PaidForPolitics

Super PAC · NY · C00948851

New Yorkers for Lower Costs

Can raise unlimited money from people, companies and unions, and spend it on ads for or against candidates. It can’t give directly to campaigns or coordinate with them.

Treasurer: Howie Stanger. View on FEC.gov

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $663,758
  • Spent
    $797,852
  • Cash on hand
    $51,369
  • Outside spending
    $357,242

Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Oct. 14, 2026. Outside spending from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026.

Donors and outside spending

Faheem Zaman$100KUAW Region 9a Vcap$100KUAW National Vcap$100KSteven Pajcic$100KFig and Olive Action, INC.$100KDavid Olsen$55KEveryone else$109KFor Claire Valdez (D)$357KNew Yorkers for Lower Costs
  • Raised from its largest donors
  • Outside spending for
  • Outside spending against

Left: what the group raised, from reports through Oct. 14, 2026. Donors are ranked by what they gave among the group’s 100 largest contributions. “Everyone else” is the rest of what it raised; select it to see more donors. Right: its outside spending through Oct. 30, 2026, including 24- and 48-hour reports. The two sides come from different reports, so they don’t add up to each other.

Where its money went

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing
  1. Claire Valdez (D)House · NY-07
    • For$357K

Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages.

Who funds it

Biggest donors by total given

Each donor’s contributions combined, among the group’s 100 largest this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. A donor who gave many smaller amounts may be missing.

DonorTypeContributionsTotal
Faheem ZamanPerson1$100,000
UAW Region 9a VcapOrganization1$100,000
UAW National VcapOrganization1$100,000
Steven PajcicPerson1$100,000
Fig and Olive Action, INC.Organization1$100,000
David OlsenPerson1$55,000
Gina LeonettiPerson1$30,000
Samuel Michael JacobsPerson3$25,020
Tom Preston-WernerPerson1$20,000
Morris PearlPerson1$10,000
Kim RubeyPerson1$5,000
Nathaniel BridePerson1$5,000
Charles AlaimoPerson1$2,500
Barbara SmithPerson1$250
Kevin PartingtonPerson1$150

Largest single contributions

Largest single contributions this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. Committees and organizations link to their own pages when they file with the FEC; an organization that doesn’t file won’t show its own donors here.

ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
Faheem ZamanProject Manager, BlockPersonJackson Heights, NYJune 8, 2026$100,000
UAW Region 9a VcapOrganizationHartford, CTJune 3, 2026$100,000
UAW National VcapOrganizationDetroit, MIMay 22, 2026$100,000
Steven PajcicAttorney, Pajcic & PajcicPersonJacksonville, FLMay 12, 2026$100,000
Fig and Olive Action, INC.OrganizationMadison, WIJune 5, 2026$100,000
David OlsenFinance, Self EmployedPersonNew York, NYJune 18, 2026$55,000
Gina LeonettiFilm and TV Producer, Self EmployedPersonNew York, NYMay 29, 2026$30,000
Samuel Michael JacobsPartner, Food Fight LabsPersonNew York, NYMay 11, 2026$25,000
Tom Preston-WernerCEO, 180 StudiosPersonPalo Alto, CAJune 24, 2026$20,000
Morris PearlNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonNew York, NYJune 15, 2026$10,000
Kim RubeyNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonNew York, NYJune 10, 2026$5,000
Nathaniel BrideNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonManhattan, NYJune 10, 2026$5,000
Charles AlaimoNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonGarden City, NYMay 12, 2026$2,500
Barbara SmithNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonLos Angeles, CAMay 31, 2026$250
Kevin PartingtonSoftware Engineer, Thomson ReutersPersonEagan, MNJune 27, 2026$150
Samuel Michael JacobsPartner, Food Fight LabsPersonNew York, NYJune 19, 2026$10
Samuel Michael JacobsPartner, Food Fight LabsPersonNew York, NYMay 19, 2026$10

See every contribution to New Yorkers for Lower Costs on FEC.gov. Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.