Southwest Brooklyn Council race gets largest payout of city matching funds
Democracy can be costly, particularly, it seems, if you’re running for City Council in southwestern Brooklyn.
On August 3, the New York City Campaign Finance Board released information about its first payouts of matching funds for the 2017 election, and candidates in the 43rd Council District race snagged far and away the largest amount of any Council candidates citywide — a whopping $569,857.
The seat will be an open one, as current occupant, City Councilmember Vincent Gentile, is term-limited and cannot run for re-election.