New York Campaign Finance Disclosure Reports Since 1999

Over 20 years of campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the New York State Board of Elections. The data includes details on contributors, transactions, and filings for state elections. It is provided by data.ny.gov and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze contribution patterns by donor type (CNTRBR_TYPE_DESC) and amount (ORG_AMT) across election cycles (ELECTION_YEAR).
• Track the distribution of expenditures by payment type (PAYMENT_TYPE_DESC) and purpose (PURPOSE_CODE_DESC) for specific offices (OFFICE_DESC).
• Identify major filers and their associated liabilities (R_LIABILITY) or owed amounts (OWED_AMT) using FILER_ID and FLNG_ENT_LAST_NAME.
• Examine geographic distribution of campaign finance activity by county (COUNTY_DESC) and filer city (FLNG_ENT_CITY).

Strengths

• Covers campaign finance data from July 1999 onward, providing a multi-decade time series.
• Includes over 30 distinct columns detailing filers, transactions, receipts, and election metadata.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and file size prevent assessment of dataset scale.
• Sample data is unavailable, making initial data structure validation impossible.
• License terms are unspecified, which may restrict certain commercial or redistribution uses.

Provenance

Source

New York State Board of Elections.

Collection Method

Mandatory disclosure reports filed by political committees and candidates.

Time Range

Beginning July 1999.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.

Geography

New York State.