The New York City Campaign Finance Board has declined to take action against Mayor Bloomberg’s 2009 re-election campaign for making $1.2 million in undisclosed payments Independence Party just before the […]
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Corporate Political Activity Blog: Guest Blogger #4
The Corporate Political Activity blog has posted the last of four guest posts on campaign finance reform in New York. The final installment is from Heather Briccetti, President & CEO […]
Super PACs in New York
Today’s New York Times has an article about the “outside groups with murky ties” that are advertising in three of the key State Senate races that may determine whether the […]
Report Looks at Corporate Donations in the State Senate from 2008 to 2012
The Center for Working Families (an advocacy group run by “community activists, veteran union organizers and experienced policy advocates”) released a report today entitled “The Big Switch.” The report looks […]
NYC Campaign Finance Board to Meet (Updated)
The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) holds its next public meeting Thursday morning at its offices in lower Manhattan. The agenda is not yet available here. Perhaps the […]
Sam Waterson for Campaign Finance Reform
Actor Sam Waterson, formerly of “Law & Order” and currently starring in HBO’s “The Newsroom” has made a video for Fair Elections New York. The group is a coalition of […]
Report: Groups Opposed to JCOPE’s Proposed Source of Funding Rules
The Wall Street Journal reports that the New York Bankers Association is organizing an effort to oppose rules proposed by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) that will require […]
Groups to Call on JCOPE to “Fully Investigate Assembly and Lopez”
According to a press release, Common Cause/NY, the National Organization for Women (NOW) NYC and the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) will hold a rally at New York […]
Corporate Political Activity Blog: Guest Blogger #3
The Corporate Political Activity blog has posted the third of four guest posts on campaign finance reform in New York. This post is from Adam Skaggs, Senior Counsel in the […]
Focus on “Outside” Political Spending in New York
As the election season heats up, a number of newspapers throughout the state have begun to look closely at non-campaign spending – that is, independent expenditures on campaigns by groups […]