Our goal is nothing short of making small-dollar history in NYC.
Lucas -
I want to talk to you about New York City’s progressive campaign finance laws, and then I am going to ask you to do something important to support and take advantage of them.
In New York City, every single resident who contributes between $1 and $175 to a campaign has their contribution matched SIX to ONE. What that means is that a $10 contribution turns into $70, $20 turns into $140, and so on.
This is important because it allows people to run for office without being a millionaire or asking millionaires for money. It opens the doors of politics to people without connections to the city’s rich and powerful, and levels the playing field for working people who want to run for office.
The system works! It’s a big part of how we were able to win in 2013 when no one thought we had a chance. But here’s something interesting: no candidate for mayor has EVER raised enough and made it far enough to qualify for and receive the full amount of matching funds available in the primary and general election. We want to make history and change that. So I have to ask:
Last reporting period, we received more individual contributions to our campaign than any candidate running for mayor in more than two decades. I am committed to running a campaign where the vast majority of contributions we receive come from a lot of people giving small amounts of money. That’s why your contribution is so important.
In solidarity,
Bill de Blasio
Mayor, New York City