Mayoral hopeful Whitney Tilson (D) fires consultant after getting 68% of matching fund claims rejected
Mayoral candidate Whitney Tilson, a millionaire who used to run a prominent hedge fund, has had almost 70% of his claims for public matching funds rejected as “invalid” due to paperwork errors and other financial irregularities, according to records obtained by the Daily News.
Tilson campaign manager Trivette Knowles said Friday that Tilson has apologized to the Campaign Finance Board and is working on “rectifying our compliance mistakes,” blaming the paperwork errors on Roger That Compliance, a Washington, D.C. firm it recently hired to handle its compliance work. The campaign has since fired the firm, which it paid $3,000 last month, according to Knowles and city records.
Roger That Compliance president Blair Schuman declined to comment.
The finance records, provided to The News by the board in response to a Freedom of Information Law request, show Tilson’s campaign in the most recent reporting window submitted 932 contributions to the CFB to be boosted by its public matching program.
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