Overview

• Mayor Eric Adams's mayoral transition committee was fined $19,600 for violating New York City's campaign finance rules.
• The committee improperly accepted five donations from individuals doing business with the city and failed to properly wind down by its April 30 deadline.
• This is the first time in the city's history that the Campaign Finance Board has levied a financial penalty on a transition committee.
• Transition committees are used to fund inauguration activities and to help elected officials develop their policy agenda and team.
• Mayor Adams's lawyers attributed the transition committee's mistakes to personal problems being experienced by the person in charge of the committee.