§ 7-02 Timing.
RCNY § 7-02
(a)Payment dates.
(i)The Board will schedule at least three payment dates in the 45 days before a covered primary election and at least four payment dates in the 90 days prior to a covered general election.
(ii)No public funds will be paid to candidates in a primary or general election any earlier than two weeks after the last day to file designating petitions for the primary election, except that optional early public funds payments may be made no earlier than December 15 in the year before the year of the election. For a candidate to receive an optional early public funds payment, the Board must determine that one of the conditions set forth in § 3-705(7)(a)(2) or (3) of the Code is satisfied, or the candidate must submit a certified signed statement attesting to the need for such public funds and demonstrating that at least one of the conditions set forth in § 3-705(7)(a)(1) of the Code is satisfied. The statement must be accompanied by supporting documentation and must be submitted to the Board at least 15 business days before the optional early public funds payment is scheduled to be made.
(b)Preliminary review of disclosure statements; reasons for delay. In order to enable payment within four business days after receipt of disclosure statements, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, pursuant to § 3-705(4) of the Code, the Board shall conduct a preliminary review of all disclosure statements filed.
(c)Preliminary review of matching claims.
(d)No candidate shall receive more than the maximum public funds payable amount for a single election, pursuant to § 3-705(2)(b) of the Code, any earlier than the day after the day of the primary election. (Added City Record 8/16/2019, eff. 9/15/2019; amended City Record 5/22/2020, eff. 6/21/2020)
