NYC to Regulate super PAC's

New York City campaign regulators, in 2013, will require disclosure of independent expenditures spending that is not coordinated with a campaign. It said its tracking of the finances of such groups, which it plans to post on the Web, would be among the most detailed anywhere, including not only contributions and spending, but also an archive of advertisements run by the groups and information about their backers.

New York City campaign finance officials said, however, that the Citizens United case and a related Supreme Court decision on Montana, both of which struck down limits on campaign spending by corporations and unions, made it clear that the city could only document, and not limit, independent spending on elections.

“The Citizens United decision started a sea change in the culture of money in politics that will ultimately affect every level of government all across the country,” said Amy M. Loprest, Executive Director of the New York City Campaign Finance Board. “Outside spending in city elections was increasing even before Citizens United, and we expect the trend will only accelerate in the 2013 elections.”









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