A campaign official for state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) on Tuesday charged that Democratic challenger Adam Haber was “breaking the law” by not filing pre-primary financial disclosure reports of his 7th state Senate campaign in August with the state Board of Elections.
“The voters deserve transparency and when someone is trying to buy an election the voters especially deserve to know how much they are spending,” said Martins campaign advisor O’Brien Murray. “Haber should file his disclosure reports immediately. What is he hiding?”
Haber, a Roslyn school district board member, last reported $289,498 in contributions – including a $79,510 personal contribution – from March to July in his July periodic filing. He reported $88,004.53 in expenses. State election law requires candidates to file financial disclosure statement by Aug. 8 and Aug. 29.
Haber campaign spokesman Jacob Tugendrajch said in a statement, “This is a desperate attempt by Jack Martins to hide the fact that he has blocked ethics reform since the day he set foot in Albany. The Haber campaign will be submitting a pre-primary filing, and unlike Jack Martins, Adam Haber looks forward to cleaning up Albany once he is elected.”
Tugendrajch did not say why the Haber campaign did not file disclosure reports in August.
Haber was challenged by New Hyde Park resident Cassandra Lems in a Tuesday primary to be placed on the Green Party line in November’s election for the 7th district, which includes Mineola, Roslyn, Westbury, New Hyde Park, Williston Park, Garden City Park, Manhasset, Great Neck, Port Washington and parts of Floral Park, Franklin Square, Elmont, Valley Stream, Carle Place and Hicksville.
Haber’s filings during the campaign have been questioned before.
In July, state Senate Republicans accused Haber of filing in-kind contributions of $8,100 and $9,900 from unnamed limited liability corporations with the same New Jersey address, claiming they could have come from the same donor and exceed the state’s $10,300 limit.
Tugendrajch said the contributions are from two separate LLCs that share the same address, Tethys Natural and Tradewise Venture Capital, and attributed the missing names in Haber’s filing to a “technical glitch” that was later corrected.
Tugendrajch provided Blank Slate Media with contribution receipts from Tethys Natural for $9,900 for water bottles, as well as one for Tradewise Venture Capital that was also for water bottles.
Each lists 233 Rock Road in Glen Rock, N.J. as its address.
