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Monday, July 16, 2014 Bill Mahoney (518) 817-3738


CAMPAIGN FINANCE TALE OF THE TAPE FOR 2014 GOVERNORS RACE, JULY 2014 FILINGS

According to an analysis of the July 15, 2014 campaign finance filings reported to the New York State
Board of Elections, NYPIRG has found that:
1


Governor Cuomo raised more from his nine largest donors - $2,788,142 than County Executive
Astorino raised from his more than 2,174 donors combined.
2

Governor Cuomo received aggregate donation totals of $40,000 or more from 317 donors.
County Executive Astorino received $40,000 or more from nine donors.
81.37% of the money raised by Governor Cuomo this election cycle came from donors who
contributed aggregate amounts of $10,000 or more. 44.92% of the money raised by County
Executive Astorino falls in this category.
0.77% of the money raised by Governor Cuomo has come from donors giving aggregate
amounts of less than $1,000. 16.48% of the money raised by County Executive Astorino falls
into this category.
3


When transfers from committees controlled by the candidates and from parties are removed, Governor
Cuomo has raised $42,703,213.32 from 5,035 donors this election cycle; County Executive Astorino has
raised $2,638,849.10 from more than 2,174 donors.







1
The totals in this analysis reflect contributions and contribution refunds made between December 1, 2010 and
July 14, 2014. This study excludes contribution refunds that resulted in more money being refunded to the
committee than given by the donor this election cycle, as these were presumably residuals of the previous election
cycle. It is possible that the identification of more vaguely-titled LLCs will lead to an increase in the total money
from large donors.
2
Astorino reported $65,115.30 in unitemized donations, so an exact total number of donors is impossible to
determine. Cuomo itemized all of his donations. Election Law permits unitemized donations of under $100.
3
Since donations need to be itemized if they are $100 or more, we assume the unitemized money reported by
Astorino was from donors who gave $1,000 or less.
2

Breakdown of Astorinos Fundraising by Donor Size
Donor Level Total $ % of All $
Total
Donors
$40,000 or more $431,475.00 16.35% 9
$10,000 or more; less than $40,000 $753,800.00 28.57% 49
$2,600 or more; less than $10,000 $551,419.55 20.90% 114
$1,000 or more; less than $2,600 $467,160.00 17.70% 328
Less than $1,000 $369,879.25 14.02% 1674
Unitemized $65,115.30 2.47% x

Breakdown of Cuomos Fundraising by Donor Size
Donor Level Total $ % of All $ Total Donors
$40,000 or more $21,042,790.96 49.28% 317
$10,000 or more; less than $40,000 $13,704,438.31 32.09% 765
$2,600 or more; less than $10,000 $5,062,895.66 11.86% 1015
$1,000 or more; less than $2,600 $2,564,997.40 6.01% 1710
Less than $1,000 $328,090.99 0.77% 1228


Nine Donors have contributed $40,000 or more to County Executive Astorino
It must be considered that Astorino is disadvantaged by having a lower contribution limit than Cuomo -
$41,100, as opposed to $60,800. However, it does not appear that many donors are interested in giving
at this level: three donors met the limit exactly; two gave $40,000; none gave between $30,000 and
$40,000.

Donations from clearly-linked corporate and union entities have been combined for this analysis.

Donor Amount
RSA-PAC/ NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION PAC
4
$82,000.00
MOONEY, JAMES F $54,775.00
JOYCE, CHARLES P $50,000.00
JAMES, ROBERT G $41,500.00
BELIEVE IN NEW YORK $41,100.00
ADELAAR, RICHARD H $41,100.00
FIELER, SEAN $41,000.00
MCINERNEY, THOMAS E $40,000.00
MCINERNEY, PAULA GABRIELE $40,000.00



4
When donors appear entirely in upper-case letters, they match a spelling that appears somewhere in the
campaign finance database, though subsidiaries with different names might be aggregated in the amount. Donors
whose names appear with regular typography are names that do not appear in the campaign finance database,
and was created by NYPIRG to clarify the identity of vaguely-titled contributions.
3

317 donors have contributed $40,000 or more to Governor Cuomo
At least 58 donors have exploited various loopholes to give Governor Cuomo more than the purported
$60,800 contribution limit. Cuomo is certainly helped by the three-year head start he has had over his
opponent, but it is clear this is not the only factor. At least five donors (Litwin, Brookfield, Related,
LeFrak, and Cablevision) gave Cuomo between $85,000 and $200,000 in the past six months alone.

Donor Total Donations
HOLDINGS OF LEONARD LITWIN $1,000,000.00
THE RICHMAN GROUP INC. $284,000.00
BROOKFIELD FINANCIAL AND THEIR HOLDINGS $253,500.00
CABLEVISION & Holdings $250,000.00
Len Blavatnik $215,800.00
KATZ, ADAM & Holdings $202,342.00
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP $200,000.00
Extell Development $200,000.00
BBL $182,500.00
Alvin Benjamin and the Benjamin Companies $173,300.00
H.J. KALIKOW & CO LLC and Peter Kalikow $150,000.00
CLOUGH, HARBOUR & ASSOCIATES, LLP $150,000.00
Stephen Ross & the Related Companies $145,000.00
Charmer Sunbelt $144,350.00
IUOE & Affiliates $137,500.00
Tully Family & Tully Construction $126,500.00
LeFrak Organization $125,000.00
COMCAST/ NBC $121,600.00
ROTH & SONS MANAGEMENT LLC/ ROTH & SONS NEW YORK, LLC $120,800.00
Rudin Management Company $117,500.00
ZUFFA/ ULTIMATE FIGHTING PRODUCTIONS, LLC $115,000.00
EDELMAN, MARTIN $105,800.00
ROSEN, JACK, and Rosen Partners $105,300.00
SL GREEN MANAGEMENT LLC $104,843.00
ROSEN, ABY $104,175.43
NIXON PEABODY, LLP $102,500.00
Engel Burman Group $100,250.00
PEPSI $99,800.00
SACKS & SACKS $93,800.00
Teamsters & Locals $92,000.00
Atlantic Development Group $90,000.00
CATSIMATIDIS, JOHN $89,165.46
Norstar $88,800.00
The Durst Organization $87,500.00
RIVERGATE DEVELOPMENT LLC $85,000.00
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CRYSTAL RUN HEALTHCARE LLP $80,000.00
TAYLOR, JAMES $75,500.00
MARATHON DEVELOPMENT $75,000.00
KPMG LLP $75,000.00
DUFFY & DUFFY $75,000.00
TISHMAN SPEYER DEVELOPMENT, LLC $70,800.00
WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER $70,000.00
SOUTHERN WINE AND SPIRITS OF AMERICA $70,000.00
Paul Joynt and Joynt Ventures, LLC $70,000.00
Multifamily Management Services $67,500.00
COR PROPERTY SERVICES COMPANY, LLC $67,500.00
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SOJ ACCT LOCAL 2507 $66,500.00
Rick Blatstein $65,800.00
INFOR $65,800.00
CBS $65,000.00
METROPOLITAN PACKAGE STORE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL A $65,000.00
ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES $65,000.00
UNIFORMED FIRE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION $62,800.00
PITTA & GIBLIN LLP/ PITTA BISHOP DEL GIORNO & GIBLIN LLC $62,500.00
GREENBERG TRAURIG $62,500.00
COZEN O'CONNOR EMPIRE STATE PAC $62,500.00
PETRACCA, LESTER $61,500.00
ERNST & YOUNG $61,000.00
YANKEE GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, LLC $60,800.00
BURKLE, RON $60,800.00
TISHMAN, DAN $60,800.00
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION LOCAL 100 PAC $60,800.00
TONIO BURGOS & ASSOCIATES OF NEW JERSEY, LLC $60,800.00
BROAD, ELI $60,800.00
WALETZKY, LUCY $60,800.00
NEW JERSEY STATE LABORERS' PAC $60,800.00
TISHMAN, SHERYL $60,800.00
TIME WARNER NY CABLE LLC $60,800.00
DRUCKENMILLER, STANLEY $60,800.00
ROCKEFELLER, LAURANCE $60,800.00
MOTT'S LLP $60,800.00
ROVT, ALEXANDER $60,800.00
NYS BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES, INC. POLITICAL $60,800.00
STRICKLER, ELIZABETH $60,800.00
PALMIOTTO, CAROL $60,800.00
MULROY, THOMAS $60,800.00
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PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASS'N OF THE CITY OF NY PAC $60,800.00
NEW YORK ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC $60,800.00
STEINER, SYLVIA $60,800.00
RICH, DAVID $60,800.00
ROBBINS, LARRY $60,800.00
MADDEN, WENDY $60,800.00
GUARINO, MARCELLA $60,800.00
MCDONALD, GEORGE $60,800.00
HALMAR INTERNATIONAL LLC $60,800.00
GUND, AGNES $60,800.00
GTECH CORPORATION PAC - NEW YORK $60,800.00
MASON TENDERS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF GREATER NY PAC $60,800.00
GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS POLITICAL ACTION COMITTEE $60,800.00
CURRY IV, R. BOYKIN $60,800.00
DAVIDOFF, ROXANA $60,800.00
FOGLIANO, RELLA $60,800.00
BURGOS, TONIO $60,800.00
BING, STEPHEN $60,800.00
DAVIDOFF, ANDREW $60,800.00
BELLUCK, JOSEPH $60,800.00
CITIGROUP INC. PAC $60,800.00
ARGENTO, GINA $60,800.00
BAKER, RICHARD $60,800.00
EMPIRE DENTAL PAC $60,800.00
COLE, NEIL $60,800.00
BARNES, BEN $60,800.00
Ciminelli, Louis $60,800.00
CASTAGNA, FRANK $60,800.00
STATE STREET ASSOCIATES PAC $60,700.00
SOSNOFF, TONI $60,500.00
BANK OF AMERICA NY PAC $60,500.00
BUILDING TRADES EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION INC. PAC $60,500.00
HYMOWITZ, GREGG $60,470.77
DAUMAN, PHILIPPE P $60,000.00
MATAR PROPERTIES LLC $60,000.00
DOOLEY, THOMAS E $60,000.00
TSUNIS, GEORGE $60,000.00
NASSAU COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION POLITI $60,000.00
SALZHAUER, AMANDA $60,000.00
PORT AUTHORITY P.B.A., INC. NYS PAC $60,000.00
RIKLIS, IRA $60,000.00
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MS & B CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC $60,000.00
RUBENSTEIN, HOWARD $60,000.00
New York State Pipe Trades Associatoin $60,000.00
SILVERMAN, HENRY $60,000.00
MOUNTY, JOEL $60,000.00
ROTH, STEVEN $60,000.00
NYS BEER WHOLESALERS ASS'N, INC. PAC $60,000.00
ROVT, OLGA $60,000.00
NEW YORKERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING $60,000.00
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP $60,000.00
MUGRABI, ALBERTO $60,000.00
SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION $60,000.00
PHYSICIANS' RECIPROCAL INSURERS $60,000.00
NEW YORK STATE COURT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION $60,000.00
RIGGIO, LOUISE $60,000.00
RECHLER, DEBORAH $60,000.00
ROTH, DARYL $60,000.00
MOTORSPORT POWER LLC $60,000.00
ROTH, JORDAN $60,000.00
RIZARO MANAGEMENT LLC $60,000.00
MEDICAL LIABILITY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY PAC $60,000.00
HIC PAC $60,000.00
GOSIN, BARRY $60,000.00
MANDELBAUM, JONAH $60,000.00
HAMPSHIRE MANAGEMENT COMPANY/ HAMPSHIRE CONSULTING SERVICES $60,000.00
KLEIN, GEORGE $60,000.00
MCGETTIGAN, EDWARD $60,000.00
MATTONE, MICHAEL $60,000.00
JOSEPH, MICHAEL $60,000.00
HAGGERTY, JACQUELINE $60,000.00
JOSEPH, ROBERTA $60,000.00
JACKSON, RICHARD $60,000.00
JP MORGAN CHASE PAC $60,000.00
AIELLO, STEVEN $60,000.00
EMPIRE STATE PRIDE AGENDA PAC $60,000.00
BERNSTEIN, JAY $60,000.00
1199 SEIU, NYS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $60,000.00
BONOMO, JACLYN $60,000.00
DELLA SALLA, ANTHONY $60,000.00
BONOMO, JULIANNE $60,000.00
DELOITTE LLP $60,000.00
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PAC, LTD. $60,000.00
CASTAGNA, RITA $60,000.00
EMPIRE HEALTH PAC $60,000.00
CHANOS, JAMES $60,000.00
BAKER, LISA $60,000.00
CONGEL, ROBERT $60,000.00
TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. $59,172.04
BONOMO, MARYELLEN $59,000.00
APPLEGATE, DONNA $59,000.00
BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL PAC $58,061.52
RPAC OF NEW YORK STATE $58,000.00
COBURN, ROBERT $57,960.33
PICKETT, DANIEL $57,500.00
BRAUFMAN, JILL $57,500.00
DELBELLO DONNELLAN WEINGARTEN WISE & WIEDERKEHR LL $57,500.00
AT&T PAC - NEW YORK $56,500.00
LAUDER, LEONARD $56,000.00
GURAL, JEFFREY $56,000.00
AHMAD, HUSAM $56,000.00
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES $55,800.00
BROWN, MCMAHON & WEINRAUB $55,250.00
AHMAD, UZMA $55,250.00
SIMONS, MARILYN $55,000.00
MATTONE, JOSEPH $55,000.00
MEHIEL, DENNIS $55,000.00
GEIER, PHILIP $55,000.00
HAMAMOTO, DAVID $55,000.00
BONOMO, ANTHONY $55,000.00
BREDA, JOSEPH $55,000.00
AIELLO, JEFFREY $55,000.00
BLAU, JEFF $55,000.00
FISHER, KENNETH $55,000.00
PIGEON, STEVEN $54,000.00
GOSIN, JACKIE $53,090.25
METALLIC LATHERS LOCAL #46 POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT $53,000.00
OSTROFF, RICHARD $52,854.92
SCHAPS, RICHARD $51,000.00
LAWPAC OF NEW YORK $51,000.00
Kearney Realty & Development Group $50,500.00
EFFRON, BLAIR $50,419.80
Triangle Equities $50,000.00
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ZEMSKY, LESLIE $50,000.00
ZUCCOTTI, JOHN $50,000.00
KATZENBERG, JEFFREY F $50,000.00
GABELLI, MARIO $50,000.00
GOLDSTEIN, MARLON $50,000.00
HESS, JOHN $50,000.00
HESS, SUSAN K $50,000.00
ROONEY, TIMOTHY J $50,000.00
VMS LLC $50,000.00
PARK, WILLIAM $50,000.00
T-REX CAPITAL, LLC $50,000.00
BERGER, DANIEL L $50,000.00
WINNINGHAM, JESSICA L $50,000.00
ORPHANIDES, JAMES $50,000.00
ROSE, ADAM $50,000.00
STONE, ANDREW $50,000.00
REILLY, KEVIN $50,000.00
MOUYIARIS, NIKOS $50,000.00
REVERE, CLAUDINE $50,000.00
PERELMAN, RONALD $50,000.00
PETRACCA, TRACY $50,000.00
SIMONS, JAMES $50,000.00
NEW YORKERS FOR PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST $50,000.00
LUTNICK, HOWARD $50,000.00
JAHARIS, MICHAEL $50,000.00
LAMBERT, BENJAMIN $50,000.00
MAXWELL, RUSSELL $50,000.00
ICAHN, CARL $50,000.00
LANGONE, KEN $50,000.00
MARCUS, GEORGE $50,000.00
MORELLI, ARLENE $50,000.00
ASWAD, LAURA $50,000.00
BROMAN, CHESTER $50,000.00
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP $50,000.00
FLAUM, DAVID $50,000.00
BERNSTEIN, JILL $50,000.00
CHAPMAN, ANNA $50,000.00
DIMENNA, JOSEPH $50,000.00
COTTON, RICHARD $50,000.00
ACKMAN, WILLIAM $50,000.00
BARNETT, AYALA $50,000.00
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BARNETT, GARY $50,000.00
BARTOLOMEI, JOHN $50,000.00
CORCORAN, JAMES $49,500.00
FALCONE, MICHAEL J $49,316.74
GILBERTI, WILLIAM $49,000.00
SPIELVOGEL, BARBARALEE $48,750.00
HELLER, J. DAVID $48,333.00
HISCOCK & BARCLAY, LLP $48,000.00
Ronald Perelman, Anna Chapman, and holdings $47,918.00
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PAC $47,806.91
FISHER, WINSTON $47,500.00
FISHER, STEVEN $47,500.00
WILDER, ROBERT $46,750.00
BALTER, WILLIAM $46,750.00
CATSIMATIDIS, MARGO $46,396.21
COLE, ELIZABETH $45,800.00
DURNAN, CHRISTOPHE $45,500.00
SACHS, JEFFREY $45,000.00
NYC DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS PAC $45,000.00
OLSON, BRIAN $45,000.00
SNYDER, JAY $45,000.00
RUTIGLIANO, JOSEPH $45,000.00
MINSKOFF, EDWARD $45,000.00
GUTLEBER, JOHN $45,000.00
MEHIEL, KAREN $45,000.00
HANYS PAC $45,000.00
KRAMER, DILLOF, LIVINGSTON & MOORE COUNSELORS AT L $45,000.00
KUHN, JAMES D. $45,000.00
L & M ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES LLC/ L & M BUILDERS GROUP, LLC $45,000.00
KOVNER, BRUCE $45,000.00
MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE NEW YORK PAC $45,000.00
MOINIAN, JOSEPH $45,000.00
EMPIRE STATE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS $45,000.00
BUILDING FOR NEW YORKERS PAC $45,000.00
FLAUM, ILENE $45,000.00
FAZIO, TIMOTHY $45,000.00
ASGM PAC $44,000.00
NEW YORK STATE LABORERS' PAC $43,600.00
RECHLER, SCOTT $43,164.58
SILVERCUP STUDIOS $43,000.00
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS OF NY PAC $42,800.00
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SINGH, HARVINDER $42,500.00
LOMBARDI, TARKY $42,500.00
CONGEL, SUZANNE $42,500.00
BERNSTEIN, GENE $41,250.00
THE WINE PAC $41,000.00
KARR MCDONALD, HARRIET $41,000.00
WILLEN, JOSEPH $40,000.00
WEISS, JERRY $40,000.00
ASA CONSTRUCTION & MANAGEMENT LLC $40,000.00
STEINHARDT BERM, SARA $40,000.00
STEINHARDT, MICHAEL $40,000.00
NYSFDA-PAC $40,000.00
SCHWARTZ, BERNARD $40,000.00
SARATOGA GAMING RESOURCES, LLC $40,000.00
TERMINI, ROCCO $40,000.00
ROIZMAN, ISRAEL $40,000.00
ORLIN & COHEN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION LLP $40,000.00
Omni Hotels & Resorts $40,000.00
THE LIFE INSURANCE COUNCIL OF NEW YORK PAC $40,000.00
GREENBLATT, JOEL MICHA $40,000.00
LOCAL 6 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $40,000.00
KEARNEY, KENNETH $40,000.00
MORELLI, BENEDICT $40,000.00
MANDELBAUM, DAVID $40,000.00
LYNFORD, TONDRA $40,000.00
HUIZENGA, J.C. $40,000.00
MADDEN, STEVEN $40,000.00
MAZZA, PETER $40,000.00
FROWLEY, SANDRA $40,000.00
GREATER NEW YORK AUTO DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $40,000.00
HELLER, REBECCA $40,000.00
DOLAN, CHARLES $40,000.00
FERRARA, JOSEPH $40,000.00
BRANT, PETER $40,000.00
DEMOCRATS FOR EDUCATION REFORM NYS $40,000.00
ENCOMPASS INDEMNITY $40,000.00