Hochul broke previous fundraising records when she announced $21.6 million earlier in the year, by far the largest amount any New York candidate has reported for a single period. application section.
She continues to make money at breakneck speed, in some cases even raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single day. She reportedly made $340,000 on Tuesday and another $200,000 on Wednesday, campaign finance records show. This is more than Mr. Suozzi cited in the previous three-week reporting period, which ended in mid-June.
Hochul’s campaign team believes she needs a large campaign inventory to help secure victory in an election cycle widely seen as pro-Republican. While she was largely absent from the campaignshe had a much more frantic presence during the fundraising round.
On Wednesday, the chief executive officer of CLEAR – the company whose biometric technology is used to screen passengers at New York airports – held a fundraiser for Ms. Hochul at Zero Bond, a box Nights frequented by Mayor Eric Adams. Tickets cost between $5,000 and $25,000, according to one invitee.
In the most recent filings, which drip daily and include donations since June 14, Ms Hochul exceeded $1 million on Friday, with donations averaging around $10,000. and two new sponsors giving her a maximum of $69,700. Since taking office, at least 10% of her cash has come from donors max.
Real estate interests, remain silent after they lose a fat tax reduction expired this year, keep pouring money into Ms. Hochul’s campaign. Two members of the Cayre real estate family, which controls Midtown Equities, made the most of their donations this week, bringing the family’s total to more than $400,000 since November.
