The New York City Campaign Finance Board will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, November 29 at New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Manhattan The meeting agenda is […]
Archive Author: Hinman Straub
Chevron Files Ethics Complaint Filed Against State Comptroller
Last Tuesday, Chevron filed a complaint against Comptroller Tom DiNapoli with the Joint Committee on Public Ethics (JCOPE), requesting an investigation of Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for violations of the Public […]
Should Your Organization Register as a Lobbyist?
This article from the Wall Street Journal looks at whether “grassroots lobbying” can be regulated by states. The author is lead attorney to the plaintiffs/appellants in Many Culture, One Message […]
JCOPE Schedules Next Meeting (Updated)
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has scheduled its next meeting for Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 1:00 at its offices in Albany. There is no agenda available yet. The […]
More on Super PACs, in New York and Elsewhere
Just in case you share my interest in how outside groups are impacting elections here in New York State (as I discussed in a blog post yesterday), below are links […]
“Independent Spending Reshapes State Senate”
If you are interested in campaign finance and related issues, I highly recommend this article from the NY World. The article’s subtitle pretty much tells the story: Independent campaign spending […]
Campaign Finance Reform Event at Rockefeller Institute, Dec. 3rd
The Rockefeller Institute (the public policy research arm of the SUNY system) and the League of Women Voters of NYS are co-sponsoring public policy forum on campaign finance reform on […]
NYC CFB to Hold November Meeting
The New York City Campaign Finance Board will hold its next public meeting tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 15, at New York Law School in Manhattan. The meeting agenda is here.
Center for Working Families Reports on Corporation Campaign Donations
The Center for Working Families (CWF), a labor-backed policy group, ranks state legislators by the amount of corporate dollars received, and the percentage of corporate dollars received of their overall […]
Citizens Union Files Complaint Against Independent Group
According to a post on the Capital Tonight blog, New York City-based good government group Citizens Union said today that it will file a complaint with State Attorney General Eric […]