Despite abandoning reelection bid, Mayor Adams to continue court fight over matching funds
Although he has put the branch on his re -election offer, the mayor Adams will continue to fight against the Campaign Finance Board before the court to try to unlock the more than $ 4 million in public counterpart funds which were retained to him because of his act of accusation of corruption.
Robert Spoolzino, Adams lawyer, wrote on Monday in a file submitted to the Federal Court of Brooklyn that the mayor will continue the battle of the court because “the campaign expenses incurred before the date on which the candidate ceased to campaign actively.
“The Adams campaign has launched such expenses and is therefore entitled to the relief he seeks in this action today, just as before the announcement of mayor Adams,” wrote Spolzino in the file, which was displayed on the tribunal file the day after the weeks which spent the mayor officially extinguishing his candidacy for the re -election after the re -election after the re -election of President Trump and the commercial leaders officially.
In his Sunday announcement, Adams specifically called the refusal of the board of directors of the counterpart campaign as one of the reasons why he left the race, saying that “the decision to retain millions of dollars has undermined my ability to collect the funds necessary for a serious campaign”.
A spokesperson for the board of directors of the campaign refused to comment on the SPOLZINO file.
According to his latest disclosure, Adams already has nearly $ 4 million in private cash in his re -election campaign chests. His campaign spokesperson Todd Shapiro immediately returned a request for additional comments to the reasons why the mayor continues to lead the court against the board of directors.
As part of the CFB system, candidates for the town hall can obtain donations from local residents twinned with taxpayer funds at a rate of 8 to 1 up to $ 250, which gives a large monetary incentive.
The Board of Directors first refused to Adams more than $ 4 million of public money coveted in December 2024 due to his accusation of corruption, which alleged that he had taken bribes and illegal campaign donations, mainly agents of the Turkish government, in exchange for political favors. According to his indictment, Adams campaign unlocked illicit counterpart funds on some of these illegal gifts – a great non -no in the eyes of the CFB.
After Trump’s Ministry of Justice rejected Adams’ indictment this spring in the context of a controversial arrangement, the board of directors continued to refuse him counterpart funds on the grounds that he always had “reasons to believe” that the mayor has violated the laws of the city by allegedly soliciting illegal donations of foreigners.
The Board of Directors also said that the Adams campaign had not been in accordance with some of the file requests from the Board of Directors.
The Adams campaign challenged the refusal of the board of directors in court since May.
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