ALBANY, N.Y. — New campaign finance records show candidates in the Sept. 14 New York primary boosting their coffers with their own money and transfers from other campaign accounts while continuing to collection donations. Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino reported Friday that he lent $300,000 to his campaign, received almost $83,000 in contributions, and had a balance of $150,187...
ALBANY, N.Y. — New campaign finance records show candidates in the Sept. 14 New York primary boosting their coffers with their own money and transfers from other campaign accounts while continuing to collection donations.
Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino reported Friday that he lent $300,000 to his campaign, received almost $83,000 in contributions, and had a balance of $150,187 in the latest 32-day filing period. The Buffalo developer faces former congressman Rick Lazio in the GOP primary.
Lazio reported $688,821 on hand in early July. His report for the past month was not immediately available Friday.
The Democratic nominee for governor, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, last month reported having $23.6 million in his campaign chest. On Friday, Democratic Gov. David Paterson, who decided earlier this year not to seek a full term, said he would endorse him if Cuomo wanted it.
“He’s been terrific as an attorney general and did very great work as secretary of HUD. He knows the state. He worked in his father’s’ administration in the area of housing. And he has coveted this position for a long time,” Paterson told WSYR Radio on Friday.
Paterson, a longtime state legislator, was elected lieutenant governor four years ago. He stepped up two years ago after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal. Spitzer was New York’s previous attorney general.
In the Democratic primary for attorney general, longtime Assemblyman Richard Brodsky reported transferring almost $967,000 from his Assembly campaign account, plus more than $47,000 in contributions, with a balance of $1.51 million. He faces prosecutor Kathleen Rice, ex-Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo, state Sen. Eric Schneiderman and attorney Sean Coffey.
Dinallo, an assistant attorney general under Spitzer, reported $109,231 in contributions during the filing period, with a closing balance of $1.63 million. Coffey, who retired last year as an attorney in corporate and shareholder cases, reported lending his campaign $1 million and receiving $48,344 in contributions, with a closing balance of $3.16 million. He previously released his tax return showing $5 million in income last year.
Rice, the Nassau County district attorney, reported $619,144 in contributions, with a balance of $4.42 million for the last month of the primary race. Schneiderman’s campaign said he raised about $260,000 and had $2.2 million cash on hand.
The winner will face Republican Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan in the Nov. 3 general election.