Weekend Ethics & Campaign Finance Reform Recap

News articles:

Albany Times Union: How much will public financing of campaigns cost?

The Journal News: Public campaign finance debate heats up in Albany.

AP: Politicians’ promises clean up Albany (yet again), but the boldest ideas are not even on the table.

Editorials:

Newsday: Can Albany Ever Stop the Corruption?

Daily News: Gov. Cuomo’s plan for a new campaign finance cop in Albany deserves quick passage.”

Times Union editor Rex Smith: To scrape off barnacles, apply muscle.

Alan Chartock in the Kingston Daily Freeman: “If you want to stop public corruption in New York, you have to keep it simple. “

In the Times Union, election law expert Jerry Goldfeder says that the state should “Make the AG an election watchdog.”