Judge dismisses Mayor Adams' campaign finance suit, denies $3.4M in public funds

By David Giambusso
Published Jul 12, 2025

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A federal judge Friday upheld a decision to deny Mayor Eric Adams roughly $3.4 million in public money for his 2025 re-election campaign.

New York City's publicly funded campaign finance program offers candidates an eight-to-one match of tax dollars for every dollar raised by small local donors. But the system requires extensive disclosures to make sure candidates are following the law.

After Adams became the first sitting mayor in the modern era to be criminally indicted for campaign finance fraud, the city’s Campaign Finance Board requested a trove of documents from the mayor’s campaign. The board later denied the campaign matching funds based on their findings.

When the charges in the indictment were dismissed this year by the Trump Administration, the Adams campaign sued the CFB, saying their denial was based on charges that no longer applied and the $3.4 million should be awarded to the campaign.

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