Sentences with phrase «calls for public campaign financing»

But his calls for public campaign financing and the outside income limit are familiar, and still worthwhile.

Members of the fair elections coalition were joined by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Tuesday to again call for public campaign financing.

Meanwhile, 30 government reform groups wrote a letter to Cuomo asking him to make good on his call for public campaign financing, and for an independent agency to enforce regulations by putting money for those plans in the budget.

Mr. Cuomo's call for public campaign financing, along with substantially lower contribution limits and much more aggressive enforcement of campaign finance laws, already faces the well - funded wrath of a political establishment that cares little that elections are bought as much as they are won.

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Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, half of the McCain - Feingold sponsorship duo, calls in a DN OpEd for Cuomo to «lead the charge» against Citizens United by enacting a state - based public campaign finance system.

With all the talk of Gov. Andrew Cuomo potentially pushing to reunify the IDC and so - called «regular» Democrats as payback for the Republicans» refusal to support a statewide public campaign finance system, I thought it would be worth checking it with the lone Democrat who is actually conferencing with the GOP: Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder.

Amid calls for passing the progressive agenda that ranges from protections for health care, abortion rights and the public financing of campaigns, Klein and company reiterated on Monday votes should be indeed be held.

In a memorandum being circulated this morning, good - government advocates call Speaker Sheldon Silver's measure to create a public financing system for political campaigns «a good first step forward» but then pick apart some of the wider loopholes in the legislation.

He told Syracuse.com he opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve public financing of political campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income of lawmakers to 15 percent of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.

Media producer and NY LEAD coalition member Marc Weiss, writing for Newsday, called for New York senators and assembly members to support Gov. Cuomo and Speaker Silver in passing public campaign finance legislation, asking, «Do they want to continue business as usual, or do they want to be part of the solution?»

State of the State: Gov. Cuomo Once Again Calls for Public Financing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public finaPublic Financing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public fFinancing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public finapublic financingfinancing.

In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.

The mayor has consistently called for campaign finance reform, calling the city's public matching system a gold standard that the state should follow.

«We must end the ability of so - called not - for - profit advocacy organizations to elude regulation and to mock New York City's public finance system, by allowing campaigns access to virtually unlimited money from special interests,» he said.

Several unions that are pushing for public financing of campaigns call the contributions «legal bribery.»

If the past debate on public campaign financing is any guide, the Republicans will likely punch back at Democrats» calls for reform by saying the party wants to create a class of professional politicians.

Good government groups have for years complained that New York's campaign finance laws make it difficult for the public to determine the actual source of campaign dollars, whether due to the so - called «LLC loophole» — which allows business interests that control a network of subsidiaries to vastly multiply their political giving — or corporate formation laws that allow companies to obscure the individuals and other businesses behind them.

In response to the groups» call, a spokesman for Cuomo, did not address the question of an open leaders meeting, saying instead ethics and campaign finance reform «will be discussed» but did not say whether that will in public or in private.

The governor also called the commission a «phenomenal success» for drawing interest to unseemly behavior and prompting legal changes earlier this year, including tougher enforcement at the State Board of Elections and a pilot program for public campaign finance.

In return, Mr. Schneiderman's plan calls for altering the state constitution to extend terms from two years to four, establishing public financing of campaigns reminiscent of New York City's matching funds system, and increasing politicians» salaries to as much as $ 174,000 a year.

endorses Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who is vying to take Ackerman's spot once he retires, while former Public Advocate Mark Green stands with Assemblyman Rory Lancman to endorse him and call for campaign finance reform.

Fair elections supporters held a conference call this week to push for New York State campaign finance reform and public funding of elections.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will appear on a town - hall telephone call Tuesday evening held by advocates backing public financing for political campaigns.

In response to the groups» call, a spokesman for Governor Cuomo did not address the question of an open leaders» meeting, saying instead ethics and campaign finance reform «will be discussed» but did not say whether that will in public or in private.

«What shouldn't be lost in this web of public corruption is that the same candidate plastering Western New York with commercials calling for an end to corruption has been financed by the same men who are now facing charges in one of Western New York's largest public corruption schemes,» Small's campaign manager Matt Tighe said in The Buffalo News.

Former Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who signed Connecticut's landmark campaign finance reforms into law, called Thursday for lawmakers to block plans by legislative Democrats from cutting the public financing system.

Senate President Pro Tem Marty Looney, shown here in his office, and other Democrats are now calling for fully restoring $ 11.7 million in public financing under the campaign reform law.

The goo - goos are again calling for widespread reforms, including creation of a voluntary system of public campaign financing, lowering of the contribution limits and full disclosure of independent expenditures.

The organization Fair Elections for NY, which is calling for public financing of campaigns, has for weeks now been trying to raise awareness about the current system by revealing the donations that state lawmakers have recieved from corporations and interest groups.

The Green Party's Howie Hawkins spent the night reaching out to New York's liberals, calling for full employment programs, higher wages, public campaign financing, proportional representation in the State Legislature and a ban on fracking ban.

[Hawkins] said Cuomo should «be calling for full public campaign financings and an amendment to the U.S. constitution to permit effective public regulation of election financing.»

In return, the proposal calls for altering the state constitution to extend terms from two years to four, establishing public financing of campaigns reminiscent of New York City's matching funds system and increasing politician's salaries to as much as $ 174,000 a year.

Funiciello has called for full public financing of elections at all levels of government, and for enacting strict transparency laws that force campaign committees and PACs to disclose all of their donors.

The man who once declared that «I am the government» all but groveled for the WFP's nod, publicly endorsing a slew of so - called progressive policy initiatives — from public campaign financing to a minimum wage hike — that he had previously declined to put any political muscle behind.

The Governor should be calling call for full public campaign financing and an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to permit effective public regulation of election financing.

Rep. Whit Betts, R - 78th District and the delegation's senior member, said he'd call for eliminating the state income tax on Social Security, and contended that doing away with public campaign financing would offset most or all of the lost revenue.

A bill calling for public financing of general assembly campaigns was introduced in February.

The panel issued a preliminary report in December calling for, among other things, tighter restrictions on campaign spending and public financing of campaigns.

The governor also called for overhauling state rules to block politicians from using campaign money to cover personal finances, to force greater disclosure of the sources of campaign money and also to institute a system of public financing of elections.

An umbrella group of wealthy business leaders and politicians is embracing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for an overhaul of campaign - finance laws and the adoption of a public - matching system similar to what is in place for New York City.

(New York City)-- Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called today for full public campaign financing as a critical measure to create democracy and fight corruption in New York State.

Just days after convincing the Campaign Finance Board to award him an extra $ 1.6 million in public matching funds for what he called a tough re-election race, Mayor de Blasio headed...

In an interview with public radio, Cuomo stopped short of drawing a line in the sand over the issue of public campaign financing, something many advocates have called for.

Cuomo's wide - ranging, 10 - point ethics reform agenda advocates for a public campaign financing system, early voting, and several additional measures that reform - minded advocates and legislators have been calling for, as well as others of his own.

Public campaign finance advocates called on New York's three most powerful Democrats to stop the state's most powerful Republican from derailing what they said is the best chance for significant reform since Watergate.

And now, one of those Republicans calling for him to step down, Attorney General Josh Hawley, is tossing a new log on the fire that's consuming Greitens's governorship, as St. Louis Public Radio reports — accusing him of breaking campaign - finance laws:

The case for action rests on the realization that for the first time since the beginning of the Enlightenment era in the mid-17th century, the very idea of science as a way to establish a common book of knowledge about the world is being broadly called into question by heavily financed public relations campaigns.

The Gates Foundation and others financed a lavish, well - coordinated media campaign to spread the word about our broken public schools; its leading edge was a documentary film called «Waiting for Superman.»