Earlier this week, the State Senate’s Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee considered S.101 Squadron, entitled the Corporate Political Activity Accountability to Shareholders Act. The bill would require that corporate contributions […]
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New York City Comptroller’s Campaign Treasurer Arrested
Earlier this week, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara announced the arrest of the campaign treasurer for New York City Comptroller John Liu. Jia “Jenny” […]
State Board of Elections Publishes Independent Expenditure Regs; Good Government Groups Express Concern
Today’s New York State Register includes the State Board of Elections’ proposed rule requiring the disclosure of independent expenditures (see page 13), which I previously blogged about last month. (The […]
NYC CFB Issues Revised Independent Expenditure Rules
The NYC Campaign Finance Board (NYC CFB) has issued is revised campaign disclosure rules for independent expenditures in New York City elections. The rules are intended to bring transparency to […]
New Group Launched to Support Campaign Finance Reform
A new coalition endorsing Governor Cuomo’s call for reforming the state’s campaign finance laws announced its launch at a press event Albany today. New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY […]
New Campaign Finance Reform Effort Developing
City & State New York reports that good government groups are joining with the Working Families Party in a campaign to advance campaign finance reform. The goals of the effort […]
State BOE Proposes Rules on Independent Expenditures
At its January 12 meeting, the State Board of Elections (SBOE) proposed draft regulations on independent expenditures, as required by the Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011. The SBOE’s proposed […]
NYPIRG Criticizes SBOE for Failure to Act on Independent Expenditure Regulations
The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) is criticizing the state Board of Elections for failing to meet a statutory deadline to issue regulations relating to the disclosure of […]
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to NYC Campaign Finance Laws
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has upheld New York City’s campaign finance rules – which prohibit corporate contributions to political campaigns and require candidates to disclose […]
Political Operative Sentenced to Prison in Theft
Political consultant John Haggerty, who was convicted of stealing campaign funds from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in October, was sentenced to one and a third to four years […]