These are the top 100 political contributions made during the week ending September 20, according to the New York State Board of Elections.
Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections.
Top political contributions made during week ending September 20
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Republican State Committee Reporting | Ronald Lauder | Individual | $117,300 | 2020-09-16 |
| NYS Democratic Senate Campaign Committee | James Simons | Individual | $100,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Nassau County Republican Committee | Ronald S. Lauder | Individual | $100,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| SCGOP | Ronald Lauder | Individual | $100,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| NYS Democratic Senate Campaign Committee | Shalom Maidenbaum | Individual | $50,000 | 2020-09-18 |
| Friends of Maria Patrizio | Maria A. Patrizio | Individual | $10,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Anna Kaplan for NY State Senate | James H. Simons | Individual | $9,550 | 2020-09-14 |
| Friends of Kevin Thomas for Senate | Jim Simons | Individual | $9,550 | 2020-09-14 |
| It’s Time Saratoga! | Jeffrey Altamari | Individual | $6,000 | 2020-09-18 |
| New York Republican State Committee Reporting | Steven S. Hornstein | Individual | $5,500 | 2020-09-16 |
| Carolyn’s, PAC | Bill Gates | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Carolyn’s, PAC | Melinda F. Gates | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Dutchess County Democratic Committee | Christina Lang-Assael | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Friends of Bill Weber for Senate | Carl Berg | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Friends of Chris Missick | Johnny Cuico | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Friends of Lisa A. Cairo | J. G. Pieper | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Friends of Mike Martucci | John A. Catsimatidis | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Friends of Rob Astorino | John A. Catsimatidis | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Friends of Rob Astorino | Joseph R. Breda | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Friends of Steve Cornwell | John Gartman Jr. | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Kennedy for Senate | Russell Maxwell | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Speaker Heastie, PAC | David Weinraub | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-19 |
| Suffolk County Democratic Committee | Kandale R. Shetty | Individual | $5,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Suffolk County Democratic Committee | Karen Cooper | Non Campaign Receipt | $5,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Republican Assembly Campaign Committee | Cash T. Hills 2020 | Individual | $3,880 | 2020-09-15 |
| Committee to Elect PJ Wendel | Heather A. Schettine | Individual | $3,500 | 2020-09-18 |
| Committee to Elect PJ Wendel | William C. Schettine | Individual | $3,500 | 2020-09-18 |
| Friends of Judge Valleriani | Barbara Valleriani | Individual | $3,500 | 2020-09-18 |
| Wolfgang for Assembly | Keith H. Wofford | Individual | $3,500 | 2020-09-15 |
| Citizens for Silvestri | Lyly D. Rockwell | Individual | $3,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Neighborhood Preservation Political Action Fund | Roger Melzer | Individual | $3,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Suffolk County Democratic Committee | Ed Peavy | Individual | $3,000 | 2020-09-18 |
| Friends of Steve Cornwell | Joe Ozvold | Individual | $2,700 | 2020-09-16 |
| Friends of Steve Cornwell | Joe Ozvold | Individual | $2,700 | 2020-09-20 |
| Anna Kaplan for NY State Senate | Diana Riklis | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-17 |
| Friends of Jeremy Cooney | John Urban | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-16 |
| Friends of Judge Valleriani | Samuel Simone | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-18 |
| Friends of Lisa A. Cairo | Joseph G. Cairo | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-14 |
| Friends of Rob Astorino | Andrew Rosenberg | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-16 |
| Friends of Rob Astorino | Jack Walton | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-15 |
| Friends of Rob Astorino | Jeanette D. Walton | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-15 |
| Friends of Rob Astorino | Jonathan Trichter | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-17 |
| Friends of Rob Astorino | Ronald Rettner | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-15 |
| Kennedy for Senate | Michael Kerr | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-14 |
| Mac, PAC | John D. Trimble | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-19 |
| Nassau County Republican Committee | Peter L. Kramer | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-14 |
| Pete Harckham for Senate | Louis F. Lanza | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-16 |
| Suffolk County Democratic Committee | Lawrence H. Silverman | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-09-15 |
| Friends of Rebecca Seawright | David Rich | Individual | $2,200 | 2020-09-15 |
| NYS Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee | Dennis Mehiel | Individual | $2,200 | 2020-09-15 |
| Friends of Jen Lunsford | Chris Sternal-Johnson | Individual | $2,030 | 2020-09-17 |
| Brescia for Senate | John O’Brien | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-19 |
| Faculty Federation of Erie Community College, PAC | Michael Delaney | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Friends of Didi Barrett for Assembly | John McDonald | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-18 |
| Giglio for Assembly | James M. Stitt | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Kennedy for Senate | Nicholas Sinatra | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Kennedy for Senate | Thomas Saia | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Nelson for Senate | Graham Stanton | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Palumbo for Senate | Keith H. Wofford | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-19 |
| Steve Lee for New York | Steve Chen | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Vote Daby | Daby B. Carreras | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Committee to Allyn J. Crawford Civil Court Judge | Peter Botros | In-kind | $1,725 | 2020-09-17 |
| Schmitt4ny | Robert Santagata | Individual | $1,700 | 2020-09-15 |
| Friends of Jim Barber | Kathe Dyson | Individual | $1,510 | 2020-09-18 |
| Friends of Jim Barber | Melinda Hardin | Individual | $1,510 | 2020-09-18 |
| Committee to Elect Frank J. Labuda | John J. Curreri | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-09-18 |
| Friends of Jeremy Cooney | Hugh Thomas | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-09-17 |
| Grey for Supreme Court | Robert Scamardella | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-09-15 |
| Nassau County Republican Committee | Thomas C. O’Connor | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-09-16 |
| Samra Brouk for State Senate | Alvaro Bolanos | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-09-19 |
| Samra Brouk for State Senate | Melissa Geska | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-09-19 |
| Samra Brouk for State Senate | William Lowe | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-09-19 |
| Sean Ryan for Senate | Gustavo Rivera | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-09-20 |
| Voice of Teachers for Education / Committee on Political Education of the New Yo | Frances S. Brisbane | Individual | $1,250 | 2020-09-16 |
| Lawler 4 NY | Michael Lawler | In-kind | $1,174 | 2020-09-18 |
| Committee to Elect Claudia Braymer | Connie Bosse | In-kind | $1,084 | 2020-09-16 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Moreschi | Connie Bosse | In-kind | $1,084 | 2020-09-16 |
| New York League of Conservation Voters Political Action Committee | Constance Hoguet | Individual | $1,030 | 2020-09-16 |
| Anna Kaplan for NY State Senate | Patrick Noaker | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-18 |
| Berger for Senate | Philippe J. Abraham | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Broome County Democratic Committee | Kim A. Myers | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-18 |
| Broome County Democratic Committee | Susan Hurwitz | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-20 |
| Castorina for Civil Court | Terence Ricaforte | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Citizens for AL Stirpe | Anthony Malavenda | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Committee to Allyn J. Crawford Civil Court Judge | Daniel Marotta | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Committee to Elect Alex Hammond | Brian K. Hammond | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-18 |
| Committee to Elect Frank J. Labuda | Fazli Kukaj | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Amy Martoche | Carole T. Sedita | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Amy Martoche | John J. Carney | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Amy Martoche | Steven B. Levy | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-16 |
| Committee to Elect Paula Engel | Ben Walsh | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Committee to Elect Paula Engel | Theodore Trespasz | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Committee to Elect Paula Engel | William Fisher | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Committee to Elect Philip Ramos | Rathesh Killan | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Committee to Re-Elect Judge Sam D. Walker | Joel B. Mounty | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Davis for State Senate | Janice M. Conrad | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Davis for State Senate | Peter Conrad | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Farrell Fritz, P.C. | David M. Curry | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-17 |
| Farrell Fritz, P.C. | Domenique C. Moran | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-15 |
| Farrell Fritz, P.C. | Patrick T. Collins | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-09-15 |
