director, and links to written testimony that was submitted to the Board.
| 12/1/2009 | Official Transcript of the 2009 Post-Election Hearings (Day 1) |
| 12/2/2009 | Official Transcript of the 2009 Post-Election Hearings (Day 2) |
| 12/1/2009 | CFB Analysis for the 2009 Post-Election Hearings |
| 12/1/2009 | Opening Statement of Father Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., Chairman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board |
| 12/1/2009 | Opening Statement of Amy Loprest, Executive Director of the New York City Campaign Finance Board |
| 12/1/2009 | Laura Altschuler, The League of Women Voters of the City of New York |
| 12/2/2009 | Marcy Benstock, Clean Air Campaign |
| 12/1/2009 | Dick Dadey & Denora Getachew, Citizens Union |
| 12/2/2009 | Inez E. Dickens, New York City Council Member |
| 12/2/2009 | John D. Feerick |
| 12/1/2009 | Dan Jacoby, Democracy for New York |
| 12/2/2009 | Stephen B. Kaufman, former NYC Council and NYS Assembly member |
| 12/1/2009 | Diane Kolack, Leavitt for our Communities (campaign for Queens Borough President) |
| 12/1/2009 | Laurence D. Laufer, Election Attorney |
| 12/1/2009 | Marc Crawford Leavitt, Leavitt for our Communities (candidate for Queens Borough President) |
| 12/1/2009 | Gene Russianoff, New York Public Interest Research Group |
| 12/2/2009 | Jesse Schaffer, Doing Business Accountability Project |
| 12/4/2009 | George Spitz |
| 12/2/2009 | John Siegal, Counsel to Weiner '09 |
| 12/2/2009 | Jeffrey Wilson |
| 12/1/2009 | Alex T. Zablocki, Alex Zablocki for New York (candidate for Public Advocate) |
| Date: | Title: |
| 04/21/2006 | Suzanne Novak, Deputy Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center fo Justice at NYU School of Law |
| 04/18/2006 | Official Transcript of Board’s Hearing on “Doing Business” |
| Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr, Chairman, New York City Campaign Finance Board | |
Marla G. Simspon, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services |
|
Doug Israel, Policy and Advocacy Director, Citizen’s Union of the City of New York |
|
| Adam H. Morse, Associate Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice | |
| 04/05/2005 | Official Transcript of Board’s Hearing on “Doing Business” |
| Gino Menchini, Commissioner, DoITT; and Anthony W. Crowell, Special Counsel to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg |
|
| 03/02/2005 | Official Transcript of Board’s Hearing on “Doing Business” |
| New York Administrative Code §3-211–§3-223 | |
| Victor Robles , City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council | |
| Willam Josephson and Peter J. Kiernan | |
Megan Quattlebaum, Associate Director of Common Cause/NY |
|
|
|
| Dick Dadey, Execuitve Director, Citizens Union of the City of New York | |
| 02/17/2005 | Testimony of Peter F. Vallone |
| 01/31/2005 | Official Transcript of Board’s Hearing on “Doing Business” |
| Information on the subject of “Doing Business” | |
| Exhibit A | |
|
Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr, Chairman, New York City Campaign Finance Board |
| Anthony W. Crowell, Special Counsel to the Mayor | |
| Dick Dadey, Executive Director, Citizens Union of the City of New York | |
| Mark Davies, Executive Director, Conflicts of Interest Board | |
| Martha Mahan Haines, Assistant Director of the Division of Market Regulation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
|
| Craig Holman, Legislative Representative, Public Citizen | |
| Arthur Levitt, former Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| Adam H. Morse, Associate Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice | |
| Megan Quattlebaum, Common Cause/NY | |
| Gene Russianoff & Neal Rosenstein, NYPIRG | |
| Paul S. Ryan, Associate Legal Counsel, Campaign Legal Center | |
The Campaign Finance Board holds public hearings after each municipal election, as mandated by city law. These hearings provide an opportunity for civic groups, candidates, elected officials, and the general public to comment on the Board’s work during the election and suggest changes the Board should consider for future elections.
The Post-Election Hearings on the 2005 citywide elections were held on December 12-13, 2005. Below are links to the transcripts of those hearings, followed by a list of people who testified in person or submitted written testimony (or both). Links are provided to written testimony that was submitted to the Board.
| 2005 | |
| 12/12/2005 | Official Transcript of the 2005 Post-Election Hearings (Day 1) |
| 12/13/2005 | Official Transcript of the 2005 Post-Election Hearings (Day 2) |
| 12/13/2005 | Fact sheets |
| 12/12/2005 | Opening Statement of Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board |
| 12/12/2005 | Opening Statement of Nicole A. Gordon, Executive Director New York City Campaign Finance Board |
| 12/12/2005 | Laura Altschuler, The League of Women Voters of the City of New York |
| 12/12/2005 | Herman “Denny” Farrell, Jr., Chairman, New York State Democratic Committee |
| 12/12/2005 | Charles W. Juntikka, Esq., Charles Juntikka & Associates, P.C./Students for Reform |
| 12/12/2005 | Jerry Kann, Kann for Council 2005 |
| 12/12/2005 | Rachel Leon and Megan Quattlebaum, Common Cause/NY |
| 12/12/2005 | Gene Russianoff, New York Public Interest Research Group |
| 12/12/2005 | John Siegal, Election Attorney |
| 12/12/2005 | George N. Spitz, George Spitz for City Council |
| 12/12/2005 | Gur Tsabar, Friends of Gur Tsabar |
| 12/12/2005 | Cheryl Wertz, New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) |
| 12/13/2005 | Dick Dadey and Doug Israel, Citizens Union of the City of New York |
| 12/13/2005 | G. Oliver Koppell, New York City Council Member |
| 12/13/2005 | Laurence Laufer, Chair of the Special Committee on Election Law of the City Bar |
| 12/13/2005 | Taehyo Park, Korean American League for Civic Action |
