Mayor Bill de Blasio was keeping silent Monday about funding for his long-shot presidential bid — just hours after his campaign revealed it had yet to rack up 2,000 individual contributions.
De Blasio campaign spokeswoman Olivia Lapeyrolerie told The Post that Hizzoner wouldn’t release his fundraising information before it’s made public by the Federal Election Commission on July 15.
Meanwhile, rival candidate Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced that he hauled in nearly $25 million during the past three months.
On Sunday, de Blasio’s campaign sent out three desperate emails pleading with supporters to chip in just $1 each to help reach “our 2,000-contribution end-of-quarter target before the clock strikes midnight.”
The final email — sent shortly after 8 p.m. — said he was still 130 people short of the goal.
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“Your support before this deadline means so much to me,” de Blasio wrote. “Because of fighters like you, we’re pushing past everyone who wants to water down progressive priorities and breaking through on the national stage.”
In May, de Blasio put ads on Facebook seeking $1 donations to help him qualify for last week’s first round of Democratic presidential primary debates in Miami.
De Blasio failed to meet the threshold of contributions from 65,000 individuals, but secured a spot on the stage by gaining at least 1 percent in national polls.
A poll released Sunday by Politico/Morning Consult showed de Blasio with the support of 1 percent of Democratic primary voters, for a “Real Clear Politics” poll average of just 0.4 percent.