Elise Stefanik’s Dem rival Paula Collins spending campaign cash on ‘office rent’ at upstate NY bed and breakfast: ‘Unusual’

A Democrat challenging Rep. Elise Stefanik has been using campaign funds to pay rent for her district residence — a potential violation of federal election finance rules, records show.

Paula Collins has paid more than $4,000 this year on rent and “office rent” to White Pillars, a bed and breakfast in upstate Canton.

White Pillars is not an office space, however, and an apartment owned by the company was listed by Collins as her candidate home address, according to a New York Board of Elections filing.