New York mayor Ras Baraka is catching heat again over campaign Finance issues this time stemming from his most recent run for reelection Baraka and the city council members who ran on his slate in 2022 failed to report more than $700,000 in donations and spending according to a new complaint from the state election law enforcement commission baranca sailed to re-election that year and all but one of the city council candidates who joined his ticket also won their races Barona recently paid Hefty fines to elac for violations related to his first campaign for mayor now the Slate could be staring down even more penalties tens of thousands of dollars worth the complaint comes as Baraka is ramping up his next campaign to become New Jersey's next governor in a statement Baraka said the reporting problems were the fault of an outside firm his campaign had hired and that he expects the firm to fix its mistakes he added he quote believes deeply in government transparency transparency