Adrienne Adams (D) rises in NYC mayoral race poll, yet can't unlock matching funds
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has seen some momentum behind her mayoral bid lately, with a new poll showing her support rising in the wake of a string of high-profile endorsements.
But even amid those positive signs, the speaker hasn’t unlocked any public matching funds — in part due to persistent paperwork issues — which could hamper her ability to get her message out as the Democratic mayoral primary looms just weeks away.
Records obtained by the Daily News show 619 of the 889 claims the speaker submitted for public matching in the last reporting period were rejected as “invalid” due to various paperwork errors, like missing backup documentation and employment information for some donors. That amounts to a 69.6% rejection rate, the highest for any candidate in the June 24 Democratic mayoral primary to date, according to a review of campaign finance records.
As of the March 13 end of the last reporting period, the speaker’s campaign had raised just $337,437, far less than most of her opponents, and she also hadn’t received enough individual donations to meet the threshold to qualify for public matching funds in the first place.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/14/adrienne-adams-rises-nyc-mayoral-race-poll-cant-unlock-matching-funds/