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A Queens City Council candidate participating in the city’s public matching funds program has spent $12,000 in campaign funds at restaurants and more than $2,500 on gas in his second bid to unseat an incumbent.

Bernard Chow says the expenses are necessary because he does not have a campaign office in his effort to oust Linda Lee, who topped him by nearly 4,000 votes in a 2023 contest to represent an eastern Queens district.

“The office is not cheap,” he told THE CITY. “That is way better than renting an office. It’s a number that works out.”

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