97-423: The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) is an independent New York City agency that serves to provide campaign finance information to the public, enable more citizens to run for office by granting public matching funds , increase voter participation and awareness, strengthen the role of small contributors, and reduce the potential for actual or perceived corruption. The agency's history dates back to
194-590: A voucher -based system to promote private schooling. Giuliani supported protection for illegal immigrants . He continued a policy of preventing city employees from contacting the Immigration and Naturalization Service about immigration violations, on the grounds that illegal aliens should be able to take actions such as sending their children to school or reporting crimes to the police without fear of deportation . During his mayoralty, gay and lesbian New Yorkers received domestic partnership rights. Giuliani induced
291-614: A $ 148-million defamation lawsuit for his false claims about two election workers in Georgia, and unsuccessfully attempted to declare bankruptcy; he was ordered to surrender personal assets in October 2024 as part of the damages awarded to the election workers. In April 2024, he was indicted on charges related to the 2020 election in Arizona . He was later disbarred in the state of New York in July, and in
388-509: A Democratic Party committeeman on Long Island in the mid-1960s. In 1968, he volunteered for Robert F. Kennedy 's presidential campaign in the 1968 presidential election , and voted for George McGovern for president in the 1972 presidential election . After graduating from law school, Giuliani clerked for Judge Lloyd Francis MacMahon , United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Giuliani did not serve in
485-639: A Republican". Dinkins won the endorsements of three of the four daily New York newspapers, while Giuliani won approval from the New York Post . In the end, Giuliani lost to Dinkins by a margin of 47,080 votes out of 1,899,845 votes cast, in the closest election in New York City's history. The closeness of the race was particularly noteworthy, considering the small percentage of New York City residents who are registered Republicans, and it resulted in Giuliani being
582-483: A baseline amount of support in the community will receive public dollars for their campaign.Program participants must meet a two-part threshold, which varies by office, before they can receive any public funds: Threshold requirements: The Campaign Finance Act requires leading candidates for citywide office who participate in the matching funds program to take part in debates before each election. Two debates are held before each primary and general election. An extra debate
679-673: A broader and more diverse array of constituents to fund their campaigns. In so doing, the city’s public financing system appears to have achieved one of its key goals—strengthening the connections between public officials and their constituents.” When contributions are combined with public matching funds, New Yorkers become the largest “special interest group”, and, are often the biggest source of campaign funds for participating candidates. The Program makes it possible for candidates of modest means to run competitive campaigns for local office. Program participants are prohibited from accepting contributions from unregistered political committees. As part of
776-616: A change in the term limits law upended the 2009 elections. After a contentious debate, the City Council voted to extend term limits to three terms for current elected officials. Local Law No. 51 was enacted on November 3, 2008. In 2010, New York City voters approved a public referendum to merge the Voter Assistance Commission (VAC) with the CFB to consolidate and strengthen the city's voter outreach and education efforts. VAC staff joined
873-611: A conservative Republican. He thinks he is, but he isn't. He still feels very sorry for the poor." In 1981, Giuliani was named associate attorney general in the Reagan administration , the third-highest position in the Department of Justice . As Associate Attorney General, Giuliani supervised the U.S. Attorney Offices' federal law enforcement agencies, the Department of Corrections , the Drug Enforcement Administration , and
970-416: A failed campaign for Mayor of New York City in the 1989 election , he succeeded in 1993, and was reelected in 1997, campaigning on a "tough on crime" platform. He led New York's controversial "civic cleanup" from 1994 to 2001. and appointed William Bratton as New York City's new police commissioner . In 2000, he ran against First Lady Hillary Clinton for a U.S. Senate seat from New York, but left
1067-520: A few cases, his arrests of alleged white-collar criminals at their workplaces with charges later dropped or lessened sparked controversy and damaged the reputations of the alleged "perps". He said veteran stock trader Richard Wigton, of Kidder, Peabody & Co. , was guilty of insider trading ; in February 1987 he had officers handcuff Wigton and march him through the company's trading floor , with Wigton in tears. Giuliani had his agents arrest Tim Tabor,
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#17328442113681164-496: A few days before a corporation announced a takeover. Although insider trading of this kind was illegal, laws prohibiting it were rarely enforced until Boesky was prosecuted. Boesky cooperated with the SEC and informed on several others, including junk bond trader Michael Milken . Per agreement with Giuliani, Boesky received a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -year prison sentence along with a $ 100 million fine. In 1989, Giuliani charged Milken under
1261-485: A fortune of about $ 200 million by betting on corporate takeovers, was originally investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for making investments based on tips received from corporate insiders, leading the way for the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York to investigate as well. These stock and options acquisitions were sometimes brazen, with massive purchases occurring only
1358-555: A job, was convicted of felony assault and robbery, and served prison time in Sing Sing . Once released, his father worked as an enforcer for his brother-in-law Leo D'Avanzo, who operated an organized crime -affiliated loan sharking and gambling ring from a restaurant in Brooklyn. Giuliani was raised a Roman Catholic . When he was seven years old, his family moved from Brooklyn to Garden City South on Long Island , where he attended
1455-785: A law firm, renamed Bracewell & Giuliani . Vying for the Republican Party's 2008 presidential nomination , Giuliani was an early frontrunner yet did poorly in the primary election ; he later withdrew and endorsed the party's subsequent nominee, John McCain . After declining to run for New York governor in 2010 and for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 , Giuliani turned his focus to his business firms. After advising Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign and early administration , Giuliani joined President Trump's personal legal team in April 2018, remaining on it during
1552-431: A major campaign issue. By April 2000, reports showed Clinton gaining upstate and generally outworking Giuliani, who said his duties as mayor prevented him from campaigning more. Clinton was now eight to ten points ahead of Giuliani in the polls. Then followed four tumultuous weeks in which Giuliani learned he had prostate cancer and needed treatment; his extramarital relationship with Judith Nathan became public and
1649-478: A model for other municipal governments. Such is the case of the CFB, the fiercely nonpartisan overseer of New York’s voluntary system of public campaign financing for local offices. Unfortunately, the Board may be paying a price for its independence.” In the spring of 2001, news reports and other mayoral candidates noted that Democratic candidate Alan Hevesi ’s spending for certain expenses seemed unusually low compared to
1746-505: A number of ways. Program participants are motivated to campaign and fundraise within their communities because public matching funds make increases to the value of small contributions from NYC residents. The Brennan Center for Justice and the Campaign Finance Institute found in their 2012 Report, Donor Diversity Through Public Matching Funds , that, “The city’s public financing system gives candidates an incentive to reach out to
1843-507: A record of 4,152 convictions and 25 reversals. As a federal prosecutor, Giuliani was credited with bringing the perp walk , parading of suspects in front of the previously alerted media, into common use as a prosecutorial tool. After Giuliani "patented the perp walk", the tool was used by increasing numbers of prosecutors nationwide. Giuliani's critics said that he arranged for people to be arrested but then dropped charges for lack of evidence on high-profile cases rather than going to trial. In
1940-427: A young arbitrageur and former colleague of Wigton, so late that he had to stay overnight in jail before posting bond. Within three months, charges were dropped against both Wigton and Tabor; Giuliani said, "We're not going to go to trial. We're just the tip of the iceberg", but no further charges were forthcoming and the investigation did not end until Giuliani's successor was in place. Giuliani's high-profile raid of
2037-587: Is an American politician and disbarred lawyer who served as the 107th mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 1983 and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1983 to 1989. Giuliani led the 1980s federal prosecution of New York City mafia bosses as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. After
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#17328442113682134-495: Is considered the highest-profile United States Attorney's Office in the country and as such is often used by those who have held the position as a springboard for running for public office. It was in this position that he first gained national prominence by prosecuting numerous high-profile cases, resulting in the convictions of Wall Street figures Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken . He also focused on prosecuting drug dealers, organized crime , and corruption in government. He amassed
2231-453: Is held if there is a runoff election. The CFB selects various media, educational, and civic groups to sponsor the debates and broadcast them on television and/or radio citywide. To be eligible for the first primary and/or general election debate for their office, candidates must demonstrate “a minimum level of public support.” To be eligible, candidates must achieve a minimum threshold of funds raised and spent. Additionally, sponsors may work with
2328-551: The 2020 presidential election . His activities as Trump's attorney have led to allegations that he engaged in corruption and profiteering. In 2019, Giuliani was a central figure in the Trump–Ukraine scandal . Following the 2020 election, he represented Trump in many lawsuits filed in attempts to overturn the election results , making false and debunked allegations about rigged voting machines, polling place fraud, and an international communist conspiracy. Giuliani spoke at
2425-675: The Carter administration , Giuliani practiced law at the Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler law firm , as chief of staff to his former boss, Ace Tyler. In later years, Tyler became "disillusioned" by what Tyler described as Giuliani's time as US Attorney, criticizing several of his prosecutions as "overkill". On December 8, 1980, one month after the election of Ronald Reagan brought Republicans back to power in Washington, he switched his party affiliation from Independent to Republican. Giuliani later said
2522-989: The City Hall and blocking traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge . Dinkins and Giuliani never debated during the campaign, because they were never able to agree on how to approach a debate. Dinkins was endorsed by The New York Times and Newsday , while Giuliani was endorsed by the New York Post and, in a key switch from 1989, the New York Daily News . Giuliani went to visit the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson , seeking his blessing and endorsement. On election day, Giuliani's campaign hired off-duty cops, firefighters, and corrections officers to monitor polling places in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and The Bronx for cases of voter fraud . Despite objections from
2619-743: The Hispanic vote (43% from 37%) while maintaining his base of white ethnic and Catholic and Jewish voters from 1993. Giuliani served as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. In Giuliani's first term as mayor, the New York City Police Department – at the instigation of Commissioner Bill Bratton – adopted an aggressive enforcement/deterrent strategy based on James Q. Wilson 's " broken windows " approach. This involved crackdowns on relatively minor offenses such as graffiti, turnstile jumping, cannabis possession, and aggressive panhandling by " squeegee men ", on
2716-491: The Lucchese , Bonanno , and Genovese families rejected the idea, though Colombo and Gambino leaders, Carmine Persico and John Gotti , encouraged assassination. In 2014, it was revealed by former Sicilian Mafia member and informant Rosario Naimo that Salvatore Riina , a notorious Sicilian Mafia leader, had ordered a murder contract on Giuliani during the mid-1980s. Riina allegedly was suspicious of Giuliani's efforts prosecuting
2813-519: The Patriot Act ; John Savarese, now a partner at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; and Gil Childers, a later deputy chief of the criminal division for the Southern District of New York and now managing director in the legal department at Goldman Sachs. According to an FBI memo revealed in 2007, leaders of the Five Families voted in late 1986 on whether to issue a contract for Giuliani's death. Heads of
2910-582: The Phi Rho Pi college forensic fraternity and honor society. He graduated in 1965. Giuliani considered becoming a priest but decided to attend New York University School of Law in Manhattan , where he was a member of the New York University Law Review and graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree in 1968. Giuliani started his career and political life as a Democrat , working as
3007-521: The United States Marshals Service . In a well-publicized 1982 case, Giuliani testified in defense of the federal government's "detention posture" regarding the internment of more than 2,000 Haitian asylum seekers who had entered the country illegally. The U.S. government disputed the assertion that most of the detainees had fled their country due to political persecution, alleging instead that they were "economic migrants". In defense of
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3104-751: The government of New York City , the heads of about 50 city departments are appointed by the mayor , who also appoints several deputy mayors to oversee entire city agencies and handle specific tasks and projects within their designated portfolios. The list below is not comprehensive, and there are many smaller agencies, departments, and mayoral offices, some of which exist only for a limited period of time. . Other state agencies, authorities and other corporations include: Rudy Giuliani Mayor of New York City Trump Administration [REDACTED] Rudolph William Louis Giuliani ( / ˌ dʒ uː l i ˈ ɑː n i / JOO -lee- AH -nee , Italian: [dʒuˈljaːni] ; born May 28, 1944)
3201-405: The 2000 election for the now-open seat. Because of his high profile and visibility, Giuliani was supported by the state Republican Party. Giuliani's entrance led Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel and others to recruit then- First Lady Hillary Clinton to run for Moynihan's seat, hoping she might combat his star power. In April 1999, Giuliani formed an exploratory committee in connection with
3298-527: The American Mafia and was worried that he might have spoken with Italian anti-Mafia prosecutors and politicians, including Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino , who were both murdered in 1992 in separate car bombings. According to Giuliani, the Sicilian Mafia offered $ 800,000 for his death during his first year as mayor of New York in 1994. Ivan Boesky , a Wall Street arbitrageur who had amassed
3395-536: The Board's 1993 post-election hearings, then-Mayor-elect Giuliani testified that citywide candidates who qualify for public campaign funds and participate in the Program should be required to “satisfy some of the public frustration with the fact that a million or two million dollars can be given to a candidate [without] a requirement for debate.” Three years later, Council Speaker Peter Vallone introduced legislation requiring debates for Program participants. The measure passed
3492-552: The CFB also produces an online Video Guide for state and federal races. The Debate Program grew out of public frustration generated during the 1993 mayoral campaign, when Rudy Giuliani and then-Mayor David Dinkins failed to meet in a public debate, even though they accepted more than $ 3 million in taxpayer funds between them. Public outrage followed the lack of a public debate. Newspapers, former candidates, public officials, and citizens’ groups united to demand that debates be mandatory for citywide candidates who seek public funds. At
3589-1005: The CFB as an independent agency contrast with the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board , for example, which, under the City Charter, turns to the New York City Department of Investigation for assistance with probes. The Campaign Finance Program has evolved considerably since 1988, based in part on legislative changes recommended by the Board in its post-election reports. The voluntary Program helps credible candidates run competitive campaigns by providing funds for contributions received by NYC residents. The matching rate has changed over time; from $ 1–$ 1 up to $ 1,000 per contributor, to $ 4–$ 1 up to $ 250 per contributor in 1998, to $ 6–$ 1 up to $ 175 per contributor in 2007, and to $ 8-$ 1 up to $ 175 or $ 250 for city-wide positions in 2019. The public benefits from this matching funds program in
3686-462: The CFB in January 2011 to form the new Voter Assistance Unit, and takes the lead in the CFB's efforts to promote voter registration, voting, and civic engagement through community outreach and partnerships with public and private organizations. The Voter Assistance Advisory Committee (VAAC) advises and assists the CFB with its voter engagement efforts. Composed of appointed members, the public advocate, and
3783-416: The CFB to determine other non-partisan, objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Only candidates deemed “leading contenders” participate in the second debate for the primary and general election. Leading contenders are determined by additional non-partisan, objective and non-discriminatory criteria determined by the sponsor, in consultation with the CFB. Debate sponsors may invite candidates who do not join
3880-439: The CFB. Independent spenders are required to report any expenditure that meets the following three criteria: Mayor Dinkins tried to replace Chairman O’Hare with Thomas J. Schwartz, in what some perceived as retribution for determinations the Board during made the 1993 election cycle. The New York Observer said, “It is only with the comet-like regularity that New York’s political establishment produces something that can serve as
3977-504: The Campaign Finance Act to conduct investigations either on its own initiative or following receipt of a complaint into possible violations of the City Charter, the Campaign Finance Act, or any of its related rules. The CFB also conducts field investigations and desk and field audits. Furthermore, the CFB has authority to issue subpoenas, take sworn testimony, and issue document requests and interrogatories. The investigatory powers of
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4074-489: The Campaign Finance Act, which applies to every candidate running for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president, and City Council member in New York City. Candidates are required to disclose where their contributions come from and how they are spent. The Board collects this information throughout the election cycle and makes it public on its website. Candidates must abide by contributions limits and restrictions, including “Doing Business” restrictions aimed at reducing
4171-603: The Campaign Finance Program to participate in any of the debates, as long as they satisfy the same criteria applicable to all participating candidates. Under the banner NYC Votes and with the assistance of the Voter Assistance Advisory Committee (VAAC), the CFB coordinates voter events and programs, distributes voter education materials, and helps NYC residents register to vote. Since 1989, the CFB has been educating voters about local elections via
4268-587: The Democratic primary, Koch was upset by Manhattan Borough president David Dinkins . In the general election, Giuliani ran as the fusion candidate of both the Republican and the Liberal parties. The Conservative Party , which had often co-lined the Republican party candidate, withheld support from Giuliani and ran Lauder instead. Conservative Party leaders were unhappy with Giuliani on ideological grounds. They cited
4365-483: The Dinkins campaign, who said that the effort would intimidate Democratic voters, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly assigned an additional 52 police captains and 3,500 officers to monitor the city's polling places. Giuliani won by a margin of 53,367 votes. He became the first Republican elected mayor of New York City since John Lindsay in 1965. Similar to the election four years prior, Giuliani performed particularly well in
4462-579: The District of Columbia in September. Giuliani was born on May 28, 1944, in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn , New York City, which at the time of his birth was a largely Italian American enclave of Brooklyn. He is the only child of working-class parents Helen (née D'Avanzo) and Harold Angelo Giuliani, both children of Italian immigrants. Harold Giuliani, a plumber and a bartender, had trouble holding
4559-451: The FBI does not collect. Sociologist Frank Zimring , in his 2006 book The Great American Crime Decline , claimed that "up to half of New York's crime drop in the 1990s, and virtually 100 percent of its continuing crime decline since 2000, has resulted from policing." Bratton was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1996. Giuliani reportedly forced Bratton out after two years, in what
4656-419: The Five Families were sentenced to 100 years in prison on January 13, 1987. Genovese and Colombo leaders, Tony Salerno and Carmine Persico , received additional sentences in separate trials, with 70-year and 39-year sentences to run consecutively. He was assisted by three Assistant United States Attorneys: Michael Chertoff , the eventual second United States Secretary of Homeland Security and co-author of
4753-662: The Independence Party's “housekeeping” account, a loop hole in the State Election Law that provides candidates, corporations, and wealthy individuals with the freedom to make and conceal such a payment in the first place. The Board voted to close the complaint against Bloomberg on October 18, 2012, saying that the “political expenditures made by Bloomberg with his personal funds to political committees...are presumptively campaign expenditures in furtherance of his campaign. List of New York City agencies#Non-mayoral In
4850-472: The Liberal Party's endorsement statement that Giuliani "agreed with the Liberal Party's views on affirmative action , gay rights , gun control , school prayer , and tuition tax credits ". During two televised debates, Giuliani framed himself as an agent of change, saying, "I'm the reformer," that "If we keep going merrily along, this city's going down," and that electing Dinkins would represent "more of
4947-729: The NYC Voter Guide, which is mailed to registered voters before each municipal election. The printed Guide is a newsletter containing information about voting, candidate profiles, a list of all candidates on the ballot for each race, and information on anticipated ballot proposals. An interactive version of the Guide is published on this website, and the video Voter Guide is produced and broadcast for citywide elections. The guide, originally only printed in English and Spanish, has expanded to include Chinese, Korean, and Bengali. In non-municipal election years,
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#17328442113685044-799: The Princeton/Newport firm ended with the defendants having their cases overturned on appeal on the grounds that what they had been convicted of were not crimes. In the Mafia Commission Trial , which ran from February 25, 1985, through November 19, 1986, Giuliani indicted eleven organized crime figures, including the heads of New York City's so-called " Five Families ", under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) on charges including extortion , labor racketeering, and murder for hire . Time magazine called this "case of cases" possibly "the most significant assault on
5141-478: The RICO Act with 98 counts of racketeering and fraud. In a highly publicized case, Milken was indicted by a grand jury on these charges. In June 2021, Giuliani had his license to practice law suspended in the state of New York, pending an investigation related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. On July 2, 2024, he was disbarred in the state of New York. On September 26, 2024, he
5238-517: The Senate run. By January 2000, polling for the race showed Giuliani nine points ahead of Clinton, in part because his campaign was able to take advantage of several campaign stumbles by Clinton. In March 2000, however, the New York Police Department 's fatal shooting of Patrick Dorismond inflamed Giuliani's strained relations with the city's minority communities, and Clinton seized on it as
5335-537: The addition of 7,000 officers to the NYPD, lobbied for and hired by the Dinkins administration, and an overall improvement in the national economy. Changing demographics were a key factor contributing to crime rate reductions, which were similar across the country during this time. Because the crime index is based on that of the FBI , which is self-reported by police departments, some have alleged that crimes were shifted into categories
5432-630: The amounts charged by Morris, Carrick & Guma and agreed to modify its contract with the firm, the Board released $ 2.6 million in public matching funds to the campaign. In 2011, the Board had to consider whether the Michael R. Bloomberg 2009 mayoral campaign committed a violation of the Act by failing to disclose Bloomberg's $ 1.2 million payments to the Independence party of New York State on October 30, 2009, and November 2, 2009. The payments in question were made to
5529-537: The applicable contribution limit to their own campaign. Candidates who wish to entirely self-finance their campaigns can join the Program as a “limited participant”. Limited participants can make unlimited contributions to their own campaign, but do not qualify for any public matching funds, and are subject to the spending limits. The contribution limits as of 2018 for the 2021 election cycle are as follows: Program participants must abide by strictly enforced spending limits, which vary by office. All participants running for
5626-524: The city and 64 percent said things were better in the city compared to four years previously. Throughout the campaign he was well ahead in the polls and had a strong fund-raising advantage over Messinger. On her part, Messinger lost the support of several usually Democratic constituencies, including gay organizations and large labor unions. The local daily newspapers – The New York Times , Daily News , New York Post and Newsday – all endorsed Giuliani over Messinger. In
5723-537: The city's Democratic-controlled New York City Council, which had avoided the issue for years, to pass legislation providing broad protection for same-sex partners . In 1998, he codified local law by granting all city employees equal benefits for their domestic partners. With term limits , Giuliani was ineligible to run in 2001 for a third term as mayor. In November 1998, four-term incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan announced his retirement and Giuliani immediately indicated an interest in running in
5820-411: The credit is disputed. Crime rates in New York City had started to drop in 1991 under previous mayor David Dinkins , three years before Giuliani took office. A small nationwide drop in crime preceded Giuliani's election, and some critics say he may have been the beneficiary of a trend already in progress. Additional contributing factors to the overall decline in New York City crime during the 1990s were
5917-440: The database are subject to lower contribution limits. In addition, for participants in the Campaign Finance Program, these contributions are not eligible to be matched with public funds, nor do they count toward meeting the threshold to receive public funds. With a year remaining in his second term, on October 2, 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he intended to seek a third term. The Mayor's announcement of his support for
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#17328442113686014-464: The end, Giuliani won 58% of the vote to Messinger's 41%, becoming the first registered Republican to win a second term as mayor while on the Republican line since Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1941. Voter turnout was the lowest in twelve years, with 38% of registered voters casting ballots. The margin of victory included gains in his share of the African American vote (20% compared to 1993's 5%) and
6111-402: The executive director of the Board of Elections, VAAC holds public hearings to solicit and hear testimony from members of the public, good government groups, and public officials regarding how to improve voter assistance in New York City, and make recommendations to the CFB to help the agency develop and implement a comprehensive voter engagement plan. In 2010, independent expenditures disclosure
6208-459: The full Council on November 14, 1996. Vallone commented that the requirement for debates "will help strengthen and improve the democratic process in New York City." The Debate Program was first in effect for the 1997 elections, and has been a part of each citywide election since. In 1998, the City Council passed a law increasing the matching rate from $ 1-to-$ 1 to $ 4-to-$ 1 for candidates who voluntarily agreed to not accept corporate contributions. At
6305-502: The general election, Giuliani once again had the Liberal Party and not the Conservative Party listing. Giuliani ran an aggressive campaign, parlaying his image as a tough leader who had cleaned up the city. Giuliani's popularity was at its highest point to date, with a late October 1997 Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll showing him as having a 68 percent approval rating; 70 percent of New Yorkers were satisfied with life in
6402-446: The government's position, Giuliani testified that "political repression, at least in general, does not exist" under President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier 's regime. In 1983, Giuliani was appointed to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York , which was technically a demotion but was sought by Giuliani because of his desire to personally litigate cases and because the SDNY
6499-465: The infrastructure of organized crime since the high command of the Chicago Mafia was swept away in 1943", and quoted Giuliani's stated intention: "Our approach is to wipe out the five families." Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano evaded conviction when he and his underboss Thomas Bilotti were murdered on the streets of midtown Manhattan on December 16, 1985. However, three heads of
6596-514: The killings of Amadou Diallo , Gidone Busch and Patrick Dorismond . Giuliani supported the New York City Police Department, by releasing, for example, what he called Dorismond's "extensive criminal record" to the public, including a sealed juvenile file. The Giuliani administration advocated the privatization of the city's public schools, which he called "dysfunctional", and the reduction of state funding for them. He advocated
6693-415: The law firm Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, also in New York City. Giuliani first ran for New York City mayor in 1989, when he attempted to unseat three-term incumbent Ed Koch . He won the September 1989 Republican Party primary election against business magnate Ronald Lauder in a campaign marked by claims that Giuliani was not a true Republican after an acrimonious debate between the two men. In
6790-498: The law firm however, the service of lawyers, secretaries, paralegals, and others assisting the partner in providing legal services to the candidate would be considered a contribution by the law firm. As a result the Board suspended payment of more than $ 2.5 million in public funds until the Hevesi campaign included the value of Morris’ services to the Board. Ten days later, after the Hevesi campaign had provided additional information regarding
6887-520: The local Catholic school, St. Anne's. Later, he commuted back to Brooklyn to attend Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School , where he graduated in 1961. Giuliani attended Manhattan College in Riverdale, Bronx , where he majored in political science with a minor in philosophy. Giuliani was elected president of his class in his sophomore year, but was not re-elected in his junior year. He joined
6984-464: The mayor, and two are appointed by the speaker of the City Council. The Chair is appointed by the mayor after consultation with the speaker. Historically, the board has been composed of attorneys, academics, and civic and faith leaders. The founding board members appointed in April 1988 were: Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare , S.J., James I. Lewis, Frank J. Macchiarola , Robert B. McKay, and Sonia Sotomayor . The current board as of 2018 is: The Board administers
7081-629: The mid-1980s, when New York City Mayor Ed Koch introduced a series of ethics reforms in response to several high-profile corruption scandals. These reforms included the Campaign Finance Act, which was adopted on February 29, 1988, by the New York City Council . In 1988, the New York City Charter Revision Commission proposed and passed a public referendum that established the Campaign Finance Board. The CFB
7178-454: The military during the Vietnam War . His conscription was deferred while he was enrolled at Manhattan College and NYU Law. Upon graduation from law school in 1968, he was classified 1-A (available for military service), but in 1969 he was reclassified 2-A (essential civilian) as Judge MacMahon's law clerk. In 1970, Giuliani was reclassified 1-A but received a high 308 draft lottery number and
7275-400: The offices of the CFB. Members of the staff evacuated Lower Manhattan towards safety. The CFB was temporarily relocated to Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus and continued to help many candidates. The primary was rescheduled for September 25, 2001. The Board decided that no adjustments to the contribution and expenditure limits needed to be made, with the exception of the typical “get out
7372-421: The owner of the firm was volunteering his own services as a consultant while charging the Hevesi campaign for other work done by his firm. Campaigns are allowed to use volunteer workers. The Act, however, recognizes limits on what can be considered volunteer services. In an advisory opinion, the Board discussed and concluded that volunteered services by a law firm partner would not be a contribution, if paid for by
7469-415: The perception of “pay-to-play” politics in local government. The CFB audits every campaign for these offices to ensure compliance with the law. In order to qualify for receiving public funds, candidates are required to meet a two-part threshold. The Campaign Finance Program matches eligible donations 6:1, but there are limits to the maximum public funds that a candidate may receive. The CFB is authorized by
7566-405: The presumptive nominee for a rematch with Dinkins at the next election. Four years after his defeat to Dinkins, Giuliani again ran for mayor. Once again, Giuliani also ran on the Liberal Party line but not the Conservative Party line, which ran activist George Marlin. Although crime had begun to fall during the Dinkins administration, Giuliani's campaign capitalized on the perception that crime
7663-508: The race once diagnosed with prostate cancer . For his mayoral leadership following the September 11 attacks in 2001, he was called "America's mayor" and was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2001. In 2002, Giuliani founded a security consulting business, Giuliani Partners , and acquired, but later sold, an investment banking firm, Giuliani Capital Advisors. In 2005, he joined
7760-458: The rally preceding the January 6 United States Capitol attack , where he made false claims of voter fraud and called for "trial by combat". Later, he was also listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal prosecution of Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the election . In August 2023, he was indicted in the prosecution related to the 2020 election in Georgia , Later in 2023, Giuliani lost
7857-435: The registration, political committees agree not to make contributions using corporate funds, closing an important loophole in the corporate contribution ban. A list of registered political committees is published on the CFB's website, to help participants comply with the rules and to provide additional information to the public about the source of campaign contributions. Program participants can only contribute up to three times
7954-437: The same office are bound by the same spending limit. When participants face a high-spending opponent who has not joined the Program — and thus is not bound by the spending limit — their spending limit may be increased or removed. Only “matchable" contributions, those from individual New York City residents, are counted toward the threshold. The threshold requirements were designed to ensure that only candidates who can demonstrate
8051-516: The same time, the 1998 Charter Revision Commission proposed a ban on corporate contributions, which was approved by referendum. In 2007, the law extended to include limited liability companies (LLCs) and partnerships. A primary election was scheduled to be held on September 11, 2001. Shortly after 9AM, the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center, just three blocks away from
8148-546: The same, more of the rotten politics that have been dragging us down". Giuliani pointed out that Dinkins had not filed a tax return for many years and several other ethical missteps, in particular a stock transfer to his son. Dinkins filed several years of returns and said the tax matter had been fully paid off. He denied other wrongdoing, saying that "what we need is a mayor, not a prosecutor" and that Giuliani refused to say "the R-word ;– he doesn't like to admit he's
8245-434: The spending of other candidates. Questions were raised about the fee arrangement between the Hevesi campaign and its principal consultants, Morris, Carrick & Guma. the firm provided Hevesi with services far more comprehensive than that of other campaign consultants, yet the cost was less. The Hevesi campaign opted out of maintaining a formal campaign office and instead worked out of the consultants' headquarters. Hank Morris,
8342-514: The switches were because he found Democratic policies "naïve", and that "by the time I moved to Washington, the Republicans had come to make more sense to me." Others suggested that the switches were made in order to get positions in the Justice Department. Giuliani's mother maintained in 1988 that he "only became a Republican after he began to get all these jobs from them. He's definitely not
8439-610: The system assert that it creates an environment in which police officials are encouraged to underreport or otherwise manipulate crime data. An extensive study found a high correlation between crime rates reported by the police through CompStat and rates of crime available from other sources, suggesting there had been no manipulation. The CompStat initiative won the 1996 Innovations in Government Award from Harvard Kennedy School . During Giuliani's administration, crime rates dropped in New York City. The extent to which Giuliani deserves
8536-517: The theory that this would send a message that order would be maintained. The legal underpinning for removing the "squeegee men" from the streets was developed under Giuliani's predecessor, Mayor David Dinkins. Bratton, with Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple , also created and instituted CompStat , a computer-driven comparative statistical approach to mapping crime geographically and in terms of emerging criminal patterns, as well as charting officer performance by quantifying criminal apprehensions. Critics of
8633-603: The vote” spending on election day. Legislation enacted in 2007 called for restrictions on contributions from individuals who have business dealings with the city, and the creation of a database containing the names of those individuals and the entities with which they are associated. The Doing Business Database (“DBDB”) is available to the public, and campaigns can check whether their contributors are listed. This law affects all candidates running for local office (mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president, and City Council member) because contributions from individuals listed in
8730-409: The white ethnic neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Giuliani saw especially high returns in the borough of Staten Island, as a referendum to consider allowing the borough to secede from New York City was on the ballot. Giuliani's opponent in 1997 was Democratic Manhattan Borough president Ruth Messinger , who had beaten Al Sharpton in the September 9, 1997, Democratic primary. In
8827-505: Was approved by New York City Voters through a public referendum. Following the public's decision, the CFB established a set of rules to monitor independent expenditures in elections by candidates. An independent expenditure is one in which no candidate, agent of a candidate, or political committee of a candidate has “authorized, requested, suggested, fostered or cooperated. Independent spenders have no limits on what may be raised or spent and are required to disclose independent expenditures to
8924-449: Was disbarred in the District of Columbia under reciprocal discipline. Giuliani was U.S. Attorney until January 1989, resigning as the Reagan administration ended. He garnered criticism until he left office for his handling of cases and was accused of prosecuting cases to further his political ambitions. He joined the law firm White & Case in New York City as a partner. He remained with White & Case until May 1990, when he joined
9021-452: Was established with the mission of reducing the influence of large private contributions in the political process. The voluntary Campaign Finance Program provides matching funds to qualifying candidates for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president, and City Council. The board is composed of five members who serve staggered five-year terms. Board members may be reappointed and are not subject to term limits . Two are appointed by
9118-517: Was not called up for service. Giuliani switched his party registration from Democratic to Independent in 1975. This occurred during a period of time in which he was recruited for a position in Washington, D.C. , with the Ford administration : Giuliani served as the associate deputy attorney general and chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Harold "Ace" Tyler . His first high-profile prosecution
9215-804: Was of Democratic U.S. Representative Bertram L. Podell ( NY-13 ), who was convicted of corruption. Podell pleaded guilty to conspiracy and conflict of interest for accepting more than $ 41,000 in campaign contributions and legal fees from a Florida airline to obtain federal rights for a Bahama route. Podell, who maintained a legal practice while serving in Congress, said the payments were legitimate legal fees. The Washington Post later reported, "The trial catapulted future New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani to front-page status when, as assistant U.S. attorney, he relentlessly cross-examined an initially calm Rep. Podell. The congressman reportedly grew more flustered and eventually decided to plead guilty." From 1977 to 1981, during
9312-497: Was seen as a battle of two large egos in which Giuliani was not tolerant of Bratton's celebrity. Bratton went on to become chief of the Los Angeles Police Department . Giuliani's term also saw allegations of civil rights abuses and other police misconduct under other commissioners after Bratton's departure. There were police shootings of unarmed suspects, and the scandals surrounding the torture of Abner Louima and
9409-530: Was uncontrolled in the city following events such as the Crown Heights riot and the Family Red Apple boycott . The year prior to the election, Giuliani was a key speaker at a Patrolmen's Benevolent Association rally opposing Dinkins, in which Giuliani blamed the police department's low morale on Dinkins' leadership. The rally quickly devolved into a riot, with nearly 4,000 off-duty police officers storming
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