In response to last week’s indictments of a State Senator, two Assembly members and a New York City Councilman, Gov. Cuomo held a press conference today to announce his first proposal […]
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Public Financing of Political Campaigns: For and Against
The New York Times and the Daily News (via editorial board member Bill Hammond) offer competing views as to whether New York State should adopt a public campaign financing system. […]
Campaign Finance Advocates Hit the Airwaves
The New York Times reports that advocates for campaign finance reform are spending $800,000 in television ads to build public support for the issue. The ad was created by SKDKnickerbocker, […]
Watch Governor Cuomo’s Campaign Finance Reform Speech
As I described in this blog post, Gov. Cuomo delivered a speech on campaign finance reform last week. The Brennan Center for Justice, one of the organizations that hosted the […]
Governor Delivers Speech on Campaign Finance Reform
Last Friday, Gov. Cuomo delivered a speech in Manhattan at the office of the law firm Covington & Burling on campaign finance reform. The Governor said that is “cautiously optimistic” […]
Governor to Participate in Telephone Town Hall on Campaign Finance Reform
The State of Politics blog reports that Gov. Cuomo will participate in a “telephone town hall” with Citizen Action and Fair Elections for New York on Monday, March 7 at […]
Complaint Filed Over Maid of the Mist Contract
The Daily Politics blog is reporting that the Niagara Preservation Coalition, a non-profit group based in Niagara Falls, has written to the State Attorney General and Comptroller asking for them […]
Signs of Project Sunlight
The Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011 included language establishing the Project Sunlight database (read my prior post on it here). That law became effective on January 1, 2013. In […]
Assembly Speaker Proposes Bill to Increase Independent Expenditure Disclosure (Updated)
As reported by the AP and the Times Union, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has introduced legislation (A.690) “to ensure that entities engaged in express advocacy of candidates are subject to […]
Governor: Reform New York’s Campaign Finance Laws in 2013
Not long after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his initiative to address Super PAC spending in the state’s elections, Gov. Cuomo said that he intends to go further in 2013. […]