As he promised earlier this month, Gov. Cuomo has included a number of ethics and campaign finance reforms in his 30-day amendments. (Most of the language is in a new […]
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Report: Federal, State Investigators Looking into Maziarz Campaign Spending on Local Races
The Buffalo News reports that state and federal investigators are investigating whether former State Senator George Maziarz’s campaign committee secretly paid for mailers, advertising, robocalls and other campaign materials in […]
Senate Democrats Propose Ethics, Campaign Finance Reforms
The Senate Democratic Conference released the “Clean Up Albany” ethics reform package today, proposing limiting the outside income of lawmakers to 15% of their salary (about $12,000 annually) and the […]
Governor Gives the Legislature an Ultimatum on Ethics, Campaign Finance Reform (Updated)
This afternoon, Gov. Cuomo outlined his ethics and campaign finance reform agenda for the 2015 legislative session at the NYU Law School. [Watch video and read a transcript of the […]
Good Government Groups Call for Reforms
Earlier today, the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizens Union, Common Cause/NY, the League of Women Voters and NYPIRG held a press conference at which they “urged the members of the […]
An Argument Against the Public Financing of Political Campaigns
In the Winter 2015 edition of the City Journal, Stephen Eide argues against the state’s adoption of a system of public matching funds for political campaigns: The current enthusiasm for […]
Brennan Center to Host Event on ‘The State of Money in Politics’
Next Monday, the Brennan Center for Justice is hosting an evening event at NYU Law School on ‘The State of Money in Politics.’ The event will look at how the […]
SBOE Holds Campaign Finance Seminar, Webinars on Winding Down a Campaign
The State Board of Elections (SBOE) has three upcoming programs scheduled. This coming Thursday, Jan. 15, SBOE is hold a ‘Campaign Finance Seminar’ at the Albany Hilton from 10:00 am […]
Recap of the Assembly Election Law Committee Public Hearing
Gotham Gazette has a recap of last Friday’s Assembly Election Law Committee public hearing, which was supposed to focus on the new compliance unit at the state Board of Elections […]
NYC CFB Approves Donations Via Text Message, Fines IE Group for Illegal Coordination
Earlier today, the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) announced that it has adopted final rules for text message contributions in City elections, and assessed penalties on an independent […]