{"id":58518,"date":"2025-07-12T03:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T03:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58518\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T03:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T03:03:22","slug":"eric-adams-lawsuit-seeking-to-overrule-nyc-campaign-finance-board-thrown-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58518\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams lawsuit seeking to overrule NYC Campaign Finance Board thrown out"},"content":{"rendered":"

A federal judge has tossed Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 lawsuit seeking to overrule the Campaign Finance Board\u2019s decision to\u00a0withhold millions of dollars in matching funds<\/a>\u00a0for his re-election bid.<\/p>\n

Although a defeat legally, the ruling could prove to be a boon for Hizzoner\u2019s independent bid for mayor \u2014 with the Brooklyn judge slapping down the board\u2019s ability to\u00a0reference his now-dismissed historic indictment<\/a>\u00a0as cause for withholding funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Board\u2019s attempt to shift the burden of proving his innocence to Mayor Adams is inappropriate and goes against the centuries-old American legal principle that presumes the criminal defendant\u2019s innocence until proven guilty,\u201d wrote Judge Nicholas Garaufis.<\/p>\n

The judge in the case said the CFB\u2019s use of the indictment against Adams was \u2018inappropriate.\u2019<\/p>\n

Adams was denied taxpayer-funded matching funds for his re-election run back in December, while\u00a0battling a criminal indictment for allegedly accepting bribes<\/a>\u00a0in the form of campaign donations and free or heavily discounted travel perks\u00a0in exchange for political favors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That case was tossed after months of Adams cozying up to President Trump and those in his orbit.<\/p>\n

Judge Dale Ho noted in his dismissal that he did not rule on the merits of the case.<\/p>\n

Last December, Mayor Adams was denied matching funds for his re-election bid. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n

The latest ruling now requires Adams and his campaign to respond to the CFB for inquiries along with getting paperwork on time for matching funds. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

The CFB has continued to cite the indictment as part of the basis for withholding funds, saying there was \u201creason to believe\u201d wrongdoing had occurred.<\/p>\n

However, the latest ruling limits the board from denying funds without proof of guilt as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

The ruling Friday now only requires the campaign to properly respond to the board for inquiries and have paperwork in on time to get matching funds.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are grateful for the Court\u2019s thoughtful decision, and knew all along that CFB\u2019s \u201creason to know\u201d standard as applied here, was arbitrary and unconstitutional,\u201d said Adams campaign chair Frank Carone. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are confident now that Mayor Adams will receive matching funds and therefore be in a position to bring his record of success for working-class New Yorkers and their families for the general election this November 4th!\u201d<\/p>\n

The board\u2019s next meeting is set for July 15, where they are expected to vote on Adams\u2019 matching funds.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the CFB said the board will review the ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A federal judge has tossed Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 lawsuit seeking to overrule the Campaign Finance Board\u2019s decision to\u00a0withhold…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5289,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5341,80,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-58518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-eric-adams","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","18":"tag-politics","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114838045031513819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}