Research


Scope and Content Note

The Commission produced these reports of election campaign contributions and expenditures to facilitate analysis of campaign financing by New York State and City officials. The Commission investigated election campaign financing as part of its wider investigation into violations of ethical and legal standards of conduct by public officials and employees.

The computer-generated reports were compiled from information obtained from Campaign Finance Disclosure Forms filed with the State Board of Elections by campaign committees of: state legislative incumbents; challengers for state legislative positions; statewide office holders: Governor Mario M. Cuomo, Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine, Comptroller Edward V. Regan, and Attorney General Robert Abrams; legislative party committees; state party committees; New York City Council members; New York City citywide office holders: Mayor Edward I. Koch, Comptroller Harrison J. Goldin, City Council President Andrew J. Stein, and borough presidents David N. Dinkins, Claire Schulman, Howard Golden, Fernando Ferrer, Ralph J. Lamberti, Stanley Simon, and Donald Manes; and political action committees (PACs).

Reports for state legislative incumbents and challengers provide: office; political party; county; district number; district office address; name(s) of campaign committee(s) and their filing period dates; summary of income for filing periods covered: monetary contributions, other receipts, non-cash contributions, transfers in, refunds of campaign expenditures, and loans received; summary of expenses for filing periods covered: transfers out, loan repayments, campaign expenditures, and contributions refunded; and itemization of each type of income and expense: name, address, amount, and date.

This income and expense information is found in all of the reports. In addition, for legislative challengers, statewide office holders (January 1988-January 1989 only), all New York City officials, and political action committees, the reports include: bar graphs showing number of contributors who contributed specified amounts of money; and amounts of unitemized contributions in each filing period.