above: Melissa Mark-Viverito; below: Ben Kallos (photos by William Alatriste)
New York City’s campaign finance system, particularly its public matching funds program, is considered a national model, and it stays that way by being regularly updated and modernized. The Campaign Finance Board issues reports following each election analyzing ways to plug holes in the system and bolster the already-robust provisions of the relevant law.
But, the next city election cycle, in 2017, may come and go without any
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