{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-3-903","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 3-903","heading":"§ 3-903 Prohibition of acceptance of certain donations.","body":"a. Organizations affiliated with an elected official that spend or reasonably expect to spend at least 10% of their expenditures in the current or next calendar year on the production or dissemination of elected official communications shall not accept donations with a reasonable value in excess of $400 in a single calendar year by any person who such organization knows or should know has business dealings with the city on the date of such donation. No violation shall issue and no penalty shall be imposed where any excess donation under this subdivision is refunded within 20 days of receipt by such organization.\n\nb. Organizations affiliated with an elected official that spend or reasonably expect to spend at least 10% of their expenditures in the current or next calendar year on the production or dissemination of elected official communications shall return any donations with a reasonable value in excess of $400 in a single calendar year by any person who is not a person who such organization knows or should know has business dealings with the city on the date of such donation, but who is added to the doing business database within 180 days of receipt by the organization. No violation shall issue and no penalty shall be imposed where any excess donation under this subdivision is refunded within 200 days of receipt by such organization.\n\nc. Organizations affiliated with an elected official that spend or reasonably expect to spend at least 10% of their expenditures in the current or next calendar year on the production or dissemination of elected official communications shall not accept donations by any entity or person other than a natural person, or from any person who fails to make the written submission required by subdivision d of this section.\n\nd. Organizations affiliated with an elected official that spend or reasonably expect to spend at least 10% of their expenditures in the current or next calendar year on the production or dissemination of elected official communications shall require a written submission in a manner and form determined by the conflicts of interest board from every individual making a donation with a reasonable value in excess of $400 in a single calendar year to determine whether such individual is a person with business dealings with the city.\n\ne. Entities that have, as their sole purpose, advocating for New York city as the location for a national or international sporting event, a national political convention, or another event publicly determined by the conflicts of interest board to be similar to such an event are not subject to the requirements or limitations of this section.\n\n(L.L. 2016/181, 12/22/2016, eff. 1/1/2018)","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 3","Chapter 9: Organizations Affiliated with Elected Officials."],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"77ee5da95991925113386ef138e1dc9f877c0a80547aac54b6d50fe86727cbfd","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-3-902","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-3-904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}