Unfair fight: How lefty nonprofits — and taxpayer money — lifted Mamdani’s campaign - Betsy McCaughey

New Yorkers are under the false impression that the taxpayer-funded city Campaign Finance Board is leveling the playing field to make Gotham’s elections fair.

• Just the opposite is true: The CFB is actually doling out obscene amounts of our money to tilt the scales for left-wing candidates, including Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

If November’s election is anything like 2021’s, taxpayers will shell out more than $100 per vote cast — while the board kneecaps Mamdani’s moderate rivals...

Last December, the CFB declared incumbent Mayor Eric Adams ineligible for public financing, alluding to federal allegations that have since been withdrawn.
It was straight-up election meddling — the old “guilty until proven innocent” trick.
It’s not the first time...