New York City Campaign Finance Board

The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) is an independent, nonpartisan New York City agency that administers the city's public campaign financing system and provides campaign finance information to the public. Its responsibilities include enforcing the New York City Campaign Finance Act, auditing campaigns for compliance, administering the public matching funds program for candidates for city office, and conducting voter outreach and education under the NYC Votes brand. The CFB’s stated goals include increasing voter participation, strengthening the role of small contributors, expanding the pool of candidates able to run for office, and reducing the potential for actual or perceived corruption in municipal elections.

The agency's origin dates to the mid-1980s, when mayor Ed Koch proposed ethics reforms in response to several local corruption scandals. These efforts led to the Campaign Finance Act, adopted by the New York City Council on February 29, 1988, and to charter revisions approved by voters later that year establishing the CFB as an independent agency.