Pro-Cuomo PAC responsible for nearly half of all outside spending across all NYC primary elections this year

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The pro-Andrew Cuomo independent expenditure committee Fix the City isn’t just dominating spending by outside groups in the New York City mayoral race. It’s dominating spending by any outside group in all New York City primary elections this June.

Fix the City, a PAC whose most generous funders include former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, DoorDash and hedge funder Bill Ackman, has spent more than $16 million in ads, mailers and more in just one race, amounting to just under half of all outside spending on mayoral, City Council and borough president races across the city this June. As of Wednesday, the PAC had reported $10.5 million in support of Cuomo and $5.9 million in opposition to his biggest competition in the race, Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani. (The PAC’s total spending is growing daily, with the committee reporting $2.6 million in additional spending through the state Board of Elections on Thursday, including on campaign literature, print ads, consultant fees and field operations.)

The PAC has brought in more than $24 million in donations – Bloomberg alone donated $8.3 million – making it the biggest PAC in city history, The New York Times reported. While there’s no shortage of active outside spenders in races across the city this June, including on City Council and borough president candidates, they pale in comparison to Fix the City’s largesse. A spokesperson for the PAC declined to comment on the size of its spending.

Candidates for mayor who participate in the city’s matching funds program – as all the main competitors in the Democratic primary are – face the same $8 million spending cap. But




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