NYC Comptroller Brad Lander raises most campaign funds among mayoral challengers; Adams misses filing deadline

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander pulled disconnected the largest fundraising haul successful the latest reporting play retired of each the candidates moving against Mayor Adams successful adjacent year’s election, caller run concern filings show.

But successful a glaring omission, the metropolis Campaign Finance Board’s latest merchandise of concern filings didn’t see Adams’ submission aft his run missed the board’s 5:30 p.m. deadline. As a result, CFB officials said they won’t beryllium capable to merchandise his filing for nationalist scrutiny until Tuesday.

Reps for Adams — who is under national indictment connected bribery charges, facing a corruption ungraded that has driven much than a twelve of his apical aides to resign successful caller weeks and battling a CFB draught audit uncovering his 2021 run failed to decently papers $2.3 million successful spending — didn’t instrumentality requests for remark connected wherefore the latest filing didn’t travel successful connected time.

Mayor Eric Adams. (Barry Williams for New York Daily News)

Meantime, Lander, a salient left-wing professional of Adams, celebrated that his filing showed helium raised $330,115 from 2,315 donors successful the latest reporting period, which spanned from July 12 done this past Monday. That haul made Lander, who launched his 2025 mayoral bid connected July 30, the astir palmy fundraiser retired of the 4 candidates who are mounting challenges against the embattled politician successful adjacent June’s Democratic mayoral primary.

When factoring successful currency helium transferred implicit from his comptroller run and estimated nationalist matching funds that each candidates person successful December, Lander’s squad said it has to day raised $4.5 million, a spot much than fractional of the $7.93 cardinal spending headdress for the 2025 primary.

“We are highly gratified and excited by the overwhelming enthusiasm for Brad’s campaign,” said Rebecca Rodriguez, a elder advisor to Lander. “Today’s results marque it precise clear: Brad Lander is the apical contender for mayor.”

Still, Adams, who has rejected calls to resign amid his ineligible troubles, was sitting connected a warfare thorax of much than $3 cardinal raised successful backstage funds arsenic of the past reporting period, which ended July 11, acold outpacing each his challengers successful the wealth race.

By contrast, Lander’s currency equilibrium was conscionable $279,338 successful the latest filing, arsenic helium has spent much than $688,000 of what helium has raised connected staff, fundraising, consulting services and different expenses.

Adams’ currency vantage tin successful ample portion beryllium attributed to the information that helium has been raising wealth for his reelection astir since the time helium became politician connected Jan. 1, 2022.

Not acold down Lander successful the latest fundraising model was Scott Stringer, the ex-city comptroller who ran against Adams successful 2021 and is trying his luck again adjacent year.

Stringer’s filing shows helium raised $193,044 from 1,364 donors successful the latest reporting period. His squad said that puts him successful enactment for $3.2 cardinal successful run currency to date, erstwhile factoring successful estimated nationalist matching funds, and among the donations helium received successful the latest model was 1 from histrion Scarlett Johansson.

“It shows we are prepared for immoderate comes next, whether that’s a peculiar predetermination oregon a larger superior run down the road,” Stringer told the Daily News successful an interview, referring to the anticipation that a peculiar predetermination volition person to beryllium called if Adams resigns oregon is removed from office.

The different 2 declared 2025 candidates are Brooklyn authorities Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Queens authorities Sen. Jessica Ramos.

Myrie, whose Brooklyn territory utilized to beryllium represented by Adams erstwhile helium was successful the authorities Senate, raked successful $147,010 from 1,029 successful the latest window. Ramos, a chap progressive Democrat, lone brought successful $54,313, though she didn’t motorboat her 2025 run until Sept. 13.

Both Myrie and Ramos said their fundraising numbers are affirmative capable to support them competitive.

“New Yorkers from each country of the metropolis are rallying down Zellnor due to the fact that they’re anxious for fresh, caller enactment successful City Hall,” said Monica Klein, Myrie’s spokeswoman.

It inactive remains to beryllium seen whether immoderate different politicians volition articulation the 2025 mayoral predetermination fray.

It has agelong been rumored that erstwhile Gov. Andrew Cuomo could motorboat a run for mayor, particularly if Adams resigns. More recently, sources person said that State Attorney General Letitia James, Cuomo’s governmental foe, is also considering a run.