2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 14 - Campaign Receipts and Expenditures; Public Financing › Title 1 - Campaign Receipts and Expenditures › 14-114 - Contribution and Receipt Limitations.

§  14-114.  Contribution  and  receipt limitations.   1. The following
limitations apply to all contributions to candidates for election to any
public office or for nomination for any such office, or for election  to
any  party  positions,  and to all contributions to political committees
working directly or indirectly with any candidate to aid or  participate
in such candidate's nomination or election, other than any contributions
to any party committee or constituted committee:
a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
the  entire  state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor
may make  a  contribution  to  any  candidate  or  political  committee,
participating  in  the state's public campaign financing system pursuant
to title two  of  this  article  and  no  such  candidate  or  political
committee  may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in
the aggregate amount greater  than  eighteen  thousand  dollars  divided
equally  among  the  primary  and general election in an election cycle;
provided however, that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or
accepted,  in  the  aggregate,  from  any  candidate's  child,   parent,
grandparent,  brother  and  sister,  and the spouse of any such persons,
shall not exceed in the case of  any  nomination  to  public  office  an
amount equivalent to the product of the number of enrolled voters in the
candidate's  party  in  the  state, excluding voters in inactive status,
multiplied by $.025, and in the  case  of  any  election  for  a  public
office,  an amount equivalent to the product of the number of registered
voters in the state excluding voters in inactive status,  multiplied  by
$.025.
b.  In  any nomination or election of a candidate participating in the
state's public campaign financing system pursuant to title two  of  this
article,  no  such  candidate  or  political  committee  may  accept any
contribution from any contributor, which  is  in  the  aggregate  amount
greater  than:  (i)  in  the  case of a nomination or election for state
senator, ten thousand dollars, divided equally  among  the  primary  and
general  election  in  an  election  cycle;  and  (ii)  in the case of a
nomination or election for member of the assembly, six thousand dollars,
divided equally among the primary and general election  in  an  election
cycle;  provided  however,  that  the  maximum  amount  which  may be so
contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from such candidate's  child,
parent,  grandparent,  brother  and  sister,  and the spouse of any such
persons, shall not exceed in  the  case  of  any  nomination  for  state
senator  or member of the assembly an amount equivalent to the number of
enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he  or
she  is  a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by
$.25 and in the case of any election for state senator or member of  the
assembly, an amount equivalent to the number of registered voters in the
district,  excluding  voters  in  inactive  status,  multiplied by $.25;
provided, however, in the case of a nomination or election  of  a  state
senator,  twenty  thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in the case
of a nomination or election of a member of the assembly twelve  thousand
five  hundred  dollars,  whichever is greater, but in no event shall any
such maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
c. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
the entire state, or for nomination to any such office,  no  contributor
may  make  a  contribution  to  any  candidate or political committee in
connection with a candidate who is  not  a  participating  candidate  as
defined in subdivision fourteen of section 14-200-a of this article, and
no  such  candidate  or  political committee may accept any contribution
from any contributor, which is in  the  aggregate  amount  greater  than
eighteen thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general
election in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amount

which  may  be  so  contributed  or accepted, in the aggregate, from any
candidate's child, parent, grandparent,  brother  and  sister,  and  the
spouse  of  any  such  persons,  shall  not  exceed  in  the case of any
nomination  to  public office an amount equivalent to the product of the
number of enrolled  voters  in  the  candidate's  party  in  the  state,
excluding  voters  in  inactive  status, multiplied by $.025, and in the
case of any election for a public office, an amount  equivalent  to  the
product  of  the  number  of  registered  voters in the state, excluding
voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025.
d. In any  nomination  or  election  of  a  candidate  who  is  not  a
participating candidate for state senator, ten thousand dollars, divided
equally  among the primary and general election in an election cycle; in
the case of a nomination or election for member  of  the  assembly,  six
thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general election
in an election cycle.
e.  In  any  other  election  for  party position or for election to a
public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor  may
make  a  contribution  to  any  candidate  or political committee and no
candidate or political committee may accept any  contribution  from  any
contributor,  which  is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the
case of any election for party position, or  for  nomination  to  public
office,  the  product  of  the  total  number  of enrolled voters in the
candidate's party in the district in which he or  she  is  a  candidate,
excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and (ii) in the
case  of  any  election  for  a  public office, the product of the total
number of  registered  voters  in  the  district,  excluding  voters  in
inactive status, multiplied by $.05, however in the case of a nomination
within  the city of New York for the office of mayor, public advocate or
comptroller, such amount shall be not less than  four  thousand  dollars
nor  more  than twelve thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the
cost of living adjustment described in paragraph f of this  subdivision;
in the case of an election within the city of New York for the office of
mayor,  public  advocate or comptroller, twenty-five thousand dollars as
increased or decreased by the cost of  living  adjustment  described  in
paragraph  f  of this subdivision but in no event shall any such maximum
exceed fifty thousand dollars or be  less  than  one  thousand  dollars;
provided however, that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or
accepted,   in  the  aggregate,  from  any  candidate's  child,  parent,
grandparent, brother and sister, and the spouse  of  any  such  persons,
shall  not  exceed  in  the  case  of any election for party position or
nomination for public office an  amount  equivalent  to  the  number  of
enrolled  voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he or
she is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status,  multiplied  by
$.25  and  in  the  case  of  any  election  to public office, an amount
equivalent to the number of registered voters in the district, excluding
voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25; or twelve  hundred  fifty
dollars,  whichever  is  greater, but in no event shall any such maximum
exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
f. (1) At the beginning of each fourth calendar  year,  commencing  in
nineteen  hundred  ninety-five,  the  state  board  shall  determine the
percentage of the difference between the most recent  available  monthly
consumer  price  index  for  all urban consumers published by the United
States  bureau  of  labor  statistics  and  such  consumer  price  index
published  for  the same month four years previously. The amount of each
contribution limit fixed in this subdivision shall be  adjusted  by  the
amount  of such percentage difference to the closest one hundred dollars
by the state board which, not later than the first day  of  February  in
each  such  year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount of each

such contribution limit. Each contribution limit as so adjusted shall be
the contribution limit in effect for any election held before  the  next
such adjustment.
(2)  Provided,  however,  that  such  adjustments  shall not occur for
candidates seeking statewide office, or the position of state senator or
member of  the  assembly,  whether  such  candidate  does  or  does  not
participate  in the public finance program established pursuant to title
two of this article.
g. Notwithstanding any  other  contribution  limit  in  this  section,
participating  candidates  as defined in subdivision fourteen of section
14-200-a of this article may contribute, out of their own  money,  three
times   the  applicable  contribution  limit  to  their  own  authorized
committee.
2. For purposes of this section, contributions  other  than  of  money
shall  be  evaluated  at  their  fair  market  value. The state board of
elections shall promulgate regulations, consistent with  law,  governing
the manner of computing fair market value.
3.  As used in this section the term "contributor" shall not include a
party committee supporting the candidate of such party or a  constituted
committee supporting the candidate of such party.
4.  For purposes of this section, a portion of every contribution to a
party committee, expended as other than non-candidate expenditures,  and
a  portion  of every contribution to a political committee authorized to
support more than one candidate, shall be deemed  contributed  to  every
candidate  supported by such committee. That portion shall be determined
by allocating the contributions received by the committee among all  the
candidates  supported  by  the  committee in accordance with any formula
based upon  reasonable  standards  established  by  the  committee.  The
statements filed by such committee in accordance with this article shall
set  forth,  in  addition  to  the  other information required to be set
forth, the total amount received by the committee from each  contributor
on   behalf  of  all  such  candidates  and  the  amount  of  each  such
contribution  allocated  to  each  candidate  by   dollar   amount   and
percentage.   Nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  require  allocating
contributions expended on non-candidate expenditures to candidates.
5. No constituted committee may expend, in  any  twelve  month  period
terminating   on   the   day  of  a  general  election,  other  than  as
non-candidate expenditures, any portion of any  individual  contribution
which  exceeds,  in  the case of a state committee, one-half of one cent
for each registered voter in the state, or, in the  case  of  any  other
constituted committee, the greater of one cent for each registered voter
in  the  district  in  which  the committee is organized or five hundred
dollars. The number of such voters shall be determined as of the date of
such general election or as of the  date  of  the  general  election  in
whichever  of  the  preceding  four  years  shall result in the greatest
number.
6. a. A loan made to a candidate or political committee, other than  a
constituted  committee,  by any person, firm, association or corporation
other than in the regular course  of  the  lender's  business  shall  be
deemed,  to the extent not repaid by the date of the primary, general or
special election, as the case may be, a  contribution  by  such  person,
firm, association or corporation.
b.  A  loan  made  to a candidate or political committee, other than a
constituted committee, by any person, firm, association  or  corporation
in  the  regular course of the lender's business shall be deemed, to the
extent not repaid by  the  date  of  the  primary,  general  or  special
election,  as the case may be, a contribution by the obligor on the loan

and  by   any   other   person   endorsing,   cosigning,   guaranteeing,
collateralizing or otherwise providing security for the loan.
c.  Lobbyists,  as  defined by subdivision (a) of section one-c of the
legislative  law  or  by  subdivision  (a)  of  section  3-211  of   the
administrative   code   of  the  city  of  New  York,  political  action
committees, labor unions, and any person who  has  registered  with  the
state  board  of  elections  as  an  independent  expenditure  committee
pursuant to subdivision three of section  14-107  of  this  article  are
prohibited  from  making  loans  to  candidates or political committees;
provided, however, that a lobbyist shall not be prohibited from making a
loan to himself or herself or to his or her own political committee when
such lobbyist is a candidate for office.
7. For the purposes of this  section,  the  number  of  registered  or
enrolled  voters  shall  be  determined  as  of the date of the general,
special or primary election, as the case may be or as of the date of the
general election in any of the  preceding  four  years,  whichever  date
shall  result  in the greatest number and candidates running jointly for
the offices of governor and lieutenant governor in a general or  special
election shall be deemed to be one candidate.
8. Except as may otherwise be provided for a candidate and his family,
no  person  may  contribute,  loan or guarantee in excess of one hundred
fifty  thousand  dollars  within  the  state  in  connection  with   the
nomination  or election of persons to state and local public offices and
party positions within the state of New York in any one  calendar  year.
For  the purposes of this subdivision "loan" or "guarantee" shall mean a
loan or guarantee which is not repaid or discharged in the calendar year
in which it is made.
10.  a.  No  contributor  may  make  a  contribution  to  a  party  or
constituted  committee  and  no such committee may accept a contribution
from any contributor which, in the aggregate, is greater than  sixty-two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
b.  At  the  beginning  of  each  fourth  calendar year, commencing in
nineteen hundred  ninety-five,  the  state  board  shall  determine  the
percentage  of  the difference between the most recent available monthly
consumer price index for all urban consumers  published  by  the  United
States  bureau  of  labor  statistics  and  such  consumer  price  index
published for the same month four years previously. The amount  of  such
contribution  limit  fixed  in  paragraph a of this subdivision shall be
adjusted by the amount of such percentage difference to the closest  one
hundred  dollars  by the state board which, not later than the first day
of February in each such year, shall issue a regulation  publishing  the
amount  of  such  contribution  limit.  Such  contribution  limit  as so
adjusted shall be the contribution limit in effect for any election held
before the next such adjustment.
11. A board of elections, as  defined  in  subdivision  twenty-six  of
section  1-104  of  this  chapter,  shall  calculate  and publish on its
website, on or before the  fifteenth  day  of  April,  all  contribution
limits  established  pursuant to this section for the county, town, city
and village offices on the ballot in that year, and within the same time
period provide such calculated contribution limits to the state board of
elections in the format required by such board.