
Mayor de Blasio accepts a union endorsement for re-election (photo: Ben Max)
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 2013 campaign is being fined $47,778 by the Campaign Finance Board for ten separate violations, including improper post-election spending. Additionally, the board determined at its Thursday hearing, of the $3,994,496 in public matching funds de Blasio’s 2013 campaign received, it must repay $485.02.
The single largest fine to de Blasio’s campaign, $21,159, is for making impermissible post-election expenditures. ...