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City Council Candidate Paul Graziano Exceeds Campaign Fundraising Goal for March-May 2013 Disclosure Period Without Holding Fundraiser

5/13/2013

 
Paul Graziano, Democratic candidate for the 19th Council District, more than doubled his contributions from his first disclosure period - $8,760.00 - which ended on March 11th. The new total - $19,493.33 - includes $14,843.00, or 76.1% of the total raised that is eligible for matching public funds, which is less than $600 from the maximum allowed per election cycle. So far, the total amount raised, including public matching funds to be disbursed in June, is $108,552.33. All contributions have been raised without conducting an official fundraiser.

"I have focused on the needs of northeastern Queens for almost 20 years, including the groundbreaking downzonings of almost every neighborhood in the 19th Council District which I designed," Graziano stated. "Now the residents and members of civic and homeowners associations throughout the district are supporting my grassroots candidacy, which focuses intensely on the preservation of our neighborhoods, quality-of-life issues and maintaining high educational standards for our schools in the entirety of the 19th Council District."

As part of his commitment to protecting northeastern Queens neighborhoods and running a highly ethical political campaign for City Council, Graziano has taken very few contributions from any individuals in real estate, development, finance, law or lobbying and/or other special interests and specific industries (there are a few contributors who are in these specific fields; however, in every case, it is completely incidental as they are officers or members of various civic/homeowner associations or non-profit organizations). This sets Graziano apart from his opponents, who have taken the majority of their campaign contributions from those industries who are typically looking for access to city and state government.

"With the public crisis in confidence in our political process based on corruption and the pay-to-play culture that has dominated politics in the city and state government for decades," Graziano stated, "I believe that support for a high standard of ethics reform is mandatory, especially in light of the recent arrest of Councilmember Halloran on bribery and corruption charges that have seriously harmed our own Council District."

Importantly, of 137 Contributors to Graziano's campaign, 130, or 95.6%, gave donations of $175 or less. "Small donations make up the backbone of my campaign," Graziano said, "because they represent the actual people who live in the district and other civic association leaders in and around Queens, not those individuals who would like to exploit our beautiful neighborhoods for their own personal gain. These leaders and friends who have supported me have helped my campaign more than double my initial contribution total to just shy of $20,000, and almost max out on eligible matching public funds."

This also extends to the number of contributors from the 19th Council District to Graziano's campaign: 96 out of 137, or 69.3% (one contributor is listed as not being in the district, but this is for bookkeeping purposes only). Their monetary contributions were $10,850, or 55.7% of all contributions to the campaign.

As mentioned previously, Graziano's candidacy for City Council is based upon the support from residents of the 19th Council District and beyond who are deeply involved in their neighborhoods and representative civic and homeowner associations as well as other local non-profit organizations that advocate for their respective communities.

Below is a partial list of leaders of these communities who are personally supporting Graziano in his race for City Council (civic and homeowners associations and most other non-profit organizations as a general rule do not endorse candidates) as shown through their monetary contributions to his candidacy:

Joseph Amoroso, Zoning Chair, Kissena Park Civic Association/VP, Queens Civic Congress

Maria Becce**

Peter Brancazio, President, Northeast Flushing Civic Association

Ronnie Brancazio, Corresponding Secretary, Northeast Flushing Civic Association

James Cervino, Co-Founder, Coastal Preservation Network/Member CB7

Kathryn Cervino, Co-Founder, Coastal Preservation Network

Robert Coddington, President, Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society

Marlene Cody, Vice President, Greater Whitestone Taxpayers Civic Association

James Colasante, President, Bayside Gables Homeowners Association

Alexandria Dunne, Trustee, Bayside Historical Society

Aline Euler, Education Director, Alley Pond Environmental Center/Trustee, Bayside Historical Society

Henry Euler, 1st Vice President, Auburndale Improvement Association/Secretary, Bayside Historical Society/Member CB11

Cheshire Frager**

Kim Francis*, President, Concerned Citizens of Laurelton*

Michael Gannon, Vice President, Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society

David Goldstein, Zoning Chair, Bayside Hills Civic Association

Sunny Hahn, Flushing activist/formerly of the New York City Commission on Human Rights.

Richard Hellenbrecht, President, Queens Civic Congress/Past Chair/Zoning Chair for CB13

Theodore Hinz, Trustee, Bayside Historical Society

David Kulick, President, Flushing on the Hill Civic Association/VP Queens Civic Congress

Denise Johnson, Vice President for Education, Bayside Historical Society

Bright Limm, Queens-wide activist within the Korean-American community

Carol Marian, Past President and Current Treasurer, Bayside Historical Society

Maryann Marinello, Trustee, Bayside Historical Society

Janet McCreesh**

Janet McEneaney, Past President, Northwest Bayside Civic Assocation/Founder, Queens Quiet Skies/Member, CB11

Donald McLoughlin, Past President, Bayside Gables Homeowners Association

Alison McKay, Director, Bayside Historical Society

Thomas McNamara, Board Member, Northeast Flushing Civic Association

Michael O'Keeffe, President, Creedmoor Civic Association

Peg Riconda, Trustee, Bayside Historical Society

Ik Hwan Rim, President, Union Street Merchants Association

Gregory Ronan, President/Water Committee Chair for the Douglas Manor Association

Andrew Rothman, Co-Chair, Aviation Committee, CB11

Jerry Rotondi, President, Committee to Save the RKO Keith's Theatre of Flushing, Inc./Co-Founder, Fort Totten Conservancy

Bambi Schimmel, Board Member, Northeast Flushing Civic Association

George Schmidt, Shore Road Committee Chair for the Douglas Manor Association

Warren Schreiber, President, Bay Terrace Community Alliance/Member, Save Flushing Meadows-Corona Park/Member, CB7

Melvin Siegel**

Wilhelm Sievers, Trustee, Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society

Frank Toner, President, Rocky Hill Civic Association

Arthur Viviani**

Saundra Viviani**

Christina Wilkinson*, President, Newtown Historical Society/Member, Save Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Alexandra Parsons Wolfe, Preservation Director, Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities

Kevin Wolfe, Co-Founder and Past President, Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society/Past VP, Historic Districts Council

All underlined names reside and are leaders within the 19th Council District. 

* These supporters are also official volunteer staff for Graziano's campaign.

**These supporters are Presidents, Past-Presidents, Officers and/or Board Members of a homeowners association in the North Flushing area that explicitly prohibits endorsements of political candidates or reference to the association.

    Paul Graziano

    Democratic candidate for 19th New York City Council District

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