They recommend enacting New York City - style public campaign financing for statewide elections, and closing loopholes that
allow limited liability corporations and party housekeeping accounts to blatantly shirk existing limits for campaign contributions.
Limits on the so - called loophole for limited liability companies, which
allow limited liability companies to have much higher campaign contributions than other businesses.
They recommend enacting New York City style public campaign financing for statewide elections, and closing loopholes that
allow limited liability corporations and party housekeeping accounts to blatantly shirk existing limits for campaign contributions.
The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that
allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.
The Assembly Democrats are once again proposing closing a loophole in campaign finance laws that
allows Limited Liability Companies to skirt donation limits for corporations and individuals.
Miner said she would like the close the «LLC loophole,» which
allows limited liability companies to donate as individuals, which can be thousands of more dollars than a company is able to donate.
On campaign finance reform, Cuomo again this year said he wanted to close the LLC loophole, which
allows limited liability companies to donate to campaigns under the same provisions to which individuals, providing virtually unlimited opportunities for entities to donate cash.
Kaminsky announced Monday he would back a pledge that vowed to back closing the loophole in state election law that
allows limited liability companies to give unlimited donations as well as limit outside income for state lawmakers and curtail the use of discretionary spending in the budget.
Their priorities: closing the campaign finance loophole that
allows limited liability companies to donate like individuals, rather than businesses; limiting legislators» ability to earn money for jobs held outside the Legislature; and making the state budget process more transparent.
Critics also note the new law won't close a loophole
allowing limited liability companies to circumvent campaign finance rules.
The Assembly voted to close the LLC loophole,
allowing limited liability corporations to make donations totaling $ 5,000 and requiring them to identify the individuals who make the donations in the LLC's name.
The LLC loophole, which grew from a controversial 1996 state Board of Elections ruling,
allows each limited liability company owned by a developer to give up to $ 150,000 annually to New York campaigns, the same amount an individual can give.
Ryan also believes Ortt's plan should address campaign donation limits and a loophole that
allows limited liability corporations to circumvent them.
In a statement, Kaminsky said he would immediately push to ban state lawmakers from earning outside income and to close a «loophole»
allowing limited liability companies to contribute to campaigns.
In his budget, Cuomo proposed limiting lawmakers» outside income, closing a campaign finance law loophole that
allows limited liability companies to circumvent donor limits, and canceling the pensions of elected officials convicted of a felony.
He says he's trying to press the Legislature to agree to changes, and has even released eight different versions of a bill to end a campaign finance loophole that
allows limited liability companies to skirt donation limits.
Governor Cuomo in his budget proposed limiting lawmakers» outside income, closing a campaign finance law loophole that
allows Limited Liability Companies to circumvent donor limits, and cancelling the pensions of elected officials convicted of a felony.
The BOE issued a ruling that
allowed limited liability corporations, or LLCs, to be treated as individual donors and individuals to donate unlimited funds to candidates for state - level offices by creating multiple LLCs.
Details about the governor's proposal, due to be unveiled in next week's State of the State address, are not known, but are likely to include requiring more disclosure and regulations regarding outside income, and another promise to push to seal the so - called L.L.C. loophole, which
allows limited liability companies almost unchecked ability to donate money to candidates.
The LLC loophole — based on a 1996 Board of Elections decision —
allows limited liability companies to give up to $ 150,000 a year in aggregate donations to political candidates.
Cuomo says he wants lawmakers to act on a measure to forfeit the pensions of legislators convicted of felonies, and close a campaign finance loophole that
allows Limited Liability Companies to circumvent contribution limits.
Not exact matches
The Koch brothers» Georgia - Pacific subsidiary, maker of Dixie cups, Angel Soft toilet paper, lumber and cardboard packaging, is a
limited liability corporation that would be
allowed to use the lower rate.
This
limits their
liability and
allows the book to sit back and collect the vig (or juice as it's also known).
The entity was set up to help manage Nixon's acting career and
limit her
liability exposure, which her campaign described as a common mechanism used by actors to pay publicists and agents that also
allows her to set up a personal retirement account.
A letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this signed by the women of color in the state Assembly urged him to push for the adoption of early voting and the closure of the loophole in election law that
allows for unlimited donations through a web of
limited liability companies.
Back in Albany, Senate Democrats today made a renewed push for the closure of a loophole that
allows single donors to give unlimited funds through a web of
limited liability companies.
Squadron has a bill that would close the loophole, which
allows individuals to contribute virtually unlimited amounts of money to a campaign by funneling it through a
limited liability company.
Many of the measures were listed on Cuomo's 2018 State of the State agenda, including closing a loophole in election law that
allows for unlimited political donations through a network of
limited liabilities companies, as well as early voting.
Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that
allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up multiple
Limited Liability Companies.
But, Cuomo has said he will call for closure of a loophole in campaign finance laws that
allows donors to skirt the $ 5,000
limit for businesses by disguising the donations through multiple
limited liability corporations.
They both want to close a loophole in state campaign finance laws that
allows donors to use
limited liability companies, or LLCs, to skirt donation
limits.
Cuomo normally prefers to negotiate quietly with legislative leaders on proposals before actually writing legislation, but this time he's penned eight different versions of a bill to close the campaign donation loophole that
allows unlimited contributions from
limited liability companies and he's presented it to the legislature.
But
limited liability companies — businesses that share attributes of corporations and partnerships — are
allowed to give up to $ 60,800 to a statewide candidate per election cycle and up to $ 150,000 a year to candidates and committees overall.
Horner, with NYPIRG, says the testimony illustrates the need to clean up New York's campaign finance laws by setting stricter caps on contributions and eliminating a loophole that
allows donors to use LLCs or
limited liability companies, to skirt existing donor
limits.
He has also proposed closing the so - called
limited liability company loophole that
allows contributors to skirt maximum political donation
limits; and enacting procurement reforms aimed at safeguarding against corruption.
Most notoriously, the» LLC loophole»
allows anonymous donors to contribute again and again via
Limited Liability Companies.
Campaign cash from
limited liability corporations — Arwin 88th Street LLC, Columbus 60th Realty LLC and Briar Hill Realty LLC are but a few connected to Glenwood — is now the subject of intense scrutiny as good - government groups demand lawmakers close loopholes that have
allowed LLCs to make political contributions with so few constraints.
It refuses to reduce the $ 150,000 campaign contribution
allowed for ghostlike
limited liability corporations.
But a loophole
allows companies to create unlimited amounts of
limited liability corporations known as LLCs that can each give up to $ 150,000 in campaign donations.
A coalition of groups on Monday urged the state Board of Elections to prohibit the practice of
allowing individual donors to give unlimited campaign contributions through a network of
limited liability corporations.
The loophole
allows donors to skirt limitations on individual campaign contributions by donating anonymously through one or more
limited liability companies.
The loophole that
allows those controlling
Limited Liability Companies to donate essentially unlimited amounts of campaign contributions is an example of the loophole that swallows the law.
Close the «LLC» Loophole, which
allows an individual to make an essentially unlimited number of political contributions via the
Limited Liability Companies they control — a common tactic of real estate moguls.
Cuomo normally prefers to negotiate quietly with legislative leaders on proposals before actually penning legislation, but this time he's written eight different versions of a bill to close the campaign donation loophole that
allows unlimited contributions from
limited liability companies (LLCs), and he's presented it to the legislature.
Horner's group and other reformers also want to close a loophole that
allows companies to skirt contribution
limits by forming
Limited Liability Corporations and giving, in some cases, millions of dollars to candidates.
Cuomo appears to have given up on the state Legislature taking action to close the notorious LLC loophole, which
allows wealthy donors to subvert campaign finance laws by creating multiple
limited liability corporations that can each give more than $ 60,000 to a candidate's campaign.
And Gaughran wants to close the loophole in election law that
allows unlimited donations through
limited liability companies.
In an open letter released on Tuesday, Gipson called for a special session to deal with ethics and campaign finance legislation, namely the closing of the loophole in state election that
allows for unlimited donations to flow from a web of
limited liability companies.
Cuomo's prescriptions in his 2016 State of the State speech included closing a legal loophole that lets campaign donors funnel unlimited sums to candidates through
limited -
liability companies; requiring office holders to report campaign contributions every 60 days instead of twice a year;
allowing lawmakers to earn no more than 15 percent of their legislative salaries in private - sector work; and adopting a system of voluntary public campaign financing similar to what New York City has.
Cuomo has previously called for an end to the so - called loophole in election law that
allows unlimited donations through
limited liability companies as well as
limits to the amount of money state lawmakers can earn outside of public service.