City of New York

NYC Campaign Expenditures

Spending by New York City election campaigns as reported to the Campaign Finance Board. Each record includes the payee name, address, purpose, and expenditure amount.

Example records
Candidate NamepersonOfficerolePayee Namelegal entityPurposeclassificationAmountfinancialPayment DatetemporalAddressaddress
Eric AdamsMayorAbbott 17 LLCConsulting and Modeling Services950002021-09-14Sheridan, WY
Shaun DonovanMayorRevolution Messaging LLCDigital Advertising425002021-06-01Washington, DC
Chi OsseCity CouncilBrooklyn Printing Co.Literature/Printing32002021-05-20Brooklyn, NY
Use cases

Vendor Footprint in Political Spending

A sales intelligence team at a political consulting firm maps which vendors are winning contracts across multiple campaigns to identify competitors, estimate market share, and find gaps where their services are not yet represented.

Payee NamePurposeAmountCandidate NameAddress

KYB Screening for a Campaign Finance Vendor

A bank onboarding a political consulting firm as a new business customer cross-references the firm's name and address against disclosed campaign expenditure records to verify that the business has a documented operating history and real clients before opening a commercial account.

Payee NameAddressAmountPayment Date

Shell Entity Detection in Campaign Payments

A fraud investigator at a compliance firm flags payees that received large payments for vague service categories but whose addresses resolve to residential locations or states with minimal business registration activity, suggesting possible pass-through or fictitious vendor arrangements.

Payee NamePurposeAmountAddressPayment Date