already made the maximum contribution limit to Candidate Zeldin’s campaign and that Respondents were coordinating with the Zeldin campaign to make the expenditures using these contributors’ monies is further evidence that Respondents’ actions were knowing and willful. The
table below summarizes the excess contributions that SOSNY accepted, with further detail
following:
Contributor Name
Caryl Ratner
Matthew Bruderman
Amount
$250,000.00
Excess $250,000.00
$85,000.00
$85,000.00
Thomas McInerney
$100,000.00
$100,000.00
Howard Cox
$250,000.00
$250,000.00
Charlesfield Five LLC
$500,000.00
$477,900.00
Steve Wynn
$500,000.00
$494,200.00
Ed Cox
James Ranalli
Frank Suits
Ronald Lauder
$250,000.00
$204,900.00
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
$20,000.00
$16,671.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
Andrew Sabin
Kenneth Langone
$25,000.00 $25,00.00
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
TOTAL
$2,953,671.00
i. Caryl Ratner
515.
SOSNY reported a total of $250,000.00 received from Ratner. ZFNY reported two contributions from Ratner, one on August 22, 2022, for $36,000.00 and the other on September 28, 2022, for $11,100.00, for a total of $47,100.00. In addition to ZFNY, Filer Id -11237 New York Republican State Committee – Reporting (NYSRSCR) listed a contribution from Ratner on September 1, 2022, for $117,300.00. The maximum receipt limit for a party committee in 2022 was $117,300.00.
516. Ratner’s contribution to ZFNY was after the 2022 Primary Election, so therefore, Ratner was limited to the General Election contribution limit. The contribution limit for the 2022 NYS Governor race was $47,100.00. As a result, Ratner’s $250,000.00 contribution to SOSNY
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