New Yorkers are under the false impression that the taxpayer-funded city Campaign Finance Board is leveling the playing field to make Gotham’s elections fair.

Just the opposite is true: The CFB is actually doling out obscene amounts of our money to tilt the scales for left-wing candidates, including Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. 

If November’s election is anything like 2021’s, taxpayers will shell out more than $100 per vote cast — while the board kneecaps Mamdani’s moderate rivals. 

The CFB, an independent city agency, was formed in 1988 to give political newbies a fair shot against established pols.

The idea was to match small private contributions dollar-for-dollar with taxpayer funds.  

Since then, the match has increased sharply: Now it’s a staggering 8-to-1 in the primary, and another 8-to-1 in the general election. 

The CFB paid out nearly $63 million in taxpayer money to candidates in last week’s primary, and its general-election expenditures will likely double that figure.

It’s a gold mine for political operatives, campaign professionals and candidates in the CFB’s good graces. As Zohran Mamdani apparently appears to be.

But not everyone is. 

Last December, the CFB declared incumbent Mayor Eric........

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