SLATER STANDS WITH COLLEAGUES TO PUSH BACK ON PARTISAN MATCHING FUNDS RULING

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) attended a press conference today alongside his colleagues in the state Senate and Assembly to announce a proposal that addresses the recent ruling by the state Public Campaign Finance Board (PCFB) prohibiting six gubernatorial candidates from participating in the matching funds program.

On March 31, the PCFB voted 4-3 along party lines to reject candidates, including Nassau County Executive and GOP frontrunner Bruce Blakeman, citing the campaigns’ failure to submit a form that has yet to be created. The new policy would allow the PCFB to accept a jointly signed form from the governor and lieutenant governor candidates, correcting the bureaucratic mistake and creating an avenue into the program.

Slater believes this legislation is necessary to fix a bureaucratic error that has unfairly harmed candidates who were rightly under the belief that they had correctly enrolled and were accepted into the program.

“New Yorkers deserve a fair and transparent process—not one where candidates are penalized for a form that didn’t exist,” said Slater. “This legislation simply corrects a bureaucratic failure by the Public Campaign Finance Board and restores integrity to the system by giving candidates a clear and reasonable path to comply. The rules shouldn’t change after the game has already started.”