Sentences with phrase «public interest research group»

Blair Horner, Legislative Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said he had a preliminary meeting with the panel.

Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, told Gotham Gazette that he has concerns that public financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically opposed.

Voting monitors at the New York Public Interest Research Group said they had received «a handful» of complaints about the type's size Tuesday morning, a spokesman said.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, says it will be a year unlike any other.

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a consumer - focused nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., released its annual report on state transparency websites in March 2015.

Large donors have fueled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign warchest, with 81 percent of his money coming from people who gave him $ 10,000 or more, a report by the New York Public Interest Research Group said today.

Dadey, along with the League of Women Voters and the New York Public Interest Research Group are conducting an afternoon lobby day on the issue.

Nearly half of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign war chest this election cycle have come from just 331 donors, according to an analysis from Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«There aren't any of the political heavy weights that you find in this battle on the pro side, at least that I know of so far,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, which is remaining neutral in the con - con debate

«The Democratic donor base is found on the east and west coasts of the United States,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Both Common Cause and the New York Public Interest Research Group contend the language on the ballot before voters is both misleading and confusing.

New York Public Interest Research Group Legislative Director Blair Horner in a statement also reiterated the call for easier voter registration, including same - day enrollment as well as an end to patronage posts at boards of elections around the state.

«The last time they had a pay commission, it was basically controlled by the governor and the legislative leaders and because of some other deal, it blew up,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«Big money playing a big role now at all levels of elections is really sort of the way it works now in America,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

His biggest donor was the Rent Stabilization Association's PAC and Neighborhood Preservation Political Action Fund, which shelled out $ 82,000 for him, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group.

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«Albany stays on trial,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

And they have made it worse,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«It's a disgrace,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group called the plan, approved seven months before Election Day, «designed to fail.»

ALBANY — Companies involved in bidding for casino licenses in New York State spent nearly $ 11 million on lobbying and campaign donations in 2012 and 2013, and are donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign committees through holding companies, according to a new report from the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Disclosure: Having met with the governor in my previous capacity as a government reform lobbyist with the New York Public Interest Research Group, my name appears on the schedules on four occasions, placing me in a tie for 66th among non-government officials.

Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

«It's all about rewarding political power and favored groups, and then you add on top of it the controversies and scandals,» said Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«Receiving a $ 60,000 gift from a business which lobbies is perfectly legal under the current campaign - finance law; that's why we support Gov. Cuomo's attempts to change this law,» said Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The Brennan Center for Justice, Citizens Union, Common Cause New York, the League of Women Voters of New York City, and New York Public Interest Research Group submitted a friend - of - the - court brief this week, urging the federal district court hearing the case to uphold the law.

Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group called it cynical.

Late budgets have both practical and other effects, according to Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

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Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit watchdog organization, said lawmakers settled for the «barest of minimums.»

«There is no correlation between a credit score and the ability to work,» insisted Armando Chapelliquen, Campaign Organizer with the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG).

Among Long Island districts, according to the analysis, prepared for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a watchdog that has been the plan's most vocal proponent, the cost would increase the Brentwood Union - Free district's bills by up to $ 139,254, the Sachem Central district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904 a year.

«Certainly discussion of pay increases for judges creates an environment that is as positive as it can be for the Legislature,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group fleshed out that answer by noting that the governor had proposed a robust series of reforms in his State of the State address in January.

According to an analysis by the New York Public Interest Research Group, the 2012 session resulted in 571 pieces of legislation approved by both houses of the legislature.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play culture.

Today's panelists are WAMC's Alan Chartock, Investigative Reporter, Rosemary Armao, and Legislative Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, Blair Horner.

Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group said it will be up to Gov. Cuomo to push tougher ethics measures through the Legislature this year.

The New York Public Interest Research Group's Russ Haven plans to testify at the hearing.

«Our hats are off to the U.S. Attorney's office for making this happen — Preet Bharara,» said Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The New York Public Interest Research Group's Blair Horner says a law is not actually required for closing the LLC loophole.

Regardless of appointments being rushed or delayed, Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that «political games» should be kept out of confirmations.

Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said lawmakers should impose a host of reforms before appropriating any more money.

«At the highest levels of government, people viewed economic development and energy policies as a gold rush,» said Blair Horner, the longtime legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The New York Public Interest Research Group released its own recommendations to the commission on Monday, arguing in favor of public financing for campaigns.

Bill Mahoney, a campaign finance analyst with the New York Public Interest Research Group, says the article illustrates the close ties between Governor Cuomo and the Committee to Save New York lobby group.

Late in the day, the New York Public Interest Research Group also came out against the legislature's bills, saying, in a statement, «We can not say with confidence that it will lead to a better product in the form of fairer district lines».

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, a long time advocate of reform, said changes are not likely to happen until the remaining federal investigations are concluded.

ReInvent Albany, Common Cause and the New York Public Interest Research Group, said they were joining with dozens of environmental and community groups in calling for a 45 - day public comment period because of the «magnitude of the potential costs.»