Last Friday, NYPIRG issued a report that criticized the state Board of Elections (SBOE) for its decision to stop enforcing the state’s aggregate campaign contribution limit of $150,000 per year. […]
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State Board of Elections Releases 2015 Political Calendar
It may seem somewhat late in the year to release a calendar, but the State Board of Elections (SBOE) has released its 2015 political calendar. In fairness, the SBOE waited […]
Assembly Approves Bill on Political Donations by LLC, Senate Committee Does Not Consider the Bill
Yesterday, the Assembly approved A.6975-B, which would treat Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) as corporations for campaign finance purposes. As a result, LLCs would be limited to making a total of […]
NYC CFB to Meet (Updated)
The New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYC CFB) will hold its next meeting on Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 at its offices in Manhattan. The meeting agenda is not […]
Supreme Court Upholds Restriction on Judicial Campaign Fundraising
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Florida rule that bans judicial candidates from directly and personally soliciting campaign funds. New York has a prohibition in place that is almost […]
Report: Board of Elections to Discuss LLC Loophole
Capital NY reports that the State Board of Elections (SBOE) will discuss whether to rescind its 1996 advisory opinion that created the “LLC loophole” at its meeting this coming Thursday. […]
Brennan Center Urges State Board of Elections to Close LLC ‘Loophole’
The Brennan Center for Justice, located at NYU Law School, wrote to the state Board of Elections (SBOE) this week, and urged the commissioners to change the way in which […]
Governor, Legislative Leaders Announce Agreement on Ethics, Campaign Finance Reforms as Part of State Budget
Last night, Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders announced that they have reached agreement on budget for the state’s 2015-16 fiscal year. Among the issues that will be addressed in […]
NYC Bar to Hold Campaign Finance Event
Tomorrow morning, the New York City Bar Association is holding an event titled Campaign Finance: The Current State of Affairs & Where We Go From Here. The program, which will […]
Governor, Assembly Speaker Announce Two-Way Agreement on Ethics Reforms
Earlier today, Gov. Cuomo and Speaker Heastie announced that they have reached an agreement on “groundbreaking” ethics reforms. The Senate is not a party to the agreement, and the sense […]